The town of Rochelle Park, NJ (07662) is an incorporated municipality that has a local government that consists of a mayor and a committee of five members. The mayor and committee are elected to three-year terms by the residents of the town. In addition, there are other elected officials in the town such as two tax assessors, a tax collector, and an auditor. All these officials serve the town by setting laws and regulations that help protect the citizens' safety and well-being. They also work to increase economic development in the community by creating jobs and providing services. The mayor and council also provide funding for public schools, parks, libraries, and other community amenities. Although there is no local election for political candidates in 07662 Rochelle Park specifically, residents are encouraged to stay informed about politics at all levels of government in order to have their voices heard on important issues.
The political climate in Zip 07662 (Rochelle Park, 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 07662 (Rochelle Park, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Rochelle Park, 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.
Rochelle Park, 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 07662 (Rochelle Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 135 contributions totaling $31,273 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $13,879 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)