Fort Lee, NJ is a vibrant and diverse community located in 07024. Despite its small size it has a strong political presence with many active candidates. The local government is led by Mayor Mark Sokolich, who has held his office since 2010. He works closely with the Borough Council to ensure that Fort Lee's residents are well represented and their concerns addressed. On the state level, Democratic Assemblyman Gordon M. Johnson from the 37th District represents Fort Lee and serves as an advocate for his constituents. He often works with Governor Phil Murphy's administration to secure funding for programs benefiting Fort Lee residents. On the national level, Rep Albio Sires (D-NJ 8) has been a key player in advocating for his district which includes all of Hudson County including Fort Lee. No matter what your political views, there are plenty of representatives available to represent your interests in Fort Lee NJ 07024.
The political climate in Zip 07024 (Fort Lee, NJ) is moderately 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 07024 (Fort Lee, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Fort Lee, New Jersey is moderately 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.
Fort Lee, 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 07024 (Fort Lee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,521 contributions totaling $795,887 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 461 contributions totaling $575,670 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)