Alpine, NJ is a small town located in Bergen County with a population of approximately 1,849 people. Politically, the town is predominantly Democratic and the most recent election saw an overwhelming majority of votes favoring Democratic candidates. The mayor of Alpine is Mayor Paul Tomasko, who has been in office since 2017 and has a reputation for being responsive to the needs of the community. On the county level, Bergen County is represented by two state senators, one state assemblyman, and two freeholders. All are registered Democrats. Locally, Alpine has its own governing body made up of five council members who serve staggered terms. Each year they elect one among them to serve as mayor for that year. On top of this, Alpine also sends representatives to higher levels of government in New Jersey including Congress and the State Senate. All positions in Alpine have seen consistent support from Democratic candidates over the years and it appears that this trend will remain constant into the future.
The political climate in Zip 07620 (Alpine, 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
Zip 07620 (Alpine, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Alpine, New Jersey 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.
Alpine, 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 zip 07620 (Alpine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 645 contributions totaling $412,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $640 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 109 contributions totaling $209,269 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,920 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)