Helmetta, NJ is a small borough located in Middlesex County. Politics in Helmetta are dominated by the Democratic Party, which controls all three seats on the Borough Council and Mayor’s office. The current Mayor of Helmetta is Christopher Slavicek, who was elected to a four-year term in 2019. Local issues that have been discussed in recent elections include improving local infrastructure, attracting new businesses and maintaining low property taxes. Residents of Helmetta also have an active voice in local politics as they are able to attend meetings of the Borough Council and other governing bodies to express their opinions on different topics. As a result, politics in Helmetta remain active and engaging for residents to engage with their local government representatives.
The political climate in Helmetta, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Middlesex County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Middlesex County, NJ 60.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.2% to 38.2%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Helmetta, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Middlesex 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.
Helmetta, 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 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 Helmetta, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $724 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $2,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $358 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)