The town of 03257 New London, NH is a traditional and historical New England town. Located in the heart of the Lakes Region, one can find a quaint downtown area with many local shops and restaurants. The citizens take pride in their community and make sure to stay involved in local politics. Residents attend monthly town meetings, where they are able to bring up their issues and concerns to the board of selectmen. They also vote for local representatives and state senators during each election cycle to help shape the laws that will affect them directly. With smaller districts than larger cities, the residents are able to have more direct access and influence on their local government. Residents here take their civic duty seriously and continue to be involved in politics and stay up-to-date on what affects them on both a state and national level.
The political climate in Zip 03257 (New London, NH) is leaning liberal.
Merrimack County, NH is somewhat liberal. In Merrimack County, NH 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Merrimack county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.1%.
Merrimack county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03257 (New London, NH) is leaning liberal.
New London, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Merrimack County, New Hampshire is somewhat liberal.
Concord Metro Area is somewhat 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.
New London, 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 03257 (New London)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,940 contributions totaling $276,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 487 contributions totaling $115,493 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)