Shelburne, NH is a small town located in the northern part of the state. It is governed by a local three-member Board of Selectmen who are elected by the residents. The board members serve two-year terms and oversee the overall operations of the Town. Every two years, local voters can decide to reelect incumbents or elect new candidates to represent them on the Board. This ensures that responsible citizens are given an opportunity to contribute to Shelburne's government and to help make decisions that will benefit the entire community. Various issues such as taxation, economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and environmental protection are also discussed and decided upon by the Board of Selectmen on behalf of their constituents. Local elections are held every spring in Shelburne and candidates often hold campaign events throughout town in order to engage with voters before election day.
The political climate in Shelburne, NH is somewhat conservative.
Coos County, NH is leaning conservative. In Coos County, NH 46.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coos county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 46.2%.
Coos county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shelburne, NH is somewhat conservative.
Coos County, New Hampshire is leaning conservative.
Berlin Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Shelburne, New Hampshire: r d D D r r
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 Shelburne, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $5,593 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $2,740 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)