Wood-Ridge, NJ is a small town located in Bergen County that has a tight-knit community and strong sense of local identity. The politics of Wood-Ridge are dominated by the Democratic Party, which holds a majority on the Borough Council and School Board. Local elections typically focus on issues such as taxes, economic development, public safety, and education. Although the Democratic Party dominates local politics, there are also smaller grassroots campaigns that have been successful in recent years. These campaigns tend to focus on issues such as environmental protection and supporting minority communities in the area. There is also a vibrant volunteer network in Wood-Ridge that works to support various causes related to local politics. Overall, Wood-Ridge is a politically engaged community with diverse opinions and interests represented at the ballot box each year.
The political climate in Wood-Ridge, 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
Wood-Ridge, 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.
Wood-Ridge, 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 Wood-Ridge, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 265 contributions totaling $22,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $13,720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)