Editing West Windsor, New Jersey (section)

===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 16,034 registered voters in West Windsor, of which 5,384 (33.6%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 2,968 (18.5%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 7,672 (47.8%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|unaffiliated]]. There were 10 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], 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}}|25.6% ''3,581''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''71.1%'''  ''9,927''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.3% ''462''
|-
| 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-mercer.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results – November 3, 2020 – Mercer County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=June 20, 2021}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|22.2% ''3,423''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''76.5%'''  ''11,821''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.3% ''208''
|-
| 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-mercer.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results – November 8, 2016 – Mercer County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|24.6% ''3,197''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''72.3%'''  ''9,415''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.1% ''404''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref name="2012Elections">{{cite web|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2012/2012-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}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.7% ''4,401''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''63.1%'''  ''7,769''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.2% ''148''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008]]<ref>[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}}|33.8% ''4,092''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.2%'''  ''7,895''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''125''
|-
| 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_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}}|40.2% ''4,596''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.1%'''  ''6,753''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.7% ''79''
|-
|}

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 63.1% of the vote (7,769 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 35.7% (4,401 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (148 votes), among the 14,045 ballots cast by the township's 17,891 registered voters (1,727 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 78.5%.<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}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Obama received 64.3% of the vote (7,895 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 33.3% (4,092 votes) and other candidates with 1.0% (125 votes), among the 12,273 ballots cast by the township's 16,548 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.2%.<ref>[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>

{| 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">[https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2021/2021-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf 2021 General Election Results: Governor Mercer County], [[New Jersey Department of State]], updated December 14, 2021. Accessed March 14, 2023.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|27.6% ''2,445''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''71.4%''' ''6,324''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''84''
|-
| 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}}|32.9% ''2,710''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.5%''' ''5,399''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.7% ''139''
|-
| 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}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.0%''' ''4,983''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.3% ''2,793''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.7% ''137''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009]]<ref>[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}}|43.4% ''3,436''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.5%'''  ''3,918''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |6.4% ''508''
|-
| 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%27s_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}}|44.1% ''3,414''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.6%''' ''4,144''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.3% ''176''
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 63.0% of the vote (4,983 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 35.3% (2,793 votes), and other candidates with 1.7% (137 votes), among the 8,181 ballots cast by the township's 17,648 registered voters (268 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 46.4%.<ref name=2013Elections/><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}}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 49.5% of the vote (3,918 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 43.4% (3,436 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 6.0% (474 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (34 votes), among the 7,914 ballots cast by the township's 16,267 registered voters, yielding a 48.7% turnout.<ref>[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>