2 , 8 5 4 ▁ball ots ▁cast ▁by ▁the ▁bor ough ' s ▁ 3 , 7 0 7 ▁registered ▁vot ers , ▁for ▁a ▁turn out ▁of ▁ 7 7 . 0 % ▁( vs . ▁ 7 6 . 8 % ▁in ▁Ber gen ▁County ). ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁president ial ▁election , ▁Republican ▁George ▁W . ▁Bush ▁received ▁ 1 , 4 1 4 ▁votes ▁( 4 9 . 7 % ▁vs . ▁ 4 7 . 2 % ▁count yw ide ), ▁ahead ▁of ▁Dem ocrat ▁John ▁Ker ry ▁with ▁ 1 , 3 7 7 ▁votes ▁( 4 8 . 4 % ▁vs . ▁ 5 1 . 7 %) ▁and ▁other ▁candidates ▁with ▁ 3 3 ▁votes ▁( 1 . 2 % ▁vs . ▁ 0 . 7 % ), ▁among ▁the ▁ 2 , 8 4 5 ▁ball ots ▁cast ▁by ▁the ▁bor ough ' s ▁ 3 , 6 9 6 ▁registered ▁vot ers , ▁for ▁a ▁turn out ▁of ▁ 7 7 . 0 % ▁( vs . ▁ 7 6 . 9 % ▁in ▁the ▁whole ▁county ). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁g ubern atorial ▁election , ▁Republican ▁Chris ▁Christ ie ▁received ▁ 6 0 . 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁vote ▁( 9 9 7 ▁cast ), ▁ahead ▁of ▁Dem ocrat ▁Barbara ▁Bu ono ▁with ▁ 3 8 . 1 % ▁( 6 2 8 ▁votes ), ▁and ▁other ▁candidates ▁with ▁ 1 .