Editing Pennington, New Jersey (section)

===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 2,017 registered voters in Pennington, of which 828 (41.1%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 467 (23.2%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 720 (35.7%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 2 voters registered as either [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarians]] or [[Green Party (United States)|Greens]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-mercer-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Mercer], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 21, 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/Democratic}}|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2024]]<ref name="2024Elections">{{cite web|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2024/2024-official-general-results-president-mercer.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 5, 2024 - Mercer County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|19.8% ''340''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''78.8%'''  ''1,353''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.4% ''24''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020]]<ref name="2020Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-mercer.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 8, 2016 - Mercer County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307051429/https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-mercer.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|19.1% ''349''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''79.5%'''  ''1,453''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.4% ''25''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]]<ref name="2016Elections">{{cite web|url=http://nj.gov/state/elections/2016-results/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-mercer.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 8, 2016 - Mercer County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017}}{{dead link|date=January 2020}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|20.3% ''309''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''75.4%'''  ''1,149''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |4.3% ''65''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[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-mercer.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Mercer County|date=March 15, 2013|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 23, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224050112/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-mercer.pdf|archive-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.7% ''488''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''66.0%'''  ''985''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.3% ''19''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[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-mercer.rev.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Mercer County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 21, 2012.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.4% ''506''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''67.5%'''  ''1,090''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.1% ''18''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[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_mercer_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Mercer County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 21, 2012.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|36.5% ''581''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.8%'''  ''999''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.7% ''11''
|-
|}

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 66.0% of the vote (985 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 32.7% (488 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (19 votes), among the 1,653 ballots cast by the borough's 2,115 registered voters (161 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 78.2%.<ref name="2012Elections"/><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-mercer.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Mercer County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224045621/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-mercer.pdf |archive-date=December 24, 2014 }}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 66.9% of the vote (1,090 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 31.0% (506 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (18 votes), among the 1,630 ballots cast by the borough's 2,088 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.1%.<ref name="state.nj.us"/> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 61.7% of the vote (999 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 35.9% (581 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (11 votes), among the 1,619 ballots cast by the borough's 2,022 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 80.1.<ref name="Presidential Election 2004"/>

{| 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/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021|2021]]<ref name="2021Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2021/2021-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf|title=Governor - Mercer County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101135257/http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf|archive-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.9% ''290''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''75.4%'''  ''914''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.7% ''8''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017|2017]]<ref name="2017Elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf|title=Governor - Mercer County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101135257/http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf|archive-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|28.3% ''296''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''69.9%'''  ''730''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.8% ''19''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013]]<ref name="2013Elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf|title=Governor - Mercer County|date=January 29, 2014|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 24, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101063506/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf|archive-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''49.6%''' ''496''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|48.7%  ''487''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.6% ''16''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009]]<ref name="2009 Governor: Mercer County">[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-mercer.pdf 2009 Governor: Mercer County], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822213742/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-mercer.pdf |date=August 22, 2012 }} [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 21, 2012.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.7% ''425''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.8%'''  ''640''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |9.6% ''114''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005|2005]]<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2005governor's_results-mercer.pdf 2005 Governor: Mercer County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707151030/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2005governor's_results-mercer.pdf |date=July 7, 2016 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections. Accessed December 31, 2017.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.2% ''460''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.8%''' ''649''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.0% ''34''
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 49.6% of the vote (496 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 48.7% (487 votes), and other candidates with 1.6% (16 votes), among the 1,015 ballots cast by the borough's 2,067 registered voters (16 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 49.1%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-mercer-0131.pdf |title=Governor - Mercer County |date=January 31, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-mercer.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Mercer County |date=January 31, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133311/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-mercer.pdf |archive-date=September 24, 2015 }}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 53.8% of the vote (640 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 35.7% (425 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 9.3% (111 votes) and other candidates with 0.3% (3 votes), among the 1,190 ballots cast by the borough's 2,057 registered voters, yielding a 57.9% turnout.<ref name="2009 Governor: Mercer County"/>