Dover, New Hampshire is a small coastal city located in the Eastern region of the United States. It is known for its close-knit, welcoming community and rich history. Politically, Dover is a Democratic stronghold in the state legislature and county government. The voters in Dover tend to favor candidates who focus on local issues such as education, job opportunities, affordable housing, and public safety. In recent years Dover has seen many new businesses open up in the downtown area as well as an increase in investment in infrastructure and public services. These changes have resulted in increased economic growth throughout the city and improved quality of life for many residents. Local politicians have worked hard to ensure that all voices are heard when making decisions that affect the entire community.
The political climate in Dover, 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
Dover, NH 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.
Dover, 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 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 Dover, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,444 contributions totaling $200,860 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 382 contributions totaling $134,173 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $351 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)