New Castle, NH is a small town with a population of less than 600 people. It is located in the southeastern corner of New Hampshire and is known for its quiet streets and beautiful views. Despite its small size, New Castle has a history of being politically active. The town has elected representatives to both the local and state government such as a state representative and a select board member. Additionally, the town holds elections regularly to decide on local issues such as zoning regulations and budgets. While the town does not have any prominent national politicians or political candidates, residents are actively involved in their local politics and can be heard making their voices heard during elections.
The political climate in New Castle, 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
New Castle, 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.
New Castle, 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 New Castle, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 773 contributions totaling $290,273 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $376 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 193 contributions totaling $81,261 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $421 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)