▁ 3 , 5 3 6 ▁( 4 8 . 0 %) ▁were ▁registered ▁as ▁Un aff ili ated . ▁There ▁were ▁ 4 ▁vot ers ▁registered ▁to ▁other ▁parties . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁president ial ▁election , ▁Dem ocrat ▁Bar ack ▁Ob ama ▁received ▁ 5 0 . 4 % ▁of ▁the ▁vote ▁( 2 , 5 0 1 ▁cast ), ▁ahead ▁of ▁Republican ▁Mitt ▁Rom ney ▁with ▁ 4 8 . 5 % ▁( 2 , 4 0 6 ▁votes ), ▁and ▁other ▁candidates ▁with ▁ 1 . 2 % ▁( 5 8 ▁votes ), ▁among ▁the ▁ 5 , 0 1 2 ▁ball ots ▁cast ▁by ▁the ▁town ship ' s ▁ 7 , 7 8 3 ▁registered ▁vot ers ▁( 4 7 ▁ball ots ▁were ▁spo iled ), ▁for ▁a ▁turn out ▁of ▁ 6 4 . 4 %. ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁president ial ▁election , ▁Dem ocrat ▁Bar ack ▁Ob ama ▁received ▁ 5 0 . 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁vote ▁( 2 , 7 0 8 ▁cast ), ▁ahead ▁of ▁Republican ▁John ▁McC ain , ▁who ▁received ▁around ▁ 4 6 . 5 % ▁( 2 , 5 1 7 ▁votes ), ▁with ▁ 5 , 4 1 1 ▁ball ots ▁cast ▁among ▁the ▁town ship ' s ▁ 7 , 3 2 3 ▁registered ▁vot ers , ▁for ▁a ▁turn out ▁of ▁ 7 3 . 9 %. ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁president ial