The town of Englewood Cliffs, NJ is a small but vibrant municipality located on the Palisades in Bergen County. It has a long history of political activity and is served by an elected mayor and six council members who serve four-year terms. The current mayor is Mario Kranjac, who was elected in 2018. The council members are Barbara A. Miller, Brian C. Lee, Ilan Plawker, Edmond P. Cespedes Jr., Arthur E. Rittenberg and Lawrence Yudes. Recent initiatives undertaken by the mayor and council include the introduction of new regulations to promote environmental protection, such as improved water quality and energy conservation measures, as well as investment into infrastructure improvements to enhance public safety and transportation accessibility for residents. Additionally, the mayor has made an effort to engage with local schools in order to increase public involvement in civic life through volunteer opportunities and educational programming. Englewood Cliffs’ political system is committed to promoting responsible growth that will benefit its citizens while preserving its charm and character for future generations to enjoy.
The political climate in Englewood Cliffs, 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
Englewood Cliffs, 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.
Englewood Cliffs, 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 Englewood Cliffs, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 708 contributions totaling $256,248 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 237 contributions totaling $98,066 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $414 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)