Waldwick, NJ is a small borough located in Bergen County. While it is a relatively small area, politics still plays an important role in the local community. The mayor of Waldwick is currently Thomas Giordano Jr., who has been in office since 2016. In addition to the mayor's office, there are several other elected positions such as two council members and two Board of Education trustees which are held by local residents. Furthermore, the county government has also had an effect on the local politics of Waldwick with representatives from areas such as Hackensack or Ridgewood casting votes for various measures that effect the community. Overall, politics in Waldwick strives to maintain balance between its citizens and their environment while providing essential services to ensure a better quality of life for everyone who lives here.
The political climate in Waldwick, 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
Waldwick, 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.
Waldwick, 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 Waldwick, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,772 contributions totaling $466,114 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 621 contributions totaling $275,575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $444 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)