Lambertville, NJ (08530) is a small city located in Hunterdon County. It has a very active political scene, with town meetings and elections taking place throughout the year. The current mayor is David DelVecchio, who was elected to his first term in 2019. The City Council consists of five members, with each member representing a ward in town. There are also local boards such as the Zoning Board and Environmental Commission which help make decisions on various issues in Lambertville. Every two years citizens of the city have the opportunity to cast their vote for local candidates running for office. During election season several campaigns take place, giving residents an opportunity to learn more about the platforms and values of the candidates. Additionally, residents may participate in public meetings held by the City Council and other local organizations that discuss important issues such as development plans or budget proposals that affect Lambertville and its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 08530 (Lambertville, NJ) is leaning conservative.
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
Zip 08530 (Lambertville, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Lambertville, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 08530 (Lambertville)
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)