Editing Princeton, New Jersey (section)

===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 18,049 registered voters in Princeton (a sum of the former borough and township's voters), of which 9,184 (50.9%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 2,140 (11.9%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 6,703 (37.1%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|unaffiliated]]. There were 22 voters registered as [[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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520233503/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-mercer-co-summary-report.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 21, 2012.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Presidential Elections Results*'''
|- style="background: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|title=Presidential November 5, 2024 General Election Results Mercer County|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2024/2024-official-general-results-president-mercer.pdf|access-date=January 7, 2025}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|16.0% ''2,029''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''81.0%'''  ''10,292''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.9% ''373''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020]]<ref name="2020Elections">{{cite web|title=Presidential November 3, 2020 General Election Results Mercer County|url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-mercer.pdf|access-date=June 21, 2022|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=live}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|14.1% ''1,981''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''84.3%'''  ''11,858''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.6% ''235''
|-
| 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=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|14.1% ''1,817''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''81.8%'''  ''10,548''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |4.1% ''527''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref>{{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|archive-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224050112/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-mercer.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.0% ''2,882''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''75.4%'''  ''9,461''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.6% ''205''
|}

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]], [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], and [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]] presidential elections, the Democratic nominee received over 80% of the vote. Since at least [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]], that year's and the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]] were the only elections where the Republican nominee earned over 15% of the vote in the borough. In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 75.4% of the vote (9,461 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 23.0% (2,882 votes), and other candidates with 1.6% (205 votes), among the 14,752 ballots cast by the municipality's 20,328 registered voters (2,204 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 72.6%.<ref>{{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 |archive-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224050112/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-mercer.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><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 |archive-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224045621/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-mercer.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Gubernatorial Elections Results'''
|- style="background: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 |website=www.state.nj.us |access-date=2023-09-12 |title=2021 General Election Results Governor Mercer |archive-date=January 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101135257/http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|18.6% ''1,553''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''80.5%'''  ''6,721''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''79''
|-
| 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|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|url-status=dead}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|17.9% ''1,491''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''80.0%'''  ''6,648''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.0% ''169''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013]]<ref>{{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|archive-date=January 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101063506/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.2% ''2,780''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.8%'''  ''4,172''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.7% ''145''
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] received 58.8% of the vote (4,172 cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 39.2% (2,780 votes), and other candidates with 2.0% (145 votes), among the 7,279 ballots cast by the municipality's 18,374 registered voters (182 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 39.6%.<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 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133341/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-mercer-0131.pdf |url-status=live }}</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 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133311/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-mercer.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>