Belleville is a township located in Essex County, NJ. The current population of Belleville is 35,926 according to the 2010 census. The local politics within this township is overseen by a Mayor and six Township Council Members who are all elected officials. In the most recent election, Joseph Pannullo was elected as Mayor while Tracey Schultz-Kubenka, Richard Mascola Sr., Brian J. Plunkett, Vincent Cozzarelli, Robert O’Malley, and Gina Marie Genovese were all elected as Township Council Members. They are the decision makers and legislators that oversee various aspects of politics for the people in Belleville such as taxes and infrastructure projects. These elected officials also work with other governing bodies like county departments to ensure that Belleville residents receive the key services they need from their local government.
The political climate in Zip 07109 (Belleville, NJ) is very liberal.
Essex County, NJ is very liberal. In Essex County, NJ 77.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 21.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Essex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.1% to 21.8%.
Essex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 07109 (Belleville, NJ) is very liberal.
Belleville, New Jersey is very liberal.
Essex County, New Jersey is very 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.
Belleville, 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 07109 (Belleville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 939 contributions totaling $52,495 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $13,142 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)