The politics of Concord, NH Metro Area are varied and complex. It is home to the state capital of New Hampshire and the Concord City Council, which consists of seven elected council members who represent their respective ward and take part in creating local laws and ordinances. The city also has several local legislative bodies such as the Merrimack County Commission, which is responsible for passing legislation relevant to local issues such as public safety, infrastructure, and taxation. Additionally, Concord is represented in both the state House of Representatives and Senate by a variety of political parties such as Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Green Party USAs, and Independents. There are also many civic organizations in Concord that work to engage citizens on important issues impacting their community.
The political climate in Concord Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Concord Metro Area 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, the Concord metro area remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.1%.
The Concord metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Concord, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Concord Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,482 contributions totaling $1,918,856 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,784 contributions totaling $982,469 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $353 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)