Editing Linwood, New Jersey (section)

===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 5,197 registered voters in Linwood City, of which 1,120 (21.6% vs. 30.5% countywide) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 1,894 (36.4% vs. 25.2%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 2,181 (42.0% vs. 44.3%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 2 voters registered as either [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarians]] or [[Green Party (United States)|Greens]].<ref name=VoterRegistration>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-atlantic-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Atlantic], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 24, 2014.</ref> Among the city's 2010 Census population, 73.3% (vs. 58.8% in Atlantic County) were registered to vote, including 97.5% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 76.6% countywide).<ref name=VoterRegistration/><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST16?slice=GEO~0400000US34 GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212202223/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST16?slice=GEO~0400000US34 |date=2020-02-12 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 24, 2014.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Republican [[Mitt Romney]] received 2,190 votes (57.0% vs. 41.1% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 1,592 votes (41.4% vs. 57.9%) and other candidates with 39 votes (1.0% vs. 0.9%), among the 3,842 ballots cast by the city's 5,408 registered voters, for a turnout of 71.0% (vs. 65.8% in Atlantic County).<ref>[http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-presidential-atlantic.pdf Presidential November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Atlantic County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225004603/http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-presidential-atlantic.pdf |date=December 25, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 24, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-atlantic.pdf Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Atlantic County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225004857/http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-atlantic.pdf |date=December 25, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 24, 2014.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Republican [[John McCain]] received 2,190 votes (53.0% vs. 41.6% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 1,851 votes (44.8% vs. 56.5%) and other candidates with 51 votes (1.2% vs. 1.1%), among the 4,131 ballots cast by the city's 5,476 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.4% (vs. 68.1% in Atlantic County).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-atlantic.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Atlantic County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 24, 2014.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 2,254 votes (56.3% vs. 46.2% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[John Kerry]] with 1,674 votes (41.8% vs. 52.0%) and other candidates with 40 votes (1.0% vs. 0.8%), among the 4,004 ballots cast by the city's 5,011 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.9% (vs. 69.8% in the whole county).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_atlantic_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Atlantic County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed December 24, 2014.</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/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-atlantic.pdf|title=Presidential November 5, 2024 General Election Results Atlantic County|access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.2%''' ''2,326''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.0% ''1,971''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.8% ''57''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[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-atlantic.pdf|title=Presidential November 3, 2020 General Election Results Atlantic County|access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.2%''' ''2,366''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.2% ''2,179''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.6% ''74''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[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-atlantic.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results – November 8, 2016 – Atlantic County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.9%''' ''1,847''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.0% ''1,466''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |5.1% ''177''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref name="2012Elections">{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2012/2012-presidential-atlantic.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results – November 4, 2012 – Atlantic County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''57.0%''' ''2,190''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.4% ''1,592''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''39''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008]]<ref name="state.nj.us">[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2008/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-atlantic.pdf], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed January 9, 2025.</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.0%''' ''2,190''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.8% ''1,851''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.2% ''51''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004]]'''<ref name="Presidential Election 2004">[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2004/2004-presidential_atlantic_co_2004.pdf], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed January 9, 2025.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.3%''' ''2,254''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.8% ''1,674''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''40''
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 1,800 votes (69.9% vs. 60.0% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 679 votes (26.4% vs. 34.9%) and other candidates with 27 votes (1.0% vs. 1.3%), among the 2,576 ballots cast by the city's 5,541 registered voters, yielding a 46.5% turnout (vs. 41.5% in the county).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-atlantic.pdf 2013 Governor: Atlantic County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, January 29, 2014. Accessed December 24, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-atlantic.pdf Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 5, 2013 General Election Results : Atlantic County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, January 29, 2014. Accessed December 24, 2014.</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Republican Chris Christie received 1,536 votes (55.4% vs. 47.7% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 1,017 votes (36.7% vs. 44.5%), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 174 votes (6.3% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 30 votes (1.1% vs. 1.2%), among the 2,774 ballots cast by the city's 5,260 registered voters, yielding a 52.7% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-atlantic.pdf 2009 Governor: Atlantic County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112193846/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-atlantic.pdf |date=2016-01-12 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 24, 2014.</ref>