Editing Paterson, New Jersey (section)

===Politics===
In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020 presidential election]], Democrat [[Joe Biden]] won 38,453 votes (80.3%) to Republican [[Donald Trump]]’s 9,053 (18.9%) among 47,876 votes cast (representing a turnout of 55.7% among 85,932 registered voters).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-passaic.pdf | title=Presidential General Election Results – November 3, 2020 – Passaic County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-result-ballotscast-passaic.pdf| title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 3, 2020 – Passaic County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections}}</ref> [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|Four years earlier]], Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] won 40,697 votes (89.8%) to Trump’s 3,999 (8.8%) among 45,336 votes cast (representing a turnout of 55.8% among 81,282 registered voters).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-passaic.pdf | title=Presidential General Election Results – November 8, 2016 – Passaic County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-ballotscast-results-passaic.pdf| title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 8, 2016 – Passaic County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections}}</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/assets/pdf/election-results/2024/2024-official-general-results-president-passaic.pdf|title=Presidential November 5, 2024 General Election Results Passaic County|access-date=January 11, 2025}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.2% ''13,819''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.0%''' ''25,054''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.8% ''1,500''
|-
| 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-passaic.pdf|title=Presidential November 3, 2020 General Election Results Passaic County|access-date=January 11, 2025}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|18.9% ''9,053''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''80.3%''' ''38,453''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.8% ''270''
|-
| 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-passaic.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results – November 8, 2016 – Passaic County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|8.8% ''3,999''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''89.8%''' ''40,697''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.4% ''611''
|-
| 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-passaic.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Passaic County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=January 11, 2025}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|6.1% ''2,696''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''93.6%''' ''41,662''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.3% ''152''
|-
| 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-passaic.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Passaic County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed January 11, 2025.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|9.7% ''4,098''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''90.0%''' ''38,085''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.3% ''150''
|-
| 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_passaic_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Passaic County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed January 11, 2025.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|17.1% ''5,959''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''82.8%''' ''28,896''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.1% ''151''
|}