Somerville, New Jersey is a small town located in Somerset County that has a rich political history. Although the town is small, there are still many opportunities for residents to get involved in local politics. Somerville has been home to several elected and appointed representatives at the county and state level, including mayors, council members, county freeholders, state assemblymen, and senators. Within the town itself, there are multiple political clubs that meet regularly to discuss and debate important topics related to local issues. Additionally, there are multiple ways for citizens to get involved in the local political process such as attending public meetings held by the Mayor or other elected officials or joining a local political organization. By getting involved with politics in Somerville residents can help shape their community for the betterment of all its citizens.
The political climate in Somerville, NJ is moderately liberal.
Somerset County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Somerset County, NJ 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.5%.
Somerset county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Somerville, NJ is moderately liberal.
Somerset 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.
Somerville, New Jersey: r r 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Somerville, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,840 contributions totaling $398,724 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,345 contributions totaling $1,016,368 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $756 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)