Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 is a small community located in Bergen County. The town has a mayor-council form of government with the mayor and six council members elected for three year terms, each serving up to three consecutive terms. It also has an appointed Town Manager who serves as Chief Administrative Officer. Local politics in Woodcliff Lake are focused on issues such as taxes, services, and infrastructure projects. The current Mayor, Jeffrey Goldsmith, is running for re-election this year and has held the position since 2017. He has overseen several important initiatives to improve the quality of life in Woodcliff Lake, including the development of an improved sewer system and additional public parks. Additionally, the Town Council recently approved initiatives to make energy efficiency upgrades at local schools and other municipal buildings. Residents in Woodcliff Lakes have access to candidates’ information via their website or through local media outlets that cover election issues.
The political climate in Zip 07677 (Woodcliff Lake, NJ) is leaning 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 07677 (Woodcliff Lake, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Woodcliff Lake, 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 07677 (Woodcliff Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 711 contributions totaling $159,445 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $55,795 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $641 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)