Editing Caldwell, New Jersey (section)

=== Politics ===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 5,035 registered voters in Caldwell, of which 1,585 (31.5%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 1,118 (22.2%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 2,331 (46.3%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There was one voter registered to another party.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130602061240/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-essex-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary – Essex], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 5, 2012.</ref>
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In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 49.8% of the vote (1,814 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 49.4% (1,799 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (31 votes), among the 3,672 ballots cast by the borough's 5,281 registered voters (28 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 69.5%.<ref name="2012Elections">{{cite web|date=March 15, 2013|title=Presidential General Election Results – November 6, 2012 – Essex County|url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-essex.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226085014/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-essex.pdf|archive-date=December 26, 2014|access-date=December 24, 2014|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections}}</ref><ref name="2012VoterReg">{{cite web|date=March 15, 2013|title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 6, 2012 – General Election Results – Essex County|url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-essex.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818055709/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-essex.pdf|archive-date=August 18, 2014|access-date=December 24, 2014|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 48.4% of the vote (1,823 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 47.0% (1,770 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (41 votes), among the 3,769 ballots cast by the borough's 4,973 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.8%.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130602061723/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-essex.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Essex County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 5, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 52.2% of the vote (1,981 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat [[John Kerry]] with 46.6% (1,767 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (33 votes), among the 3,794 ballots cast by the borough's 4,852 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 78.2.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130602062315/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_essex_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Essex County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 5, 2012.</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 62.7% of the vote (1,485 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 36.2% (857 votes), and other candidates with 1.1% (25 votes), among the 2,417 ballots cast by the borough's 5,263 registered voters (50 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 45.9%.<ref name="2013Elections">{{cite web|date=January 29, 2014|title=Governor – Essex County|url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-essex.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220122059/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-essex.pdf|archive-date=February 20, 2014|access-date=December 24, 2014|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections}}</ref><ref name="2013VoterReg">{{cite web|date=January 29, 2014|title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 5, 2013 – General Election Results – Essex County|url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-essex.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220224507/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-essex.pdf|archive-date=February 20, 2014|access-date=December 24, 2014|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections}}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Republican Chris Christie received 50.5% of the vote (1,353 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 37.7% (1,008 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 9.4% (251 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (24 votes), among the 2,677 ballots cast by the borough's 4,974 registered voters, yielding a 53.8% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-essex.pdf 2009 Governor: Essex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202084614/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-essex.pdf |date=2015-02-02 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 5, 2012.</ref>