Manville, New Jersey is a small borough located in Somerset County with a population of just over 10,000 people. It is governed by the local mayor and town council, who are elected by Manville residents every four years. The mayor and council work together to create policies that help shape the future of the community and ensure citizens have access to quality services. Local issues that have been discussed in recent years include economic development, environmental sustainability, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and affordable housing. As Manville continues to grow and develop, it is important that its citizens take an active role in government by voting for their chosen political candidates to ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Manville, NJ is somewhat 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
Manville, NJ is somewhat 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.
Manville, 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 Manville, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 239 contributions totaling $1,140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)