Editing Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (section)

==Government==
[[File:Englewood Cliffs admin jeh.JPG|thumb|Englewood Cliffs borough administration office building]]

===Local government===

Englewood Cliffs is governed under the [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]] form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''], [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of a mayor and a borough council, with all positions elected [[at-large]] on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 160.</ref><ref>[http://www.englewoodcliffsnj.org/content/307/338.aspx Form of Government] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413045908/http://englewoodcliffsnj.org/content/307/338.aspx |date=April 13, 2024 }}, Borough of Englewood Cliffs. Accessed September 15, 2017.</ref> The borough form of government used by Englewood Cliffs is a "[[weak mayor]] / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can [[veto]] ordinances subject to an [[veto override|override]] by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.<ref>Cerra, Michael F. [https://www.njlm.org/809/3982/Forms-of-Govt-Magazine-Article "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask"], [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], March 2007. Accessed January 21, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=6 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 6. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://englewoodcliffsnj.org/government/ Our Government], Borough of Englewood Cliffs. Accessed January 21, 2025. "Since it became a Borough, Englewood Cliffs has been governed by a Mayor and Council who are chosen through partisan elections held in November annually. The Mayor, elected for a 4 year term, is the chief executive officer and the six Council members, elected for a 3 year term, handle legislative functions. ... The Reorganization Meeting of the governing body is held during the first week in January. At this meeting, the newly-elected Council members take the oath of office, and a Council President, who serves as Acting Mayor when the Mayor is absent, is elected by the Council."</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, the mayor is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Mark K. Park, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027. Members of the Borough Council are Rivka Biegacz (R, 2026), Kris Kim ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], 2025), Tim Koutroubas (R, 2027), Philip Zhi Liang (R, 2026) and Rashid Patel (R, 2027), with a vacant seat expiring in 2025.<ref name=MayorCouncil>[https://englewoodcliffsnj.org/mayor-council/ Mayor & Council], Englewood Cliffs Borough. Accessed January 21, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://cdn.townweb.com/englewoodcliffsnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/0216_certifiedadoptbudget_2024.pdf#page=15 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Englewood Cliffs Borough. Accessed January 21, 2025.</ref><ref name=BergenCountyDirectory>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/images/About_Bergen_County/2024-county-directory.pdf#page=41 ''2024 County and Municipal Directory''], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], April 2024. Accessed April 15, 2024.</ref><ref name=Bergen2024>[https://www.livevoterturnout.com/ENR/bergennjenr/16/en/Index_16.html 2024 General Election Official Results], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], updated November 20, 2024. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref name=Bergen2023>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.gov/_Content/pdf/ElectionResult/District%20Canvass%20NEW.pdf Official Statement of Vote 2023 General Election - November 7, 2023 Official Results], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], November 27, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Bergen2022>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/ElectionResult/Certified%20Statement%20of%20Vote%20Book%2011-21-22.pdf Bergen County November 8, 2022 General Election Statement of Vote], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref>

====Mayors====
* Mark K. Park       2024 to present
* Mario M. Kranjac    2016 to 2024; Kranjac became the borough's first Republican mayor in 40 years when he was elected in 2015.<ref name=Record2015>Lueddeke, Kim. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160701092137/http://www.northjersey.com/news/englewood-cliffs-to-be-governed-by-republican-mayor-for-first-time-in-40-years-1.1449644 "Englewood Cliffs to be governed by Republican mayor for first time in 40 years"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', November 5, 2015, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of July 1, 2016. Accessed September 15, 2017. "For the first time in 40 years, the borough will be governed by a Republican mayor. Mario Kranjac defeated Democrat Joseph Favaro on Tuesday by a vote of 989 to 804, according to unofficial results.... Kranjac's ticket mates, Carrol McMorrow and Mark Park, won election to the Borough Council."</ref>
* Joseph Parisi Jr.  2008 to 2015.<ref name=NVS2011>Baskind, Amanda. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160917214407/http://www.northjersey.com/news/parisi-and-running-mates-win-shifts-council-majority-to-democrats-1.877027 "Parisi and running mates win; shifts council majority to Democrats"], ''Northern Valley Suburbanite'', November 8, 2011, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of September 17, 2016. Accessed September 15, 2017. "Parisi has been mayor for six years and will continue serving for the next four. Edward Aversa and Gloria Oh each won three-year terms and Joseph Favaro was elected to a one-year unexpired term."</ref>
* Joseph Parisi Sr. 1976 to 2005.<ref name=NVS2011/>
* Thomas E. Stagnitti (1923–2006) – 1964 to 1976.<ref>Lamb, William. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160911082048/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-128594359.html "Thomas E. Stagnitti, 3-term Englewood Cliffs mayor"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 9, 2006, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of September 11, 2016. Accessed September 15, 2017. "Thomas E. Stagnitti, a former bank president who served three terms as the Republican mayor of Englewood Cliffs, died Aug. 23 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where he had lived for 14 years.... Mr. Stagnitti was elected mayor in 1963 and served until 1976."</ref>
* [[William Outis Allison]] (1849–1924). He was the first mayor of Englewood Cliffs, and served four terms in office, from 1895 to 1911 (?).<ref>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1924/12/19/101628478.pdf "William O. Allison Dies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 19, 1924. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref>

===Federal, state, and county representation===

Englewood Cliffs is located in the 5th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2022>[https://www.njredistrictingcommission.org/documents/2021/Data2021/Plan%20Components.pdf 2022 Redistricting Plan], [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 8, 2022.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 37th state legislative district.<ref name=Districts2011>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=LWV2019>[https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf ''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''], New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#37 Districts by Number for 2011-2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

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===Politics===

{| border = “2”
|+ Englewood Cliffs vote<br /> by party in presidential elections
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Others]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]<ref name="uselectionatlas.org">{{Cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html|title = Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|46.9% ''1,290''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''49.6%''' ''1,364''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Libertarian}}|0.3% ''4''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3.2% ''59''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]<ref name="uselectionatlas.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.05%''' ''1,794''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.89% ''1,490''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Libertarian}}|0.39% ''13''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.66% ''22''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]<ref>http://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/elections/BC-Statement-of-Vote-Book-11-08-2016.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.30%''' ''1,414''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.72% ''1,160''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Libertarian}}|1.62% ''43''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.36% ''36''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]<ref>http://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/elections/o/2012-General-Election.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.84% ''1,086''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.27%''' ''1,369''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Libertarian}}|0.40% ''10''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.48% ''12''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]<ref>http://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/elections/n/2008-General-Election-Results.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.36% ''1,301''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.51%''' ''1,415''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Libertarian}}|0.07% ''2''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.06% ''29''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bergencountyclerk.org/Services/25|title = Bergen County Clerk - Historical Election Results}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.27% ''1,316''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.33%''' ''1,457''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Libertarian}}|0.07% ''2''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.32% ''9''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.28%''' ''1,298''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.22% ''1,270''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Libertarian}}|0.08% ''2''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.43% ''64''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''48.08%''' ''1,277''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.90% ''1,219''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Libertarian}}|0.15% ''4''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|5.95% ''158''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.42% ''1,241''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''49.03%''' ''1,469''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Libertarian}}|0.00% ''0''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|9.55% ''286''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.72% ''1,124''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.99%''' ''1,928''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Libertarian}}|0.16% ''5''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.13% ''4''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34.25% ''1,107''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''65.59%''' ''2,120''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Libertarian}}|0.06% ''2''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.09% ''3''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|28.72% ''885''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.30%''' ''1,827''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Libertarian}}|0.23% ''7''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|11.75% ''362''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.30% ''1,319''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.09%''' ''1,678''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Libertarian}}|0.23% ''7''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.38% ''42''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.26% ''1,164''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.78%''' ''1,849''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Libertarian}}|0.00% ''0''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.95% ''29''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''48.80%''' ''1,340''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.45% ''1,303''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3.75% ''103''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.44%''' ''1,579''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.36% ''829''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.21% ''5''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1960 United States presidential election|1960]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.91% ''706''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.77%''' ''861''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.32% ''5''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1956 United States presidential election|1956]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83083487/bergen-county-nj-election-results-1956/|title = Bergen County, NJ election results, 1956|newspaper = The Herald-News|date = November 7, 1956|page = 12}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20.94% ''169''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''79.06%''' ''638''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1952 United States presidential election|1952]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53473891/dwight-eisenhower-and-adlai-stevenson/|title = Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson - Bergen County, NJ 1952 Presidential election|newspaper = The Herald-News|date = November 5, 1952|page = 13}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.17% ''157''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.83%''' ''443''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1948 United States presidential election|1948]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53474081/thomas-dewey-and-harry-truman-bergen/|title=Thomas Dewey and Harry Truman Bergen County NJ, 1948 president by towns|newspaper=The Herald-News|date=November 3, 1948|page=19}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.83% ''128''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''70.43%''' ''324''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.74% ''8''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1944 United States presidential election|1944]]<ref name="newspapers.com">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53475277/fdr-dewey-1944-bergen-county-nj/|title = FDR Dewey 1944 Bergen County, NJ results by town|newspaper = The Record|date = November 8, 1944|page = 4}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34.79% ''143''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''65.21%''' ''268''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1940 United States presidential election|1940]]<ref name="newspapers.com"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.20% ''185''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.80%''' ''264''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1936 United States presidential election|1936]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53474798/fdr-landon-1936-presidential-election/|title = FDR Landon 1936 presidential election results Bergen County, NJ by town|newspaper = The Record|date = November 4, 1936|page = 4}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.95%''' ''247''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.05% ''172''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1932 United States presidential election|1932]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87630815/bergen-county-nj-election-results/|title=Bergen County, NJ election results, 1932 including Wyckoff|newspaper=The Record|date=November 11, 1932|page=2}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.76%''' ''193''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.24% ''147''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1924 United States presidential election|1924]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxAJ4yl-UZAC&dq=Longport&pg=PA665|title = Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey|year = 1925}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|32.26% ''80''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''67.74%''' ''168''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1920 United States presidential election|1920]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1921mull/page/464/mode/2up/search/saddle+river|title=Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey|year=1872}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|19.80% ''40''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''80.20%''' ''162''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1916 United States presidential election|1916]]<ref name="archive.org">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1917mull/page/576/mode/2up|title = Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey : Mullin, Edward J : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive| year=1872 }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|48.00% ''36''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.00%''' ''39''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1912 United States presidential election|1912]]<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1913mull/page/500/mode/2up|title = Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey|year = 1872}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''47.17%''' ''25''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|13.21% ''7''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Progressive}}|39.62% ''21''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1908 United States presidential election|1908]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1909mull/page/486/mode/2up|title = Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey|year = 1872}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.36% ''16''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.64%''' ''28''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1904 United States presidential election|1904]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1905mull/page/438/mode/2up|title = Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey|year = 1872}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34.00% ''17''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''66.00%''' ''33''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1900 United States presidential election|1900]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1901mull/page/370/mode/2up|title = Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey|year = 1872}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.10% ''16''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.90%''' ''26''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1896 United States presidential election|1896]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1897mull/page/n369/mode/2up|title = Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey|year = 1872}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.19% ''11''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.81%''' ''31''
|
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|}

Historically, Englewood Cliffs has generally supported Republican candidates for president, although the borough has been rather split in recent decades. Since 1992, no presidential candidate of any political party has carried the borough with over 60% of the vote.

In March 2011, there were a total of 3,505 registered voters in Englewood Cliffs, of which 1,069 (30.5% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 761 (21.7% vs. 21.1%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 1,675 (47.8% vs. 47.1%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were no voters registered to other parties.<ref name=VoterRegistration>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-bergen-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Bergen], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref> Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 66.4% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 84.6% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).<ref name=VoterRegistration/><ref>[https://www.census.gov GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 74.2% of the vote (1,182 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 24.9% (397 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (14 votes), among the 1,669 ballots cast by the borough's 3,528 registered voters (76 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 47.3%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-bergen.pdf |title=Governor - Bergen County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-bergen.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Bergen County|date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Republican Chris Christie received 1,059 votes (51.5% vs. 45.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 879 votes (42.7% vs. 48.0%), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 54 votes (2.6% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 12 votes (0.6% vs. 0.5%), among the 2,057 ballots cast by the borough's 3,588 registered voters, yielding a 57.3% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-bergen.pdf 2009 Governor: Bergen County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128164457/https://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-bergen.pdf |date=2018-11-28 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref>