The town of Totowa, NJ is a small municipality located in Passaic County. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government and has an elected council consisting of six members. The mayor and council are responsible for setting policies and laws pertaining to the town's infrastructure, services, and finances. They also appoint various boards and committees to advise them on different issues relating to the town. In recent years, Totowa has experienced significant growth in both population and businesses, leading to more local political involvement from its citizens. Community members have become increasingly active in voicing their opinions on matters such as taxes, redevelopment projects, education systems, public safety initiatives, and more. The diverse range of views make for vibrant debates in the halls of local government as everyone works together towards finding common ground that will benefit the entire community.
The political climate in Totowa, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Passaic County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Passaic County, NJ 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Passaic county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 41.0%.
Passaic county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Totowa, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Passaic 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.
Totowa, 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 Totowa, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,050 contributions totaling $538,841 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 685 contributions totaling $396,999 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $580 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)