Editing Bergen County, New Jersey (section)

== Politics ==
The county leans Democratic and is characterized by a divide between mostly [[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republican]] communities in the north and northwest of the county, and mostly [[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democratic]] communities in its center and southeast. That dichotomy largely remained in place for quite a while, until [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]. Mirroring the national "suburban revolt" against President Donald Trump, Democratic candidate [[Joe Biden]] made significant gains in the northern portion of the county, winning in many affluent and typically Republican voting communities, such as River Vale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Ramsey, Allendale, Hillsdale, and Montvale, winning in Upper Saddle River by a mere 2 vote margin. He also won somewhat less affluent suburban towns such as Mahwah, Waldwick, and Midland Park, along with surpassing the margins of victory obtained by Hillary Clinton in municipalities like Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, Ridgewood, and wealthier southern Bergen towns like Rutherford (although the results in most of the rest of southern Bergen largely stayed the same compared to 2016 - either Biden or Trump barely won the more blue-collar towns of Carlstadt (Trump, by 57 votes)/East Rutherford (Biden, 485)/Lyndhurst (Trump, 68)/Moonachie (Biden, 48)/North Arlington (Trump, just 5)/South Hackensack (Biden, 88), while Trump's margins of defeat shrank in Garfield/Lodi, and his margin of victory grew in Wallington, all compared to 2016).<ref>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/ElectionResult/NOV_2020_General_Precinct_Summary.pdf 2020 President: Bergen County], Bergen County Clerk's Office, December 3, 2020. Accessed July 8, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/elections/BC-Statement-of-Vote-Book-11-08-2016.pdf 2016 President: Bergen County], Bergen County Clerk's Office, November 18, 2016. Accessed July 8, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/elections/o/2012-General-Election.pdf 2012 President: Bergen County], Bergen County Clerk's Office. Accessed July 8, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/elections/n/2008-General-Election-Results.pdf 2008 President: Bergen County], Bergen County Clerk's Office, November 13, 2008. Accessed July 8, 2021.</ref> In fact, the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]] saw [[Joe Biden]] win the county by the largest margin for a Democrat since [[1964 United States presidential election|1964]], and marked the first time the county voted to the left of the state since 1904. In 2024, however, Bergen mirrored the rest of the state by shifting heavily to the right,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Van Vliet |first1=John |title=The Red-Shift 2024: Bergen County |url=https://www.insidernj.com/the-red-shift-2024-bergen-county/ |website=InsiderNJ |access-date=13 December 2024}}</ref> cutting the margin down to less than 4% - the best Republican result since the county was won outright by Republicans in 1992. Bergen County returned to voting to the right of the state in this election, albeit by a very small margin.

As of October 1, 2021, there were a total of 688,213 registered voters in Bergen County, of whom 265,251 (38.5%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democrats]], 150,812 (21.9%) were registered as [[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republicans]], and 265,186 (38.5%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|unaffiliated]]. There were 6,965 voters (1.0%) registered to other parties.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/svrs-reports/2021/2021-10-voter-registration-by-county.pdf Statewide Voter Registration Summary as of October 1, 2021], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed July 28, 2022.</ref> Among the county's 2010 Census population, 61.4% were registered to vote, including 77.4% of those ages 18 and over.<ref name="VoterRegistration">[http://njelections.org/2014-results/2014-1031-voter-registration-by-county.pdf Statewide Voter Registration Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065450/http://www.njelections.org/2014-results/2014-1031-voter-registration-by-county.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206113818/http://www.njelections.org/2014-results/2014-1031-voter-registration-by-county.pdf |archive-date=December 6, 2014 |url-status=live|date=December 22, 2014}}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, as of October 31, 2014. Accessed May 11, 2015.</ref><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST05/0400000US34 GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 – State – County / County Equivalent from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213113830/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST05/0400000US34 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed May 11, 2015.</ref>

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{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|152,731|202,682|11,308|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|141,164|191,085|30,638|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|178,223|171,104|53,810|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|226,885|160,655|2,393|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|268,507|155,039|1,172|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|232,043|139,474|43,640|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|237,331|180,738|6,784|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|285,458|147,155|4,281|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|224,911|162,182|25,944|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|157,899|234,849|717|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|224,969|156,165|674|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|254,334|82,169|1,610|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|212,842|93,373|1,287|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|142,657|69,132|5,342|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|142,836|76,350|566|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|131,588|76,541|694|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|89,628|91,107|1,143|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|86,885|73,921|4,937|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|89,105|50,373|589|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|60,803|16,844|9,951|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|47,512|12,396|2,397|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|18,494|11,530|773|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|5,087|9,978|9,803|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|14,043|7,629|1,158|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|9,957|7,301|960|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|9,086|6,458|422|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|8,545|4,531|690|New Jersey}}
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! [[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democratic]]
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021|2021]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|46.9% ''129,644''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.5%''' ''145,150''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017|2017]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.6% ''94,904''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.7%''' ''129,265''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.2%''' ''136,178''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.6% ''87,376''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|46.2% ''121,446''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''48.5%''' ''127,386''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005|2005]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.2% ''108,017''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.6%''' ''142,319''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2001|2001]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.5% ''111,221''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.1%''' ''140,215''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1997|1997]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.3%''' ''148,934''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.5% ''118,834''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1993|1993]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.8%''' ''157,710''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.4% ''147,387''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1989|1989]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.2% ''109,184''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.2%''' ''165,104''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1985|1985]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''71.6%''' ''181,238''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.8% ''70,525''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1981|1981]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.1%''' ''169,556''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.0% ''141,018''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1977|1977]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.5% ''111,858''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.9%''' ''153,434''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1973|1973]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.8% ''106,904''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''63.9%''' ''196,661''
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