Melvin Village, NH is a small rural community located in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. The town's population is estimated to be around 260 people and it is governed by elected local officials. Community members have the opportunity to get involved in the local political process through voting for local political candidates during elections and participating in various forums such as town hall meetings. These meetings provide citizens with an opportunity to express their opinions on current issues that affect the town, such as budgeting, infrastructure projects and environmental regulations. Residents also have the chance to voice their opinions through petitions or proposals for new initiatives. All these activities help shape the future of Melvin Village and ensure that citizens are able to actively engage in politics within their own community.
The political climate in Melvin Village, NH is somewhat 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
Melvin Village, NH is somewhat 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.
Melvin Village, 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 Melvin Village, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 661 contributions totaling $13,017 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $7,944 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)