Passaic County, New Jersey is home to a vibrant political landscape. The county is governed by an elected Board of Chosen Freeholders, in conjunction with the Passaic County Democratic Committee. Locally, the county has numerous mayors and municipal governing bodies who are responsible for the day-to-day operations of their respective towns. Additionally, Passaic County serves as part of New Jersey’s 11th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives and the 35th district in the New Jersey State Senate. At both levels of government, elected officials focus on topics ranging from education and healthcare to economic development and public safety. In order to best serve its residents, Passaic County strives for open dialogue on local issues that will inform and shape effective policymaking decisions.
The political climate in Passaic County, NJ is moderately liberal.
In Passaic County, NJ 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Passaic county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 41.0%.
Passaic county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Passaic County, NJ 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.
Passaic, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Passaic County, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,481 contributions totaling $1,714,680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,671 contributions totaling $923,269 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)