East Rutherford, NJ is a small town located in Bergen County with a population of around 9,000 people. The town has an active political presence and is represented in the government by Mayor James Cassella and the Municipal Council which consists of four members. Local politics in East Rutherford focuses on issues such as zoning ordinances, infrastructure improvements, public safety measures and budgeting for programs that benefit the community. Recently a particular focus has been on quality of life initiatives that promote historic preservation, economic development, and environmental sustainability. Town halls are held regularly to provide citizens with an opportunity for direct input into the decision-making process of their local government.
The political climate in East Rutherford, NJ is moderately 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
East Rutherford, NJ is moderately 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.
East Rutherford, 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 East Rutherford, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 206 contributions totaling $86,352 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $419 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $13,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $356 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)