 In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 1,905 votes (50.3% vs. 45.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 1,608 votes (42.4% vs. 48.0%), Independent Chris Daggett with 213 votes (5.6% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 24 votes (0.6% vs. 0.5%), among the 3,791 ballots cast by the township's 6,975 registered voters, yielding a 54.4% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).The Wyckoff School District serves public students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 1,992 students and 176.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3