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===Politics=== Camden has historically been a stronghold of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. As of November 6, 2018, there were 42,264 registered voters in the city of Camden.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 General Election Ballots Cast in Camden |url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2018/2018-general-election-ballotscast-results-camden-1220.pdf}}</ref> As of March 23, 2011, there were 43,893 registered voters in Camden, of which 17,403 (39.6%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 885 (2.0%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 25,601 (58.3%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-camden-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary β Camden], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed October 15, 2012.</ref> All [[Mayors of Camden, New Jersey|Camden mayors]] since 1935 have been Democrats. The last Republican Camden mayor was Frederick von Nieda, who only sat in office for a year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camden People β FREDERICK VON NIEDA |url=http://www.dvrbs.com/people/CamdenPeople-FrederickVonNieda.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301081953/http://www.dvrbs.com/people/CamdenPeople-FrederickVonNieda.htm |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |access-date=April 14, 2019 |website=dvrbs.com}}</ref> During his second term, Obama visited Camden in 2015 and said that "Hold you up as a symbol of promise for the nation. This city is on to something, no one is suggesting that the job is done," the president said. "It's still a work in progress."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salant |first=Jonathan D. |date=May 18, 2015 |title=Obama calls Camden a 'symbol of promise for the nation' |url=https://www.nj.com/politics/2015/05/obama_tells_camden.html |access-date=May 7, 2019 |website=The Star-Ledger}}</ref> In the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] was seeking reelection and was challenged by [[Mitt Romney]]. The city overwhelmingly voted for Obama in the biggest Democratic landslide in Camden's history. In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] received overwhelming support from the city of Camden. On May 11, 2016, Clinton held a rally at [[Camden County College]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Caffrey |first=Michelle |date=May 12, 2016 |title=Camden success story shines on stage at Hillary Clinton's N.J. rally |url=https://www.nj.com/camden/2016/05/camden_success_story_shines_on_stage_at_hillary_cl.html |access-date=April 14, 2019 |website=The Star-Ledger}}</ref> In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 96.8% of the vote (22,254 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 3.0% (683 votes), and other candidates with 0.2% (57 votes), among the 23,230 ballots cast by the city's 47,624 registered voters (236 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 48.8%.<ref name="2012Elections">{{cite web |date=March 15, 2013 |title=Presidential General Election Results β November 6, 2012 β Camden County |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-camden.pdf |access-date=December 24, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections}}</ref><ref name="2012VoterReg">{{cite web |date=March 15, 2013 |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast β November 6, 2012 β General Election Results β Camden County |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-camden.pdf |access-date=December 24, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections}}</ref> In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 91.1% of the vote (22,197 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain, who received around 5.0% (1,213 votes), with 24,374 ballots cast among the city's 46,654 registered voters, for a turnout of 52.2%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-camden.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Camden County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed October 15, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 84.4% of the vote (15,914 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush, who received around 12.6% (2,368 votes), with 18,858 ballots cast among the city's 37,765 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 49.9.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_camden_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Camden County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed October 15, 2012.</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] received 79.9% of the vote (6,680 cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 18.8% (1,569 votes), and other candidates with 1.4% (116 votes), among the 9,796 ballots cast by the city's 48,241 registered voters (1,431 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 20.3%.<ref name="2013Elections">{{cite web |date=January 29, 2014 |title=Governor β Camden County |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-camden.pdf |access-date=December 24, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections}}</ref><ref name="2013VoterReg">{{cite web |date=January 29, 2014 |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast β November 5, 2013 β General Election Results β Camden County |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-camden.pdf |access-date=December 24, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections}}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 85.6% of the vote (8,700 ballots cast), ahead of both Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 5.9% (604 votes) and Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 0.8% (81 votes), with 10,166 ballots cast among the city's 43,165 registered voters, yielding a 23.6% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-camden.pdf 2009 Governor: Camden County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017225410/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-camden.pdf|date=October 17, 2012}}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed October 15, 2012.</ref> {{PresHead|place=Camden|source=<ref>{{Cite web |title=NJ DOS - Division of Elections - Election Results Archive |url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/election-information-results.shtml |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=nj.gov}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Democratic|2,803|13,462|144|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2020|Democratic|1,994|17,617|93|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2016|Democratic|838|19,654|235|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2012|Democratic|683|22,254|57|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2008|Democratic|1,213|22,197|116|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2004|Democratic|2,368|15,914|97|New Jersey}} |}
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