 In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 886 votes (48.2% vs. 47.7% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 818 votes (44.5% vs. 44.5%), Independent Chris Daggett with 99 votes (5.4% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 29 votes (1.6% vs. 1.2%), among the 1,840 ballots cast by the township's 3,760 registered voters, yielding a 48.9% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).For kindergarten through eighth grade, public school students are served by the Eastampton Township School District at Eastampton Community School.As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 578 students and 52.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9