Lambertville, NJ is a small city located in Hunterdon County with a population of 3,906 as of the 2010 census. The politics in Lambertville are overseen by the mayor and six-member City Council. On the local level, Lambertville is served by two representatives from each of the two main political parties: Democrats and Republicans. Currently, the mayor is an Independent candidate who was elected during the 2020 election season. The City Council is composed of three Democrats and three Republicans who represent their respective parties on matters related to city government. They work together to ensure that Lambertville residents receive quality public services and that their taxes are spent wisely. The City Council also works to improve safety, promote economic development, enhance cultural activities, and collaborate with other local governments to bring positive change to the community.
The political climate in Lambertville, NJ is leaning liberal.
Hunterdon County, NJ is leaning conservative. In Hunterdon County, NJ 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hunterdon county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.6%.
Hunterdon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lambertville, NJ is leaning liberal.
Hunterdon County, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
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.
Lambertville, 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 Lambertville, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,876 contributions totaling $215,812 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 245 contributions totaling $2,065,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $8,431 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)