Editing Lavallette, New Jersey (section)

===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 1,704 registered voters in Lavallette, of which 241 (14.1%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 913 (53.6%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 550 (32.3%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were no voters registered to other parties.<ref name=VoterRegistration>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-ocean-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Ocean], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 26, 2012.</ref> Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 90.9% (vs. 63.2% in Ocean County) were registered to vote, including 102.1% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 82.6% countywide).<ref name=VoterRegistration/><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST16?slice=GEO~0400000US34 GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212202223/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST16?slice=GEO~0400000US34 |date=2020-02-12 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 26, 2012. Note that percentages in excess of 100% can occur where new residents have been added to the voter rolls while former residents have not been removed.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Republican [[Mitt Romney]] received 66.5% of the vote (646 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 33.3% (324 votes), and other candidates with 0.2% (2 votes), among the 980 ballots cast by the borough's 1,758 registered voters (8 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 55.7%.<ref name="2012Elections" /><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-ocean.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Ocean 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 62.0% of the vote (862 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 35.0% (487 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (16 votes), among the 1,391 ballots cast by the borough's 1,843 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.5%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-ocean.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Ocean County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 26, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 64.6% of the vote (949 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat [[John Kerry]] with 33.3% (489 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (11 votes), among the 1,469 ballots cast by the borough's 1,944 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 75.6.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_ocean_co_2004_1.26.05.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Ocean County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed December 26, 2012.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential Elections Results
!Year
![[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republican]]
![[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|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-ocean.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 5, 2024 - Ocean County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.7%''' ''909''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.1%  ''501''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.2% ''15''
|-
| 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-ocean.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 3, 2020 - Ocean County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.8%''' ''908''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.8%  ''518''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.4% ''13''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]]<ref name="2016Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-ocean.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 8, 2016 - Ocean County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''67.3%''' ''818''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|29.9% ''364''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.8% ''34''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref name="2012Elections">{{Cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-ocean.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Ocean County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''66.5%''' ''646''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33.3%  ''324''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.2% ''2''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008]]'''<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-ocean.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Ocean County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 24, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.0%''' ''862''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.0%  ''487''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.2% ''16''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004]]'''<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_ocean_co_2004_1.26.05.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Ocean County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed December 24, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.6%''' ''949''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33.3%   ''489''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.6% ''11''
|-
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 84.1% of the vote (752 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 15.1% (135 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (7 votes), among the 907 ballots cast by the borough's 1,646 registered voters (13 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 55.1%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-ocean.pdf |title=Governor - Ocean County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-ocean.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Ocean 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 67.9% of the vote (784 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 24.2% (280 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 5.4% (62 votes) and other candidates with 0.3% (4 votes), among the 1,155 ballots cast by the borough's 1,757 registered voters, yielding a 65.7% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-ocean.pdf 2009 Governor: Ocean County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230602/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-ocean.pdf |date=2012-10-17 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 26, 2012.</ref>