 In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 1,250 votes here (55.4% vs. 47.7% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 856 votes (37.9% vs. 44.5%), Independent Chris Daggett with 105 votes (4.7% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 27 votes (1.2% vs. 1.2%), among the 2,258 ballots cast by the township's 4,044 registered voters, yielding a 55.8% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).The Hainesport Township School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade at the Hainesport School.As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 603 students and 59.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2