Editing Kearny, New Jersey (section)

===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 16,348 registered voters in Kearny, of which 7,030 (43.0%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 1,922 (11.8%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 7,390 (45.2%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 6 voters registered to other parties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-hudson-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary – Hudson], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 68.9% of the vote (7,579 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 29.9% (3,293 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (129 votes), among the 11,076 ballots cast by the town's 17,601 registered voters (75 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 62.9%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hudson.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Hudson County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Hudson 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 60.4% of the vote (6,953 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 37.9% (4,365 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (121 votes), among the 11,508 ballots cast by the town's 18,057 registered voters, for a turnout of 63.7%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 57.0% of the vote (6,363 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 41.7% (4,650 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (87 votes), among the 11,154 ballots cast by the town's 16,633 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 67.1.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential Elections Results
!Year
![[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republican]]
![[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democratic]]
![[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2024]]<ref name="2024Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2024/2024-official-general-results-president-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 5, 2024 - Hudson County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''49.5%''' ''6,528''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.9%  ''6,226''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.6% ''305''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020]]<ref name="2020Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 3, 2020 - Hudson County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.8% ''5,477''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.4%'''  ''8,594''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.8% ''153''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]]<ref name="2016Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 8, 2016 - Hudson County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|33.8% ''3,922''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.4%''' ''7,251''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.4% ''394''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref name=2012Election>{{Cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Hudson County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.9% ''3,293''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''68.9%''' ''7,579''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.2% ''129''
|-
| 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-hudson.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 24, 2024.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.9%  ''4,365''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''60.4%''' ''6,953'' 
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.1% ''121''
|-
| 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_hudson_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520184200/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.7% ''4,650''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.0%'''   ''6,363''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.5% ''87''
|-
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] received 49.5% of the vote (2,667 cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 48.8% (2,634 votes), and other candidates with 1.7% (92 votes), among the 5,597 ballots cast by the town's 18,001 registered voters (204 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 31.1%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-hudson.pdf |title=Governor - Hudson County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Hudson 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 52.9% of the vote (3,838 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 38.5% (2,790 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 5.4% (390 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (80 votes), among the 7,249 ballots cast by the town's 16,417 registered voters, yielding a 44.2% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hudson.pdf 2009 Governor: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822214207/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hudson.pdf |date=August 22, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>