In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 52.2% of the vote (508 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 46.7% (454 votes), and other candidates with 1.1% (11 votes), among the 978 ballots cast by the borough's 1,333 registered voters (5 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 73.4%. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 52.9% of the vote (558 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 44.5% (469 votes) and other candidates with 2.1% (22 votes), among the 1,054 ballots cast by the borough's 1,371 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.9%. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 53.9% of the vote (568 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 44.5% (469 votes) and other candidates with 1.0% (14 votes), among the 1,054 ballots cast by the borough's 1,380 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 76.4.