, ▁ 5 7 3 ▁( 2 4 . 5 % ▁vs . ▁ 2 1 . 0 %) ▁were ▁registered ▁as ▁Republic ans ▁and ▁ 1 , 0 9 9 ▁( 4 7 . 0 % ▁vs . ▁ 4 8 . 4 %) ▁were ▁registered ▁as ▁Un aff ili ated . ▁There ▁were ▁ 4 ▁vot ers ▁registered ▁to ▁other ▁parties . ▁Among ▁the ▁bor ough ' s ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Census ▁population , ▁ 6 6 . 8 % ▁( vs . ▁ 6 4 . 6 % ▁in ▁S alem ▁County ) ▁were ▁registered ▁to ▁vote , ▁including ▁ 8 9 . 2 % ▁of ▁those ▁ages ▁ 1 8 ▁and ▁over ▁( vs . ▁ 8 4 . 4 % ▁count yw ide ). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁president ial ▁election , ▁Dem ocrat ▁Bar ack ▁Ob ama ▁received ▁ 5 1 . 7 % ▁of ▁the ▁vote ▁( 8 8 6 ▁cast ), ▁ahead ▁of ▁Republican ▁Mitt ▁Rom ney ▁with ▁ 4 6 . 2 % ▁( 7 9 2 ▁votes ), ▁and ▁other ▁candidates ▁with ▁ 2 . 1 % ▁( 3 6 ▁votes ), ▁among ▁the ▁ 1 , 7 2 8 ▁ball ots ▁cast ▁by ▁the ▁bor ough ' s ▁ 2 , 4 9 7 ▁registered ▁vot ers ▁( 1 4 ▁ball ots ▁were ▁spo iled ), ▁for ▁a ▁turn out ▁of ▁ 6 9 . 2 %. ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁president ial