Bartlett, NH is a small town located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Its political landscape is heavily influenced by its rural nature, with local politics dominated by traditional values and a commitment to preserving the area’s natural beauty. In recent years, there have been several contested races for local office, with candidates offering competing visions for Bartlett’s future. Issues such as development, education, infrastructure and budgeting take center stage in these campaigns, with debates often focusing on how best to maintain and improve the town’s quality of life. The town’s residents take an active role in local elections and are eager to ensure that their voice is heard at the polls. Residents are passionate about ensuring that their community retains its unique identity and charm while continuing to make progress towards becoming an even better place to live and work.
The political climate in Bartlett, NH is leaning conservative.
Carroll County, NH is leaning liberal. In Carroll County, NH 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 48.5%.
Carroll county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bartlett, NH is leaning conservative.
Carroll County, New Hampshire is leaning 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.
Bartlett, 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 Bartlett, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 614 contributions totaling $65,585 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 383 contributions totaling $62,229 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)