In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 8,664 votes here (67.4% vs. 61.4% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 3,890 votes (30.3% vs. 35.8%) and other candidates with 129 votes (1.0% vs. 1.2%), among the 12,848 ballots cast by the township's 32,005 registered voters, yielding a 40.1% turnout (vs. 44.5% in the county). In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 7,628 votes here (53.7% vs. 47.7% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 5,626 votes (39.6% vs. 44.5%), Independent Chris Daggett with 698 votes (4.9% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 133 votes (0.9% vs. 1.2%), among the 14,196 ballots cast by the township's 31,081 registered voters, yielding a 45.7% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county). The Evesham Township School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of eight schools, had an enrollment of 4,440 students and 355.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1. Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are  Helen L. Beeler Elementary School with 592 students in grades K-5,  Frances S. DeMasi Elementary School with 272 students in grades K-5,  Robert B. Jaggard Elementary School with 440 students in grades K-5,  Marlton Elementary School with 438 students in grades K-5,  Richard L. Rice Elementary School with 555 students in grades PreK-5,  J. Harold Van Zant Elementary School with 513 students in grades K-5,  Frances S. DeMasi Middle School with 774 students in grades 6-8 and  Marlton Middle School with 825 students in grades 6-8. Florence V. Evans Elementary School, which served grades K-5, was closed in June 2017, in the wake of a decline of enrollment in the district. Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Cherokee High School, which opened a addition in September 2001.