Ossipee, New Hampshire is a small town located in the heart of the White Mountains. Politically, Ossipee is a part of Carroll County and is represented in the state legislature by Republican Representative J.P. Kenney. The town is also served by its own local government consisting of a Town Meeting form of government, led by a three-member selectboard and various committees. Residents are encouraged to get involved in their local politics by attending meetings, voting on Town Meeting Day, and participating in special town surveys and hearings. Additionally, the town hosts an annual Ossipee Town Festival, which attracts people from all over New England to enjoy food, music, and local crafts. As a small rural community with strong ties to its history and landscape, Ossipee takes pride in preserving its unique identity through its many political activities and events.
The political climate in Ossipee, 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
Ossipee, 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.
Ossipee, 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 Ossipee, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 344 contributions totaling $43,027 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $5,636 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)