Editing Helmetta, New Jersey (section)

===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 1,399 registered voters in Helmetta, of which 403 (28.8%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 264 (18.9%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 731 (52.3%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There was one voter registered to another party.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-middlesex-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Middlesex], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 23, 2012.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential Elections Results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
![[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
![[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2024]]<ref name="2024Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2024/2024-official-general-results-president-middlesex.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 5, 2024 - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.8%''' ''798''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34.3%  ''476''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |4.9% ''35''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020]]<ref name="2020Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-middlesex.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 3, 2020 - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2022}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.7%''' ''709''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.2%  ''560''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.1% ''27''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]]<ref name="2016Elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2016-results/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 8, 2016 - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''57.7%''' ''619''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.2%  ''420''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.1% ''33''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2016-results/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Middlesex County|date=March 15, 2013|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.1% ''442''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.4%'''  ''463''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.4% ''13''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008]]'''<ref name="state.nj.us">[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Middlesex County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.6%''' ''557''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.4%  ''480''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.0% ''21''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004]]'''<ref name="Presidential Election 2004">[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_middlesex_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Middlesex County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.6%''' ''587''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.6%  ''442''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.8% ''8''
|-
|}

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 50.4% of the vote (463 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 48.1% (442 votes), and other candidates with 1.4% (13 votes), among the 925 ballots cast by the borough's 1,372 registered voters (7 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 67.4%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-middlesex.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Middlesex County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Middlesex County|date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Republican [[John McCain]] received 52.1% of the vote (557 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 44.9% (480 votes) and other candidates with 2.0% (21 votes), among the 1,069 ballots cast by the borough's 1,438 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.3%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Middlesex County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 23, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 56.2% of the vote (587 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat [[John Kerry]] with 42.3% (442 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (8 votes), among the 1,044 ballots cast by the borough's 1,382 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 75.5.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_middlesex_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Middlesex County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 23, 2012.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Gubernatorial Elections Results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
![[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
![[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021|2021]]<ref name="2021Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2021/2021-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523133229/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2021/2021-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|archive-date=May 23, 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.8%''' ''484''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.3%  ''284''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.9% ''15''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017|2017]]<ref name="2017Elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101082423/http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|archive-date=January 1, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''57.9%''' ''334''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.4%  ''216''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |4.7% ''27''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013]]<ref name="2013Elections">{{cite web|url=http://nj.gov/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor - Middlesex County|date=January 29, 2014|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910072807/http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|archive-date=September 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''71.7%''' ''503''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.1%  ''183''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.3% ''16''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009]]'''<ref name="2009Elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=January 2, 2018}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.0%''' ''476''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.5%  ''179''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |6.5% ''45''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005|2005]]'''<ref name="2005Elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2005governor's_results-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=January 2, 2018}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''49.8%''' ''375''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.1%  ''302''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |10.1% ''76''
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 71.7% of the vote (503 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 26.1% (183 votes), and other candidates with 2.3% (16 votes), among the 718 ballots cast by the borough's 1,374 registered voters (16 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 52.3%.<ref name="2013Elections" /><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Middlesex County|date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Republican Chris Christie received 67.5% of the vote (476 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 25.4% (179 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 4.4% (31 votes) and other candidates with 2.0% (14 votes), among the 705 ballots cast by the borough's 1,402 registered voters, yielding a 50.3% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf 2009 Governor: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230558/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf |date=2012-10-17 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 23, 2012.</ref>