Saddle River, New Jersey is a small town located in Bergen County and is known for its picturesque scenery and close-knit sense of community. Despite its small size, the town has an active political scene. Saddle River is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government, with five council members elected at-large to three year terms. Currently, the mayor of Saddle River is Jhoel Laguerre. The town also has a vibrant local political environment with many citizens actively participating in the process and voicing their opinions on various issues facing the community. Additionally, there are several candidates running for office each year in the local elections, giving residents plenty of choices when it comes to selecting their representatives.
The political climate in Saddle River, 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
Saddle River, 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.
Saddle River, 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 Saddle River, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,347 contributions totaling $714,449 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $530 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 682 contributions totaling $835,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)