Politics in Sandown, NH are highly active and engaged. The town is part of Rockingham County and the State's Executive Council District 5. Local elections are held every year for Town Council positions and all residents are encouraged to get involved by voting or even running for office. In recent years, local campaigns have been passionate and competitive as candidates strive to bring positive change to the community. Residents have many opportunities to attend public meetings and other events hosted by political candidates throughout the year, which helps them stay informed about the issues that matter most to them. In addition, many organizations throughout town advocate for certain causes or support specific candidates, offering a diverse range of perspectives on politics in Sandown.
The political climate in Sandown, 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
Sandown, 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.
Sandown, 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 Sandown, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 542 contributions totaling $47,636 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 190 contributions totaling $30,769 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)