Dalton, New Hampshire is a small town located in Grafton County. The town currently has a population of about 500 people. Dalton is governed by a three-member Board of Selectmen who are elected to two year terms. This board is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the town, such as budgeting, setting tax rates, and making decisions on local issues. In addition, Dalton also elects their own representative to the New Hampshire House of Representatives every two years and their representative to the New Hampshire Senate every four years. This allows Dalton residents to have direct representation in both state and local government matters. As a result, politics in Dalton is highly active and residents take great pride in being an active participant in their own governance and community development.
The political climate in Dalton, 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
Dalton, 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.
Dalton, 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 Dalton, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $31,817 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $7,475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)