Politics in 07504 Paterson, NJ are quite active and involve a wide range of stakeholders. Residents of Paterson are represented by the city council, which consists of nine members who are elected every four years. The mayor is also elected to a four-year term. Paterson is represented in the New Jersey State Senate by two Senators, Nellie Pou and M. Teresa Ruiz. In addition to local politics, Paterson is also home to several state and congressional representatives. At the federal level, Paterson residents are represented by Congresswoman Bill Posey in the House of Representatives and Senator Cory Booker in the US Senate. Overall, there is an active political climate in 07504 Paterson, NJ with many opportunities for residents to get involved and make their voices heard on local and national issues.
The political climate in Zip 07504 (Paterson, NJ) is moderately liberal.
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
Zip 07504 (Paterson, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Paterson, New Jersey is moderately liberal.
Passaic 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.
Paterson, 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 07504 (Paterson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92 contributions totaling $7,279 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)