Columbia, New Hampshire is a small town in the northern area of the state. It is primarily rural and has a population of just under 2,500 people. Despite its small size, Columbia has an active political scene with both Republican and Democratic candidates vying for local office. The 2020 election season saw candidates from both sides of the aisle running for seats on the Board of Selectmen, School Board, and Budget Committee in Columbia. Many of these candidates ran on platforms focused on fiscal responsibility, increasing transparency in government operations, and improving educational opportunities for local students. Residents of Columbia are now looking forward to seeing the changes that their new elected officials will bring to their community.
The political climate in Columbia, NH is somewhat conservative.
Coos County, NH is leaning conservative. In Coos County, NH 46.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coos county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 46.2%.
Coos county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbia, NH is somewhat conservative.
Coos County, New Hampshire is leaning conservative.
Berlin Metro Area is leaning conservative.
New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Columbia, New Hampshire: r d D D r r
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Columbia, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $2,172 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $4,935 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)