Ramsey, NJ is a small town in Bergen County located just 25 miles from New York City. As such, it is an important part of the political landscape of Northern New Jersey. The local government of Ramsey consists of a Mayor and six council members who are elected to serve on the Borough Council. These members work together to determine policies that benefit the residents of Ramsey and ensure the town runs smoothly by providing key services including public safety, infrastructure improvements, recreation programs, and economic development initiatives. Additionally, they work with state and federal representatives to advocate for funding for these projects and initiatives that would benefit the community as a whole. Local elections take place every four years in order to select new members to serve on the council so that Ramsey can continue to grow and prosper into the future.
The political climate in Ramsey, 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
Ramsey, 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.
Ramsey, 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 Ramsey, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,787 contributions totaling $814,458 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,018 contributions totaling $401,874 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $395 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)