Rochester, New Hampshire is a small town located in the seacoast region of the state. It is a vibrant community with an involved local government. Rochester has a mayor-council form of government, which is composed of five members elected to three-year terms from each ward in the city. The council works together to develop policies and make budget decisions that positively impact all residents of Rochester. Additionally, the council appoints a Town Manager who is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of local government programs and services. Residents of Rochester have a wide variety of political views and are very engaged in local politics. This often results in spirited debates about issues ranging from public safety to economic development. All citizens are encouraged to participate in local politics by attending town hall meetings, voicing their opinions at polls, and voting in elections for their favorite candidates.
The political climate in Rochester, NH is leaning liberal.
Strafford County, NH is somewhat liberal. In Strafford County, NH 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Strafford county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.3%.
Strafford county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rochester, NH is leaning liberal.
Strafford County, New Hampshire is somewhat liberal.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Rochester, New Hampshire: d D D D d D
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 Rochester, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 711 contributions totaling $39,940 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 326 contributions totaling $44,528 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)