Bergen County, NJ is a largely suburban county located in the northeastern part of New Jersey. It is home to close to one million residents and has long been an important center for politics in the state. The county is divided into 70 municipalities, each of which handles its own local government affairs. The Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders represents the overall county in matters such as infrastructure and shared services that are provided throughout the county. Additionally, there are many different political candidates running for various offices at both local and state levels, including representatives for Congress, State Senate and Assembly seats, Mayor’s office, and other assorted positions. These candidates come from a variety of backgrounds and political affiliations, reflecting the diverse nature of Bergen County's population. With elections occurring regularly throughout the year, it is up to the constituents to stay informed of their respective political leaders and cast their vote accordingly.
The political climate in 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
Bergen 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.
Bergen, 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 Bergen County, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69,088 contributions totaling $17,256,007 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12,226 contributions totaling $8,352,387 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $683 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)