Berlin, New Hampshire is a small city located in Coös County in the northern part of the state. It is home to a population of around 10,500 people and is considered the “biggest little city” due to its rural setting with plenty of outdoor recreation - hiking, biking, fishing, camping, and skiing in the nearby White Mountains. Despite its small size, Berlin's politics are certainly not insignificant! Slated for election this year are two candidates for positions on the Mayor's Council: incumbent Jason Gagnon and challenger Bernie Faye. Gagnon has been in office since 2015 and has made great strides in improving the city's infrastructure while Faye believes that more can be done to bridge gaps between different socio-economic backgrounds within Berlin's community. Both candidates have expressed their commitment to making Berlin an even better place to live than it already is and look forward to a successful election result come November.
The political climate in Berlin, NH is leaning 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
Berlin, NH is leaning 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.
Berlin, 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 Berlin, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78 contributions totaling $3,160 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $2,957 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)