Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey is a small town in Bergen County with a population of approximately 4,000 people. The local politics in Ho-Ho-Kus are quite active and include issues such as budgets, taxes, recreation and zoning. The town is represented by members of the Democratic Party, and the current Mayor is Thomas Randall. Other elected officials include two Town Council members who serve four year terms and three members of the Board of Education. Through regular meetings and open dialogue with the community, these individuals work together to ensure that the town runs smoothly and that all citizens are represented fairly. Additionally, Ho-Ho-Kus frequently holds elections for other positions such as tax assessor and municipal judge. Overall, there is a strong sense of community in Ho-Ho-Kus which has helped to make it one of the best places to live in Bergen County.
The political climate in Ho-Ho-Kus, 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
Ho-Ho-Kus, 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.
Ho-Ho-Kus, 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 Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 668 contributions totaling $167,695 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $101,385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $507 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)