Durham, NH is a small town located in Strafford County with a population of approximately 15,000 people. It is home to the University of New Hampshire and the community has a strong sense of local pride. Durham is governed by a five-member Board of Selectmen that works hard to serve the interests of its citizens. The board meets regularly to discuss issues related to economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and more. Local elections are held every two years for positions on the board as well as for representatives in state chambers. Voting participation is typically high in Durham and residents take great interest in their municipal governance. Overall, political discourse in Durham is vibrant and active and focuses on meaningful solutions that benefit all members of the community.
The political climate in Zip 03824 (Durham, NH) is somewhat 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
Zip 03824 (Durham, NH) is somewhat liberal.
Durham, New Hampshire is somewhat 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.
Durham, 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 zip 03824 (Durham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,152 contributions totaling $341,482 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 247 contributions totaling $84,923 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)