Ridgefield, NJ 07657 is an active political community with a variety of opinions and ideas. The town regularly holds local elections in which residents of the area can vote on issues that affect their community. At the local level, candidates for mayor, city council, school board, and other offices campaign to represent their constituents’ concerns and advocate for their best interests. These races are highly competitive as voters want to make sure they choose the right leader for their communities. Many Ridgefield residents are passionate about staying informed on the issues that matter most to them and actively participate in local politics by attending town hall meetings, attending debates hosted by local groups, and getting involved in grassroots efforts to support their candidate of choice. With the wide variety of views held by its citizens, Ridgefield is an important part of New Jersey's political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 07657 (Ridgefield, NJ) is moderately 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 07657 (Ridgefield, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Ridgefield, New Jersey is moderately 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.
Ridgefield, 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 07657 (Ridgefield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 147 contributions totaling $35,169 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $8,123 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)