Politics
As of Election Day, November 4, 2008, there were 6,458 registered voters. Of registered voters, 1,764 (27.3% of all registered voters) were registered as Democrats, 1,948 (30.2%) were registered as Republicans and 2,746 (42.5%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were no voters registered to other parties.
In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 51.9% of the vote here (2,728 ballots cast), outpolling Republican John McCain, who received 47.0% of the vote (2,473 votes), with 81.7% of registered voters participating. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 51.4% of the vote here (2,795 ballots), ahead of Democrat John Kerry, who received 47.4% (2,576), with 5,436 of 6,837 registered voters participating, for a turnout percentage of 79.5%.
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