Lee, NH 03861 is a rural town located in the southeastern part of the state. While it may be small in size, its residents take their politics seriously. Local elections are held each year to give citizens an opportunity to choose their representatives for various offices and community boards. These candidates represent a wide range of political views, from conservative to progressive ideologies. Issues important to Lee's residents include preserving the town's natural resources, managing growth and development responsibly, and protecting property rights. Residents have recently become more involved in local politics as they seek to ensure that their voices are heard on important issues facing the community. With such a diverse set of candidates for office, Lee has become an example of how small towns can make a big impact when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Zip 03861 (Lee, 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
Zip 03861 (Lee, NH) is leaning liberal.
Lee, New Hampshire 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.
Lee, 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 03861 (Lee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 879 contributions totaling $83,934 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $11,656 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)