The city of Totowa, NJ (zip code 07512) is a highly populated area located just 13 miles from New York City. As such, the city is politically active and has many local political candidates running for office each year. The current Mayor is John Coiro, and the City Council consists of seven members elected by the people. They are responsible for creating and enforcing local laws that affect the citizens of Totowa. There are also several state representatives from the area that serve in various capacities in both New Jersey's House and Senate. Every two years, locals have the opportunity to vote in elections that will determine which candidates will represent their interests at all levels of government. The political climate in Totowa is one of engagement and participation as citizens take an active role in determining their future locally, statewide, and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 07512 (Totowa, NJ) is somewhat 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 07512 (Totowa, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Totowa, New Jersey is somewhat 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.
Totowa, 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 07512 (Totowa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 263 contributions totaling $53,293 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 109 contributions totaling $48,740 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $447 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)