Chester, New Hampshire is a small rural town located in Rockingham County. It boasts a rich history and community spirit, but has relatively little political presence. The town's government consists of a Board of Selectmen, the Town Clerk, and members of the Planning Board, all of whom are elected by the people of Chester. Despite its size and limited political representation, Chester takes pride in its local democracy and encourages its residents to become involved in their community. The town hosts regular meetings for residents to voice their opinions on local issues and decisions made by officials at the state level. Residents can also join various committees such as the Conservation Commission or volunteer with the Fire Department to get involved with their local government. With these opportunities available, Chester is doing its part to ensure that everyone’s voices are heard when it comes to decisions about their hometown.
The political climate in Chester, NH is leaning conservative.
Rockingham County, NH is leaning liberal. In Rockingham County, NH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 48.1%.
Rockingham county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chester, NH is leaning conservative.
Rockingham County, New Hampshire is leaning 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.
Chester, New Hampshire: r r d r 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 Chester, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 572 contributions totaling $48,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $10,052 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)