Ridgefield Park, NJ is a small village in Bergen County. It is governed by a mayor and four council members who are elected for three-year terms. The current mayor is George Fosdick, who has been in office since 2011. The village also has a Board of Education, which is responsible for managing the public schools in the area. Local elections for these positions are held every three years to ensure that the citizens of Ridgefield Park have their voices heard and that government officials are held accountable for their actions. There are numerous political groups active in the community such as neighborhood associations and political action committees that advocate for various issues of importance to local residents. This vibrant civic engagement ensures that Ridgefield Park remains a safe and prosperous place to live, work and play.
The political climate in Ridgefield Park, NJ is moderately 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
Ridgefield Park, NJ is moderately 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.
Ridgefield Park, 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 Ridgefield Park, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,789 contributions totaling $121,371 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $117,284 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,430 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)