The city of Paterson, NJ (zip code 07524) has a rich political history that dates back to its founding in 1792. The current mayor is Andre Sayegh, who was elected in 2018. Paterson is a majority-minority city, and the local politics reflect this diversity. The city council consists of nine members, and is divided into three wards. All council members are elected by the citizens of each ward. In addition to the mayor and city council, Paterson also has representatives in the New Jersey General Assembly and Senate. These representatives work to bring attention to issues that are important to Paterson's diverse community. In recent years, they have advocated for increased investments in education and infrastructure as well as improved public safety measures throughout the city.
The political climate in Zip 07524 (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 07524 (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 07524 (Paterson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $10,350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)