North Bergen, NJ is a diverse and vibrant city that is situated in the northeastern part of New Jersey. Although small in size, North Bergen has a strong local political presence. North Bergen has a mayor-council form of government and its current mayor is Nicholas Sacco, who was first elected in 1990. In addition to the mayor, there are seven members on the Town Council who are responsible for helping to make decisions regarding the city's budget, public safety issues, infrastructure projects and more. The town also has an active Democratic Party organization which holds regular meetings throughout the year and helps shape policy through various initiatives. As an urban community with a range of backgrounds and cultures represented among its residents, North Bergen is an interesting place for those interested in local politics and provides an opportunity to learn about different perspectives and understand how the city's government interacts with its people.
The political climate in North Bergen, NJ is very liberal.
Hudson County, NJ is very liberal. In Hudson County, NJ 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hudson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 26.2%.
Hudson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Bergen, NJ is very liberal.
Hudson County, New Jersey is very 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.
North Bergen, 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 North Bergen, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,447 contributions totaling $212,342 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $69,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)