The town of Ridgewood, NJ (07450) is a vibrant community with a strong sense of local pride. Located in Bergen County, Ridgewood is home to nearly 25,000 residents and is known for its high quality of life and excellent schools. Politically, Ridgewood leans slightly to the left, with most voters favoring Democratic candidates. Local elections are strongly contested by both parties, with issues like education funding and taxes at the forefront of voter’s minds. Every two years voters have the opportunity to decide who will serve on the Town Council and represent their interests on the state level. In addition to voting for officials in statewide positions such as Governor and Senator, citizens of Ridgewood can also vote in primary elections which determine which candidates from each party will appear on the ballot for November’s general election. It is clear that politics plays an important role in Ridgewood and the surrounding area, and local residents take great pride in participating in their government's decision-making process.
The political climate in Zip 07450 (Ridgewood, 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 07450 (Ridgewood, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Ridgewood, 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.
Ridgewood, 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 07450 (Ridgewood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,132 contributions totaling $1,188,159 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 613 contributions totaling $607,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $990 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)