River Edge, NJ is a small borough located in Bergen County that is known for its strong sense of community and thriving local businesses. Although the town doesn’t have any major political figures, the local government works hard to ensure that citizens’ voices are heard. The political representatives of River Edge care deeply about the needs of their neighbors and strive to create a safe and prosperous environment for all. Through encouraging community engagement at various events like festivals, parades, and town meetings, River Edge has been able to develop a healthy culture of open dialogue between its citizens and elected officials. This relationship allows for constructive discourse on issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, taxes, economic development, education reform, and many other topics relevant to the borough's residents. The people of River Edge take great pride in their home and are grateful for the opportunity to participate in creating meaningful change within their local government.
The political climate in River Edge, 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
River Edge, 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.
River Edge, 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 River Edge, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,673 contributions totaling $466,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 393 contributions totaling $151,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $385 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)