Roselle, NJ is a vibrant and diverse community located in Union County, NJ. The local politics of the area are centered around providing quality services to citizens, encouraging economic growth and development, and promoting transparency within city government. Roselle is led by a mayor and four council members who all work together to ensure that the town operates effectively. They implement policies that focus on public safety, fiscal responsibility, keeping taxes low for residents, and providing quality services to citizens. The elected officials in Roselle are committed to maintaining an open line of communication with their constituents and regularly holding public meetings to discuss important topics. Through these meetings, residents have the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns about the direction of their city.
The political climate in Roselle, NJ is strongly liberal.
Union County, NJ is very liberal. In Union County, NJ 67.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.0% to 31.5%.
Union county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Roselle, NJ is strongly liberal.
Union 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.
Roselle, 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 Roselle, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 150 contributions totaling $8,218 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $165 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)