Politics in the 07601 of Hackensack, NJ are largely focused on local issues. The town is governed by a mayor and council form of government with a nonpartisan election system. The current mayor is John Labrosse who was elected for his third term in 2020. Other prominent leaders in the political landscape of Hackensack include council members such as David Sims, Joan Webb-Graves, and Stephanie Von Rudenborg. Voter turnout in local elections is typically high due to the sharing of different views on important topics such as education, public safety, housing affordability, and taxes. Residents are passionate about making sure their voices are heard when it comes to creating policy that affects their community.
The political climate in Zip 07601 (Hackensack, 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 07601 (Hackensack, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Hackensack, 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.
Hackensack, 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 07601 (Hackensack)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,250 contributions totaling $433,683 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 249 contributions totaling $128,579 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $516 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)