Leonia, NJ is a small town located in Bergen County. It has a vibrant community and is governed by an elected board of elected officials. The Board of Commissioners sets local policies and regulations that affect the day-to-day life of Leonia’s residents. These include rules on taxes, zoning laws, public safety, and other important issues. Local elections are held regularly and the citizens have a chance to vote for their representatives in order to shape the future of Leonia. The mayor and council members work together to ensure the best interests of the people are kept in mind when making decisions for the town. The relationship between local government and its citizens is an integral part of what makes Leonia such a wonderful place to live.
The political climate in Leonia, 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
Leonia, 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.
Leonia, 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 Leonia, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,062 contributions totaling $178,567 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $27,370 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $595 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)