Harrington Park, NJ is a small borough located in Bergen County. It has a strong emphasis on community involvement and local governance. The town’s Mayor and Council work together with local citizens to ensure that the needs of the community are addressed. During election cycles, residents have the opportunity to participate in local politics by electing their Mayor and Council members who will represent them on important issues affecting the community. Residents are encouraged to educate themselves on the candidates running for office so they can make an informed decision when it comes time to cast their ballots. With its rich political history and vibrant community life, Harrington Park is sure to remain an active participant in New Jersey politics for years to come.
The political climate in Harrington Park, 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
Harrington Park, 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.
Harrington Park, 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 Harrington Park, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 419 contributions totaling $79,184 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $15,041 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)