Northvale, New Jersey is a small town located in Bergen County. It has a long history of being involved in local politics, and community members are actively engaged in the decision-making process. There are many dedicated local politicians who work hard to represent Northvale residents in their respective areas of influence. This includes making sure that the town’s resources are fairly allocated, making sure that taxes remain at a reasonable level, and working to find solutions for current issues within the town. These include maintaining infrastructure and providing services such as public transportation and quality education. Additionally, these leaders must have an understanding of state legislation so they can effectively advocate for changes that will benefit all of Northvale’s citizens. The residents of Northvale take their politics seriously and are constantly looking for ways to ensure they have a voice in their government’s decisions.
The political climate in Northvale, 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
Northvale, 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.
Northvale, 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 Northvale, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 771 contributions totaling $238,109 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $27,948 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)