Editing Downe Township, New Jersey (section)

===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 1,128 registered voters in Downe Township, of which 249 (22.1%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democrats]], 484 (42.9%) were registered as [[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republicans]] and 394 (34.9%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There was one voter registered to another party.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-cumberland-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Cumberland], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed October 23, 2012.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Republican [[Mitt Romney]] received 58.8% of the vote (415 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 39.1% (276 votes), and other candidates with 2.1% (15 votes), among the 715 ballots cast by the township's 1,172 registered voters (9 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 61.0%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-cumberland.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Cumberland 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-cumberland.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Cumberland 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]], Republican [[John McCain]] received 56.7% of the vote (447 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]], who received 38.1% (300 votes), with 788 ballots cast among the township's 1,127 registered voters, for a turnout of 69.9%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-cumberland.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Cumberland County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed October 23, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 59.1% of the vote (445 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat [[John Kerry]], who received 38.9% (293 votes), with 753 ballots cast among the township's 1,071 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 70.3.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_cumberland_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Cumberland County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed October 23, 2012.</ref>

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In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 73.4% of the vote (353 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 23.5% (113 votes), and other candidates with 3.1% (15 votes), among the 502 ballots cast by the township's 1,072 registered voters (21 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 46.8%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-cumberland.pdf |title=Governor - Cumberland 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-cumberland.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Cumberland 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]], Republican Chris Christie received 51.7% of the vote (306 ballots cast), ahead of both Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 31.9% (189 votes) and Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 9.8% (58 votes), with 592 ballots cast among the township's 1,127 registered voters, yielding a 52.5% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-cumberland.pdf 2009 Governor: Cumberland County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707152844/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-cumberland.pdf |date=2016-07-07 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed October 23, 2012.</ref>