Newton, New Hampshire is a small town located in Rockingham County. It has a thriving community and many opportunities for residents to get involved in local politics. The town elects officials who make decisions about the day-to-day operations of the town, including setting tax rates and approving budgets. Residents can join political clubs or attend meetings where candidates present their views on important local issues. They can also vote in local elections to decide who will represent them in city hall. This year, residents of Newton can vote for three different candidates for positions on the Board of Selectmen, including incumbent Geraldine Zilinski, newcomer Nelson Fassbender, and former councilman Rob Teefey. Each candidate has different views on how to best serve the people of Newton and will work hard to improve the quality of life in the town.
The political climate in Newton, NH is leaning conservative.
Rockingham County, NH is leaning liberal. In Rockingham County, NH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 48.1%.
Rockingham county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newton, NH is leaning conservative.
Rockingham County, New Hampshire is leaning 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.
Newton, 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 Newton, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 192 contributions totaling $14,339 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $5,227 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)