Epping, New Hampshire is a small town located in Rockingham County. Although it is small in size, Epping has an active political scene. The local government consists of an elected Board of Selectmen who are responsible for the oversight and management of the town鈥檚 budget, public works projects, and other day-to-day operations. Additionally, Epping elects a State Representative to represent their interests in the larger state legislature. In order to ensure continuity in local government, elections for Board of Selectmen and State Representative occur every two years. The town is also represented by Senator Jeanne Shaheen in the U.S. Senate and Congresswoman Annie Kuster in the U.S House of Representatives. Residents have access to different resources that help inform them about political candidates running for office as well as upcoming election dates. With such an involved community both politically and civically, Epping is making a positive impact on its citizens and on the state at large.
The political climate in Epping, NH is somewhat conservative.
Rockingham County, NH is leaning liberal. In Rockingham County, NH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 48.1%.
Rockingham county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Epping, NH is somewhat conservative.
Rockingham County, New Hampshire is leaning 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.
Epping, New Hampshire: r r d r r 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 Epping, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,508 contributions totaling $171,099 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $30,202 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)