Wanaque, NJ is a small borough located in Passaic County with a population of 11,116 as of the 2019 US Census. The politics in Wanaque are largely dominated by the Republican Party, and local elections feature candidates from this party. Currently, Mayor Dan Mahler and Councilwoman Dana Richards serve as elected officials representing the people of Wanaque. The current council includes Mayor Dan Mahler, Deputy Mayor James Mazzo, Christine Smith-McCabe, Dave DeTommaso and Robert Oliva. This group works together to ensure that the community is running smoothly and is a safe place to live with plenty of opportunities for its citizens. Council meetings occur on the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm at Borough Hall.
The political climate in Zip 07420 (Wanaque, NJ) is somewhat 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 07420 (Wanaque, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Wanaque, New Jersey is somewhat 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.
Wanaque, 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 07420 (Wanaque)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $5,914 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)