Glen Rock, NJ is a small town in northern New Jersey with a population of over 11,700 people. It has a mix of suburban and urban areas and is full of charm and community spirit. Its local politics are very important to the residents, who actively participate in city council meetings, discuss issues at city hall and elect officials to represent them. The current mayor is Bruce Packer, who was elected in 2018. He works closely with the seven-member City Council to ensure that Glen Rock remains an excellent place to live. The council members are elected by the citizens and strive to represent their interests in all matters related to the town’s government and policies. With its vibrant civic engagement, Glen Rock has an active political atmosphere that serves as an example of successful democracy for other towns throughout New Jersey.
The political climate in Glen Rock, NJ is leaning 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
Glen Rock, NJ is leaning 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.
Glen Rock, 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 Glen Rock, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,353 contributions totaling $254,622 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $28,994 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)