The politics of Litchfield, NH are generally quite conservative. Since the town is small with a population of about 8,000 people, there is usually not much discussion or hype around local political candidates. However, during election seasons the townspeople come together to discuss and debate important issues and policies that will affect their community. The most recent elections saw the re-election of Republican Governor Chris Sununu, who had received high approval ratings in his first term. Local initiatives like increased funding for education and infrastructure have also been popular with residents across the political spectrum. All in all, Litchfield is a relatively quiet but politically engaged town.
The political climate in Litchfield, NH is leaning conservative.
Hillsborough County, NH is leaning liberal. In Hillsborough County, NH 52.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hillsborough county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.8% to 45.2%.
Hillsborough county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Litchfield, NH is leaning conservative.
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Manchester-Nashua Metro Area is leaning 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.
Litchfield, New Hampshire: r r d d 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 Litchfield, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,030 contributions totaling $79,136 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 493 contributions totaling $88,186 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)