Cresskill, NJ is a small borough located in Bergen County, near the Hudson River. Politically, Cresskill is a reliable Democratic stronghold. Local politics usually consist of local elections for mayor and Borough Council members. The current mayor of Cresskill is Benedict Romeo, and he has been in office since 2016. The Borough Council consists of six members who are all Democrats. In recent years, the Borough Council has worked to increase transparency and reduce taxes for residents by introducing online payments systems and utilizing new technology to increase efficiency in local government operations.
The political climate in Cresskill, NJ is somewhat 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
Cresskill, NJ is somewhat 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.
Cresskill, 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 Cresskill, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,926 contributions totaling $2,243,841 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $572 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 690 contributions totaling $384,201 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $557 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)