Rollinsford, NH is a small town located in Strafford County in the southeastern region of New Hampshire. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,821. Rollinsford is a fairly quiet town with an active local government and political scene. The local government consists of a Town Meeting held annually and elected members on the Board of Selectmen who oversee major decisions and everyday operations within the community. In addition to the Board of Selectmen, important roles such as Fire Chief, Tax Collector, and Recreation Director are also filled by citizens from Rollinsford. Local elections are held every two years for candidates running for office on both sides of the aisle. Citizens take pride in their political process and always have a strong presence at Town Meeting and during election season.
The political climate in Rollinsford, NH is leaning liberal.
Strafford County, NH is somewhat liberal. In Strafford County, NH 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Strafford county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.3%.
Strafford county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rollinsford, NH is leaning liberal.
Strafford County, New Hampshire is somewhat 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.
Rollinsford, 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 Rollinsford, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 708 contributions totaling $113,282 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $22,770 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)