Lebanon, New Hampshire is a small town with a population of just 6,500 people. Located in the Upper Valley of the Connecticut River, Lebanon is the home to numerous historic sites and has long been known for its vibrant community. Despite its size, Lebanon is an active political center that plays host to many different candidates during local elections. The current mayor is Paul K. Hannaford, who was elected in November 2018. Lebanon also has several members of the state house of representatives and two members of the state senate representing it at the state level. With both local and state-level politicians working hard to represent the citizens of Lebanon, residents are proud to be part of such an active and involved political system.
The political climate in Lebanon, NH is somewhat liberal.
Grafton County, NH is strongly liberal. In Grafton County, NH 61.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grafton county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.3% to 36.8%.
Grafton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lebanon, NH is somewhat liberal.
Grafton County, New Hampshire is strongly 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.
Lebanon, 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 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 Lebanon, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,148 contributions totaling $1,428,943 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 701 contributions totaling $552,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $788 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)