The politics of Harrington Park, NJ 07640 are largely influenced by the Bergen County Democratic Organization and their elected local representatives. Although mainly a Democratic district, there are also Republicans who represent the town in local government. In addition to those representing political offices, many members of the community volunteer for various political causes and initiatives. These volunteers work to better the community through a variety of methods including voter registration drives, door-to-door campaigns, and fundraising efforts. There are also several organizations in Harrington Park that focus on educating citizens about their rights and how laws affect them in their daily lives. All of these efforts help residents engage more actively with politics and ensure that their voices are being heard.
The political climate in Zip 07640 (Harrington Park, 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 07640 (Harrington Park, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Harrington Park, 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.
Harrington Park, 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 07640 (Harrington Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 419 contributions totaling $79,184 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $15,041 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)