Hillsdale, NJ is a small town located in the Bergen County area of New Jersey. Its population is just over 8,000 people and it is part of the Northern Valley Regional High School District. The town of Hillsdale has four local political candidates who are all vying for a seat on the Borough Council. The candidates are: Robert Kettle, Terri Barger, Kyle LeBlanc and Katherine Hickey. Each candidate brings different perspectives to the table that may reflect their individual experiences and belief systems. Robert Kettle is a longtime resident with over 25 years experience in public service; Terri Barger is an environmental engineer looking to bring her expertise to municipal government; Kyle LeBlanc has a background in accounting and finance and looks to bring those skills to the table; and Katherine Hickey has been involved with local civic organizations for many years and hopes to use her years of community service to improve Hillsdale. Residents of 07642 can look forward to a competitive race as each candidate seeks to represent their constituents in the best possible way.
The political climate in Zip 07642 (Hillsdale, 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 07642 (Hillsdale, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Hillsdale, 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.
Hillsdale, 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 07642 (Hillsdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 929 contributions totaling $65,272 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $14,978 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)