Roselle Park, NJ is a small borough located in Union County. The town is typically run by nonpartisan election where candidates are not affiliated with any political party. Mayor Carl Hokanson and his Borough Council have been leading the municipality since 2019 and they are focused on improving the quality of life for all residents. They promote transparency and accountability within local government, and strive to keep Roselle Park a great place to live and work in for generations to come. They also prioritize fiscal responsibility while still implementing needed infrastructure improvements throughout the community. With its friendly, neighborly atmosphere, Roselle Park remains a great place to call home for many people in New Jersey.
The political climate in Roselle Park, 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 Park, 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 Park, 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 Park, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 299 contributions totaling $23,744 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)