Belvidere, New Jersey is a small town located in Warren County. The town of Belvidere is governed by a mayor-council government consisting of a five-member Town Council and an elected Mayor. The current mayor is David B. Gieser who was re-elected in 2017 for his second term. The Town Council consists of four members that are appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Township Committee. The members serve four year terms and oversee all municipal affairs including budgeting, taxes, zoning, regulations, and contracts.
The local politics in Belvidere generally involve issues regarding land use, taxation, economic development, infrastructure improvements and services for the residents of the township. There is active participation in local political campaigns by citizens who are invested in improving their community. Members of the town council can often be seen attending events or participating in meetings with residents to address their needs and concerns. Each year there is an election for mayor as well as for the council members which allows the citizens to have a voice when it comes to selecting leaders for their community.
The political climate in Belvidere, NJ is somewhat conservative.
Warren County, NJ is moderately conservative. In Warren County, NJ 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 40.8%.
Warren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Belvidere, NJ is somewhat conservative.
Warren County, New Jersey is moderately conservative.
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Belvidere, New Jersey: R R R R R R
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 Belvidere, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 190 contributions totaling $5,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 183 contributions totaling $29,391 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)