 In the 2016 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump received 53.5% of the vote for a total of 6,366 votes ahead of Democrat Hillary Clinton, who received 42.5% of the vote for a total of 5,049 votes.Other 3rd party candidates received a collective vote of 372, accounting for the remaining 3.1% 

The Mahwah Township Public Schools provides public education for students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprising six schools, had an enrollment of 2,947 students and 266.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0