Salisbury, New Hampshire is a small town located in the Merrimack Valley. It is known for its strong sense of community and rich history. The town has been home to many generations of families, businesses, and organizations. With a population just over 2000 people, Salisbury is an ideal place to live and work.
Politically, the town of Salisbury leans towards more traditionally conservative values. Voters in the area have typically favored Republican candidates in both state and local elections. In recent years, however, there has been an uptick in support for progressive causes such as environmental protection and public education reform. The town has seen increased engagement from new residents who are energized by these issues and eager to make a difference on the local level. While Salisbury is still largely conservative-leaning, it is becoming increasingly open to other points of view as well.
The political climate in Salisbury, NH is somewhat conservative.
Merrimack County, NH is somewhat liberal. In Merrimack County, NH 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Merrimack county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.1%.
Merrimack county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Salisbury, NH is somewhat conservative.
Merrimack County, New Hampshire is somewhat liberal.
Concord Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Salisbury, 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 Salisbury, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,481 contributions totaling $60,225 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $74,839 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $411 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)