Politics
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 37,407 registered voters in Trenton, of which 16,819 (45.0%) were registered as
Democrats, 1,328 (3.6%) were registered as
Republicans and 19,248 (51.5%) were registered as
Unaffiliated. There were 12 voters registered to other parties.
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In the
2012 presidential election, Democrat
Barack Obama received 93.4% of the vote (23,125 cast), ahead of Republican
Mitt Romney with 6.2% (1,528 votes), and other candidates with 0.4% (97 votes), among the 27,831 ballots cast by the city's 40,362 registered voters (3,081 ballots were
spoiled), for a turnout of 69.0%.
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2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 89.9% of the vote here (23,577 cast), ahead of Republican
John McCain with 8.2% (2,157 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (141 votes), among the 26,229 ballots cast by the city's 41,005 registered voters, for a turnout of 64.0%.
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2004 presidential election, Democrat
John Kerry received 79.8% of the vote here (18,539 ballots cast), outpolling Republican
George W. Bush with 16.3% (3,791 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (146 votes), among the 23,228 ballots cast by the city's 39,139 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 59.3.
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