Editing Woodbridge Township, New Jersey (section)

===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 54,674 registered voters in Woodbridge Township, of which 20,900 (38.2%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 6,135 (11.2%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 27,611 (50.5%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 28 voters registered to other parties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-middlesex-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Middlesex] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215902/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-middlesex-co-summary-report.pdf |date=October 4, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 27, 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://www.nj.gov/state/elections/election-information-results.shtml|title=Election Results Archive|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 17, 2024}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.9% ''21,531''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.4%'''  ''22,175''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.7% ''1,201''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020]]<ref name="2020Elections">{{cite web|url=https://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=June 21, 2021|archive-date=August 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813203956/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-middlesex.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.6% ''18,760''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.2%'''  ''25,778''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.2% ''532''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]]<ref name="2016Elections">{{cite web|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 8, 2016 - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=June 21, 2021|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203031/https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.4% ''16,055''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.5%'''  ''21,533''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.1% ''1,192''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref name="2012Election">{{cite web|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2012/2012-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=June 21, 2021|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204115/https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2012/2012-presidential-middlesex.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|36.7% ''13,200''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.2%'''  ''22,386''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.1% ''386''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008]]<ref name="state.nj.us">[https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2008/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022191707/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2008/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf |date=October 22, 2020 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed June 21, 2021.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.4% ''16,251''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.4%'''  ''21,590''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.2% ''472''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004]]'''<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 22, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.1% ''16,589''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.5%'''   ''19,662''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.7% ''367''
|-
|}

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 62.2% of the vote (22,386 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 36.7% (13,200 votes), and other candidates with 1.1% (386 votes), among the 36,301 ballots cast by the township's 55,262 registered voters (329 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 65.7%.<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 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111233101/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</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 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111223203/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 55.9% of the vote (21,590 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 42.0% (16,251 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (472 votes), among the 38,657 ballots cast by the township's 55,075 registered voters, for a turnout of 70.2%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722203923/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf |date=July 22, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 27, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 53.5% of the vote (19,662 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 45.1% (16,589 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (367 votes), among the 36,770 ballots cast by the township's 51,913 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 70.8.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_middlesex_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722204150/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_middlesex_co_2004.pdf |date=July 22, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 27, 2012.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Gubernatorial elections results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
![[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republican]]
![[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|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.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}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.0% ''11,292''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.0%''' ''12,510''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''244''
|-
| 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-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}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.7% ''8,292''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.8%''' ''11,530''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.5% ''526''
|-
| 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}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.9%''' ''12,122''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.7%  ''8,183''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.4% ''186''
|-
| 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|archive-date=September 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911213517/http://nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.1%''' ''11,987''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.9%  ''10,029''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |8.3% ''1,971''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005|2005]]'''<ref name="2005Elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2005governor%27s_results-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor – Middlesex County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=January 2, 2018|archive-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119223551/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2005governor%27s_results-middlesex.pdf}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.4% ''9,348''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.2%''' ''13,077''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |5.4% ''1,247''
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 58.9% of the vote (12,122 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 39.7% (8,183 votes), and other candidates with 1.4% (286 votes), among the 21,064 ballots cast by the township's 56,121 registered voters (473 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 37.5%.<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 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133312/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Republican Chris Christie received 50.1% of the vote (11,987 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 41.9% (10,029 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 7.2% (1,710 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (261 votes), among the 23,913 ballots cast by the township's 53,843 registered voters, yielding a 44.4% 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=October 17, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 27, 2012.</ref>