▁election , ▁Republican ▁George ▁W . ▁Bush ▁received ▁ 4 9 . 3 % ▁of ▁the ▁vote ▁( 2 , 5 8 2 ▁ball ots ▁cast ), ▁out pol ling ▁Dem ocrat ▁John ▁Ker ry , ▁who ▁received ▁around ▁ 4 7 . 1 % ▁( 2 , 4 6 8 ▁votes ), ▁with ▁ 5 , 2 4 2 ▁ball ots ▁cast ▁among ▁the ▁town ship ' s ▁ 7 , 1 0 7 ▁registered ▁vot ers , ▁for ▁a ▁turn out ▁percentage ▁of ▁ 7 3 . 8 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁g ubern atorial ▁election , ▁Republican ▁Chris ▁Christ ie ▁received ▁ 7 0 . 7 % ▁of ▁the ▁vote ▁( 2 , 2 5 3 ▁cast ), ▁ahead ▁of ▁Dem ocrat ▁Barbara ▁Bu ono ▁with ▁ 2 7 . 9 % ▁( 8 8 9 ▁votes ), ▁and ▁other ▁candidates ▁with ▁ 1 . 4 % ▁( 4 3 ▁votes ), ▁among ▁the ▁ 3 , 2 7 1 ▁ball ots ▁cast ▁by ▁the ▁town ship ' s ▁ 7 , 8 2 8 ▁registered ▁vot ers ▁( 8 6 ▁ball ots ▁were ▁spo iled ), ▁for ▁a ▁turn out ▁of ▁ 4 1 . 8 %. ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁g ubern atorial ▁election , ▁Republican ▁Chris ▁Christ ie ▁received ▁ 5 4 . 9 % ▁of ▁the ▁vote ▁( 1 , 7 4 9 ▁ball ots ▁cast ), ▁ahead ▁of ▁both ▁Dem ocrat ▁Jon ▁Cor z ine ▁with ▁