Nashua, New Hampshire is a city located in the southern part of the state along the Merrimack River. It is a vibrant community with many opportunities for residents to become involved in local politics. The Nashua School Board, Planning Board, and City Council are some of the most important elected bodies in Nashua's local government. Residents can also get involved by attending public forums and debates to learn more about local issues and political candidates. Every two years, residents can vote for their mayor, aldermen, and other important positions during Nashua's city elections. With so many opportunities to engage in civic life, Nashua remains an active and engaged community that takes pride in their local politics.
The political climate in Nashua, NH is leaning liberal.
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
Nashua, NH is leaning liberal.
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.
Nashua, 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 Nashua, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,203 contributions totaling $418,479 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,127 contributions totaling $427,490 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)