Eaton, NH is a small rural town located in the southern part of New Hampshire. The town has a strong local political culture, as there are many active citizens involved in the town's politics. Local elections are held each year and typically feature a variety of candidates from both major political parties. The town holds mayoral and council meetings which provide residents with an opportunity to express their views on important issues impacting the community. In addition to these meetings, the Eaton Town Council has set up informational seminars about local political issues that encourage residents to become more involved in their community's affairs. Residents also take part in campaigns for state and national candidates who have an effect on lawmaking at the county level. Eaton has a long history of engaging in civic activity and is committed to upholding its values of democracy and liberty through the engagement of its citizens in politics.
The political climate in Eaton, NH is leaning conservative.
Carroll County, NH is leaning liberal. In Carroll County, NH 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 48.5%.
Carroll county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eaton, NH is leaning conservative.
Carroll County, New Hampshire 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.
Eaton, 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 Eaton, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $21,229 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $332 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $3,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)