Park Ridge, NJ is an affluent suburb located in Bergen County. It has a vibrant political landscape, with many local issues that are important to residents. Many of the most pressing topics involve planning and zoning decisions, school funding and taxes. There have been numerous debates on these topics throughout the past few years, with different candidates having varying stances on each. There are also a number of organizations devoted to advocating for particular causes within the community. Local elections often draw great interest from Park Ridge residents, as they understand the importance of these issues and want to ensure their elected officials make decisions that reflect the values of the community.
The political climate in Zip 07656 (Park Ridge, 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 07656 (Park Ridge, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Park Ridge, 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.
Park Ridge, 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 07656 (Park Ridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,490 contributions totaling $65,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $398,953 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)