In the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election" id="mwBRY">2016 presidential election</a>, Democrat <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton" id="mwBRc">Hillary Clinton</a> received overwhelming support from the city of Camden. On May 11, 2016, Clinton held a rally at <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Camden_County_College" title="Camden County College" id="mwBRg">Camden County College</a>. In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 96.8% of the vote (22,254 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 3.0% (683 votes), and other candidates with 0.2% (57 votes), among the 23,230 ballots cast by the city's 47,624 registered voters (236 ballots were <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Spoilt_vote" title="Spoilt vote" id="mwBR0">spoiled</a>), for a turnout of 48.8%. In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 91.1% of the vote (22,197 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain, who received around 5.0% (1,213 votes), with 24,374 ballots cast among the city's 46,654 registered voters, for a turnout of 52.2%. In the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_2004" title="United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004" class="mw-redirect" id="mwBSo">2004 presidential election</a>, Democrat <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry" id="mwBSs">John Kerry</a> received 84.4% of the vote (15,914 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush, who received around 12.6% (2,368 votes), with 18,858 ballots cast among the city's 37,765 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 49.9.
