Strafford County, New Hampshire is home to a bustling political climate that serves the needs of its citizens in the best way possible. Politicians from both sides of the aisle come together to work on issues and policies that affect the everyday lives of Strafford County residents. There are many opportunities for citizens to get involved in politics, from attending town meetings about local issues to voting in local elections and voicing their opinions on important matters. The county government works hard to make sure that all voices are heard and that decisions are made with everyone's best interests in mind. No matter what your political views may be, there is something for everyone in Strafford County when it comes to politics.
The political climate in 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
Strafford County, NH 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.
Strafford, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Strafford County, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,693 contributions totaling $920,663 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,592 contributions totaling $381,816 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)