Rutherford, NJ is a town located in Bergen County that is known for its strong sense of community and local pride. Politically, the borough is overwhelmingly Democratic and has been represented by Democrats in every office from the mayor to the state legislature since the 1980s. Despite this political leaning, Rutherford residents are engaged and actively participate in the political process by attending debates between candidates and voting in local elections. The issues most important to residents include tax reform, education, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and environmental protection. In recent years, there have been several politically-charged debates on topics including gun control and immigration. Local politicians are committed to ensuring that their constituents' voices are heard on these important issues as well as addressing the smaller issues that affect their day-to-day lives.
The political climate in Zip 07070 (Rutherford, 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 07070 (Rutherford, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Rutherford, 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.
Rutherford, 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 07070 (Rutherford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,482 contributions totaling $281,953 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 229 contributions totaling $70,204 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)