▁of ▁New ▁Jersey ' s ▁ 3 rd ▁state ▁legisl ative ▁district . ▁ ▁Polit ics ▁As ▁of ▁March ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁there ▁were ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 1 , 7 0 1 ▁registered ▁vot ers ▁in ▁Qu inton ▁Township , ▁of ▁which ▁ 5 3 3 ▁( 3 1 . 3 % ▁vs . ▁ 3 0 . 6 % ▁count yw ide ) ▁were ▁registered ▁as ▁Democr ats , ▁ 3 8 8 ▁( 2 2 . 8 % ▁vs . ▁ 2 1 . 0 %) ▁were ▁registered ▁as ▁Republic ans ▁and ▁ 7 7 8 ▁( 4 5 . 7 % ▁vs . ▁ 4 8 . 4 %) ▁were ▁registered ▁as ▁Un aff ili ated . ▁There ▁were ▁two ▁vot ers ▁registered ▁to ▁other ▁parties . ▁Among ▁the ▁town ship ' s ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Census ▁population , ▁ 6 3 . 8 % ▁( vs . ▁ 6 4 . 6 % ▁in ▁S alem ▁County ) ▁were ▁registered ▁to ▁vote , ▁including ▁ 8 3 . 5 % ▁of ▁those ▁ages ▁ 1 8 ▁and ▁over ▁( vs . ▁ 8 4 . 4 % ▁count yw ide ). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁president ial ▁election , ▁Republican ▁Mitt ▁Rom ney ▁received ▁ 5 5 . 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁vote ▁( 6 7 3 ▁cast ), ▁ahead ▁of ▁Dem ocrat ▁Bar ack ▁Ob ama ▁with ▁ 4 3 . 1 % ▁(