Newport, New Hampshire is a small town with a population of just under 6,000 people. The town is full of charming historic buildings and vibrant natural beauty, making it a great place to live and work. It is a small town that values its community and is politically active. There are several political organizations in the area such as the Newport Town Republican Committee, Newport Democrats, and the Newport Town Democratic Committee. Each of these committees helps to organize events and support local candidates for various offices within the town. For example, the most recent election in November of 2019 saw three new members join the Board of Selectmen. Additionally, there are several candidates running for office at the state level from Newport, which indicates that citizens take an active role in politics and care about their community's well-being.
The political climate in Newport, NH is leaning conservative.
Sullivan County, NH is leaning liberal. In Sullivan County, NH 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 47.1%.
Sullivan county flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newport, NH is leaning conservative.
Sullivan 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.
Newport, New Hampshire: r d D D 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 Newport, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,171 contributions totaling $95,154 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 261 contributions totaling $164,980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $632 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)