Editing Sayreville, New Jersey (section)

===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 24,248 registered voters in Sayreville, of which 9,394 (38.7%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 2,778 (11.5%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 12,053 (49.7%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|unaffiliated]]. There were 23 voters registered as [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarians]] or [[Green Party of the United States|Greens]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-middlesex-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Middlesex] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215902/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-middlesex-co-summary-report.pdf |date=October 4, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 27, 2012.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential election results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
![[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
![[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]]
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| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2024]]<ref name="2024Elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Government/Pages/Election-Results-2024.aspx |title=Election Results 2024 |publisher=Middlesex County |access-date=December 29, 2024}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.1%''' ''11,018''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.1% ''9,549''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.8% ''597''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2020]]<ref name="2020Elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Government/Pages/Election-Results-2020.aspx |title=Election Results 2020 |publisher=Middlesex County |access-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120025409/http://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Government/Pages/Election-Results-2020.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|46.0% ''9,624''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.5%''' ''10,965''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.5% ''311''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]]<ref name="2016Elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2016-results/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 8, 2016 - Middlesex County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 31, 2017 |archive-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119223546/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2016-results/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.7% ''8,611''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.2%''' ''8,892''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.1% ''565''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2016-results/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Middlesex County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 23, 2014 |archive-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119223546/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2016-results/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.2% ''6,394''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.8%'''  ''9,362''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''167''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008]]'''<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722203923/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf |date=July 22, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.9% ''7,839''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.8%'''  ''9,392''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.3% ''228''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004]]'''<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_middlesex_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722204150/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_middlesex_co_2004.pdf |date=July 22, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.9% ''7,614''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.2%'''   ''8,147''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.9% ''144''
|-
|}

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 58.8% of the vote (9,362 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 40.2% (6,394 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (167 votes), among the 16,040 ballots cast by the borough's 24,804 registered voters (117 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 64.7%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-middlesex.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Middlesex County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111233101/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Middlesex County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111223203/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 53.3% of the vote (9,392 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 44.5% (7,839 votes) and other candidates with 1.3% (228 votes), among the 17,608 ballots cast by the borough's 24,673 registered voters, for a turnout of 71.4%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722203923/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf |date=July 22, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 27, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 51.0% of the vote (8,147 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 47.7% (7,614 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (144 votes), among the 15,963 ballots cast by the borough's 22,510 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 70.9.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_middlesex_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722204150/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_middlesex_co_2004.pdf |date=July 22, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 27, 2012.</ref> In the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]], Republican [[Donald Trump]] won Sayreville against Democrat [[Kamala Harris]] with 52.1% percent of the vote, flipping the borough that had voted reliably Democratic since at least 2004. He had also achieved the most votes compared to all other Republican candidates, including himself in both 2016 and 2020, since the same year. Kamala Harris lost while carrying the smallest percentage of the vote, 45.1%, that any Democrat had earned since at least 2004.

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Gubernatorial election results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
![[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
![[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021|2021]]<ref name="2021Elections">{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2021/2021-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor - Middlesex County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 31, 2022}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.3%''' ''6,429''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.8% ''5,530''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.9% ''111''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017|2017]]<ref name="2017Elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf |title=Governor - Middlesex County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101082423/http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf |archive-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.1% ''4,617''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.5%''' ''4,752''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.4% ''231''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nj.gov/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf |title=Governor - Middlesex County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910072807/http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf |archive-date=September 10, 2015}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.4%''' ''6,199''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34.6%  ''3,328''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.1% ''102''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009]]'''<ref name="2009Elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf |title=Governor - Middlesex County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-date=September 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911213517/http://nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.9%''' ''5,952''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.9%  ''4,263''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |8.1% ''914''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005|2005]]'''<ref name="2005Elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2005governor%27s_results-middlesex.pdf |title=Governor - Middlesex County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119223551/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2005governor%27s_results-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.8% ''4,108''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.9%''' ''5,149''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |8.7% ''897''
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 64.4% of the vote (6,199 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 34.6% (3,328 votes), and other candidates with 1.1% (102 votes), among the 9,780 ballots cast by the borough's 25,151 registered voters (151 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 38.9%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf |title=Governor - Middlesex County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=February 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220125054/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Middlesex County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133312/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Republican Chris Christie received 52.9% of the vote (5,952 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 37.9% (4,263 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 6.8% (766 votes) and other candidates with 1.3% (148 votes), among the 11,242 ballots cast by the borough's 24,033 registered voters, yielding a 46.8% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf 2009 Governor: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230558/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf |date=October 17, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 27, 2012.</ref>