The politics in 07432 Midland Park, NJ are mostly focused around local governance. There are a number of local elections that take place every year in the area for mayor and other city council positions. With an estimated population of 5,856 according to the 2020 census, Midland Park is a small borough located in Bergen County. The political environment in the area is typically quite conservative with most issues being decided along party lines. The majority of candidates running for office here tend to be from either the Republican or Democratic parties. Local schools receive some financial support from the state government but rely heavily on volunteers and fundraising efforts to stay afloat. Community members often come together to voice their opinions on topics such as taxes, housing, and economic development initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 07432 (Midland Park, NJ) is somewhat 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 07432 (Midland Park, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Midland Park, New Jersey is somewhat 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.
Midland 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 07432 (Midland Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 791 contributions totaling $39,319 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $6,330 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)