The politics of 07513 Paterson, NJ are largely aligned with the political spectrum of New Jersey as a whole. The majority of registered voters in 07513 Paterson, NJ identify as Democrats and the city is represented by Democrats in both the state legislature and Congress. There is a vibrant local democracy in 07513 Paterson, NJ with elected officials such as Mayor Andre Sayegh, Council President Maritza Davila and various members of the City Council representing different parts of the city. Local issues that draw attention from residents include education funding, economic development, public safety and environmental protection. In general, residents have a strong sense of community and their voices are heard at the local level when it comes to deciding how their taxes are spent or what changes should be made to laws or policies.
The political climate in Zip 07513 (Paterson, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Passaic County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Passaic County, NJ 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Passaic county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 41.0%.
Passaic county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 07513 (Paterson, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Paterson, New Jersey is moderately liberal.
Passaic 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.
Paterson, 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 07513 (Paterson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $3,715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $2,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $538 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)