Edgewater, NJ, 07020 is an exciting and diverse town located in Bergen County. Politically, Edgewater residents represent a wide range of opinions and are represented by several local government officials. The current mayor of Edgewater is Michael McPartland. He serves as the leader of the City Council and is responsible for overseeing all municipal services and departments, such as public works, police, fire, recreation, finance, economic development, etc. Other elected officials include the City Council members who serve two-year terms representing wards within the city limits. The City Council also appoints members to various boards and commissions that address specific matters related to their ward or citywide issues. Additionally, Edgewater residents elect representatives to the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders which helps set budget priorities and oversees county services like parks and libraries. All these people work together to ensure that the needs of Edgewater's residents are met.
The political climate in Zip 07020 (Edgewater, 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 07020 (Edgewater, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Edgewater, 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.
Edgewater, 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 07020 (Edgewater)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,010 contributions totaling $363,205 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $360 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $43,940 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)