The small town of Allendale, NJ in zip code 07401 is filled with civic-minded citizens who take an active interest in local politics. Allendale is part of the larger Bergen County region, so many local political decisions are made at the county level. Every November, residents of Allendale cast their ballots for a variety of local and county positions from representatives in Congress to Board of Education members. Local candidates often host meet-and-greet events throughout the year to gain name recognition and discuss their platforms with potential constituents. The town is also very active in taking part in important debates on issues such as taxes and education funding, making sure that their voice is heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 07401 (Allendale, NJ) is leaning 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 07401 (Allendale, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Allendale, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Allendale, 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 07401 (Allendale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 555 contributions totaling $252,112 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $454 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $153,243 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $778 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)