Passaic, NJ is an urban city located in the northern part of the state. It has a long and storied history of politics, with citizens actively engaging in local government and working to drive meaningful change throughout the community. The Passaic City Council is the governing body of the city, made up of seven members who are elected into office by citizens. Residents of Passaic have also played a role in advocating for issues such as affordable housing, public safety, transportation infrastructure improvements, education reform, and civil rights. Political activism has been a strong tradition for many years and continues today as Passaic residents work hard to create a better future for their families and communities.
The political climate in Passaic, NJ is moderately liberal.
Passaic County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Passaic County, NJ 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Passaic county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 41.0%.
Passaic county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Passaic, NJ is moderately liberal.
Passaic 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.
Passaic, 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 Passaic, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 488 contributions totaling $78,335 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 189 contributions totaling $48,111 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)