Editing Trenton, New Jersey (section)

===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 37,407 registered voters in Trenton, of which 16,819 (45.0%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 1,328 (3.6%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 19,248 (51.5%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 12 voters registered to other parties.<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>

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|+ Presidential elections results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
![[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
![[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
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| 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 November 5, 2024 General Election Results Mercer County |access-date=January 7, 2025}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|16.7% ''3,117''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''82.2%''' ''15,372''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.1% ''215''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020]]<ref name="2020Elections">{{cite web |url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-mercer.pdf |title=Presidential November 3, 2020 General Election Results Mercer County |access-date=June 26, 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}}|11.2% ''2,443''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''88.2%''' ''19,304''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.6% ''146''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]]<ref name="2016Elections">{{cite web |url=https://www.state.nj.us/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 |archive-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902012936/https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-mercer.pdf |url-status=live}}{</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|7.7% ''1,715''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''90.6%''' ''20,131''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.7% ''379''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref name="2012Elections">{{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}}|6.2% ''1,528''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''93.4%''' ''23,125''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.4% ''97''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008]]<ref name="state.nj.us">[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-mercer.rev.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Mercer County] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520234801/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-mercer.rev.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 21, 2012.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|8.3% ''2,157''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''91.1%''' ''23,577''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.6% ''141''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004]]'''<ref name="Presidential Election 2004">[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_mercer_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Mercer County] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204921/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_mercer_co_2004.pdf |date=March 4, 2016 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 21, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|16.9% ''3,791''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''82.5%''' ''18,539''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.6% ''146''
|}

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 93.4% of the vote (23,125 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 6.2% (1,528 votes), and other candidates with 0.4% (97 votes), among the 27,831 ballots cast by the city's 40,362 registered voters (3,081 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 69.0%.<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 |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> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 89.9% of the vote here (23,577 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 8.2% (2,157 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (141 votes), among the 26,229 ballots cast by the city's 41,005 registered voters, for a turnout of 64.0%.<ref name="state.nj.us"/> The [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]], [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], and [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]] presidential elections were the only elections where the Republican nominee obtained over 10.0% of the vote since at least 2004. Since at least the same year, [[George W. Bush]] in 2004 presidential election and [[Donald Trump]] in 2024 presidential election were the only Republicans to receive over 15.0% of the vote in Trenton.

{| 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>[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] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101135257/http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-mercer.pdf |date=January 1, 2018 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]], updated December 14, 2021. Accessed March 10, 2023.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|10.7% ''987''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''88.6%''' ''8,120''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.7% ''59''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017|2017]]<ref>{{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}}|8.6% ''872''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''89.8%''' ''9,128''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.7% ''169''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[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 |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}}|24.7% ''3,035''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''74.7%''' ''9,179''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.7% ''77''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009]]<ref name="2009 Governor: Mercer County">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120822213742/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-mercer.pdf 2009 Governor: Mercer County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 21, 2012.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|12.4% ''1,560''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''83.7%''' ''10,235''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.5% ''440''
|-
| 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}}|15.3% ''1,982''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''81.0%''' ''10,484''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.6% ''471''
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] received 74.7% of the vote (9,179 cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 24.7% (3,035 votes), and other candidates with 0.6% (77 votes), among the 11,884 ballots cast by the city's 38,452 registered voters (407 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 30.9%.<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 |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> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 81.6% of the vote here (10,235 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 12.4% (1,560 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 2.4% (305 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (135 votes), among the 12,537 ballots cast by the city's 38,345 registered voters, yielding a 32.7% turnout.<ref name="2009 Governor: Mercer County"/>