The town of Clifton, NJ (07013) is a bustling suburban community in Passaic County. It is an ethnically diverse city with a population estimated at 86,532. In terms of its political landscape, Clifton has a strong Democratic base and the majority of the elected officials are Democrats. The current Mayor is James Anzaldi who was first elected in 2016 and has been re-elected for his second term. The City Council consists of six members all from the Democratic Party and four out of six from the same ward. Local elections are often hardly contested as the two dominant political parties in the city usually run unopposed candidates. Despite this, Clifton residents continually express their desire to be politically active and engage on issues that concern them. As such, various initiatives have been put into place by local politicians to keep citizens informed and involved in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 07013 (Clifton, 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 07013 (Clifton, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Clifton, 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.
Clifton, 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 07013 (Clifton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,302 contributions totaling $168,153 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $39,360 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)