I am unable to agree with you concerning local Elections NJ. It most certainly DOES make a difference what Party is voted for, just as it does in General Elections.
I am lucky enough to live in a Tory-free zone, in my Constituency, Local Council and now the Welsh Assembly Government. We were lorded over by various Tory Governor Generals, coming over the Severn Bridge in the ministerial Rover, with the ostrich-plumed hat on the seat beside him, for many years, despite that party never having a popular mandate in Wales.
But the people have now spoken and all that has changed. There will be some people in Wales that would disagree with me on a political level, of course but they have had their chance to alter things, and they have failed. Some of those people who disagree with me, will almost certainly not have bothered to vote, and its these people that I now ignore...they had their chance to take part in the process but they chose to stay at home instead....more fool them. You can't "not take part" and moan about the consequences at the same time, because that is naked hypocrisy. People have every right to be hypocritic of course but they can't expect to have any sympathy.