Politics & Government
Election Day 2016: Tight Presidential Race In Basking Ridge
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump came within 38 votes of each other in Bernards Township
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Taking a deeper look at the voter turnout in Bernards Township it shows that voters were equally passionate for each candidate.
A total of 14,314 votes were cast out of the 20,283 registered voters in town, which accounted to 70.57%.
Bernards Township voters turned down question one with 2,697 yes votes and 10,133 no votes. Yet approved question two with 7,527 yes votes and 5,113 no votes.
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In the Presidential election, Bernards Township favored Clinton over Trump by a smidgen.
Clinton received 6,734 votes while Trump got 6,696 followed by Johnson with 337 votes.
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