Tenafly, NJ is a small town with a population of 14,488 located in Bergen County. It has an active political scene, with local elections for mayor and members of the borough council occurring every four years. The current mayor is Peter Rustin, who was first elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. The borough council consists of six members, each serving for a three-year term. There are often lively debates between candidates during election campaigns as they vie to represent their constituencies on the important issues that affect them locally. Tenafly residents are encouraged to stay up-to-date on political matters and to participate in the local electoral process whenever possible.
The political climate in Tenafly, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Bergen County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Bergen County, NJ 57.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bergen county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.4% to 41.1%.
Bergen county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tenafly, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Bergen County, New Jersey is moderately liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
New Jersey is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Tenafly, New Jersey: D d d D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Tenafly, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,937 contributions totaling $1,374,121 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $468 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 378 contributions totaling $273,177 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $723 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)