The small town of Ashland, New Hampshire is home to a friendly and welcoming community of just over 2,500 inhabitants. Ashland is located in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire and is an ideal place for those looking for a peaceful atmosphere while still being close to larger cities like Lakeport. The town of Ashland has a long history of local politics that date back to its incorporation in 1856. Residents are represented by one representative on the Board of Selectmen which oversees local government decisions. In addition to this, there is also a Town Meeting twice a year where the residents can vote on important issues such as tax levies and other local matters. Furthermore, each election season brings out many engaged citizens who are passionate about their local candidates and their views on certain topics that affect the whole town. Overall, politics in Ashland are taken seriously by its citizens and those involved in it who strive to make the best decisions for everyone’s benefit.
The political climate in Ashland, NH is somewhat liberal.
Grafton County, NH is strongly liberal. In Grafton County, NH 61.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grafton county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.3% to 36.8%.
Grafton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashland, NH is somewhat liberal.
Grafton County, New Hampshire is strongly 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.
Ashland, 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 Ashland, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $52,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $4,310 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)