Editing Dover, New Jersey (section)

===Politics===
{{PresHead|place=Dover|source=<br>2024<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2024/2024-official-general-results-president-morris.pdf Presidential November 5, 2024 General Election Results Morris County], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref> 2020<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-morris.pdf Presidential November 3, 2020 General Election Results Morris County], [[New Jersey Department of State]], updated December 18, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref> 2016<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-morris.pdf Presidential November 8, 2016 General Election Results Morris County], [[New Jersey Department of State]], updated December 14, 2016. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref> 2012<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2012/2012-presidential-morris.pdf Presidential November 6, 2012 General Election Results Morris County], [[New Jersey Department of State]], updated March 15, 2013. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref> 2008<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2008/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-morris.pdf Presidential General Election Results Morris County for 2008], [[New Jersey Department of State]], updated December 23, 2008. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref> 2004<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2004/2004-presidential_morris_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election Morris County Official Results], [[New Jersey Department of State]], updated December 13, 2004. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref>}}
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As of March 2011, there were a total of 6,613 registered voters in Dover. Of those, 2,603 (39.4%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 1,125 (17.0%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], 2,881 (43.6%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]], and 4 were registered as [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarians]] or [[Green Party (United States)|Greens]].<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-morris-co-summary-report.pdf | title = Voter Registration Summary - Morris | publisher = [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections | date = March 23, 2011 | access-date = December 18, 2012}}</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 72.4% of the vote (3,223 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 26.8% (1,195 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (35 votes), among the 4,494 ballots cast by the town's 7,196 registered voters (41 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 62.5%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{citation |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-morris.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Morris County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{citation |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-morris.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Morris 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]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 67.1% of the vote (3,172 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 31.7% (1,500 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (31 votes), among the 4,727 ballots cast by the town's 7,019 registered voters, for a turnout of 67.3%.<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-morris.pdf | title = 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Morris County | publisher = [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections | date = December 23, 2008 | access-date = December 18, 2012}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 57.2% of the vote (2,658 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 41.2% (1,914 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (34 votes), among the 4,643 ballots cast by the town's 7,356 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 63.1.<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_morris_co_2004.pdf | title = 2004 Presidential Election: Morris County | publisher = [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections | date = December 13, 2004 | access-date = December 18, 2012}}</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 54.0% of the vote (1,055 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 43.6% (853 votes), and other candidates with 2.4% (47 votes), among the 1,994 ballots cast by the town's 7,078 registered voters (39 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 28.2%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{citation |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-morris.pdf |title=Governor - Morris County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{citation |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-morris.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Morris 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]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 55.6% of the vote (1,408 ballots cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 36.3% (919 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 5.6% (142 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (21 votes), among the 2,532 ballots cast by the town's 6,750 registered voters, yielding a 37.5% turnout.<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-morris.pdf | title = 2009 Governor: Morris County | publisher = [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections | date = December 31, 2009 | access-date = December 18, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121017231210/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-morris.pdf | archive-date = October 17, 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>