Bradford, New Hampshire is a small town located in Merrimack County in the southeastern region of the state. Despite its size, the town has plenty of local government and political activity. The Town Meeting Government is the principal form of legislative body for Bradford, which consists of elected members who oversee the management and governance of the town. There are several local committees that also contribute to decisions made regarding Bradford’s infrastructure, economy, and other matters. Additionally, there are multiple representatives from Bradford serving in New Hampshire’s State House and Senate, representing their constituents in Concord. Political engagement is an important part of living in Bradford with many opportunities to participate in both local and state-wide politics.
The political climate in Bradford, NH is leaning conservative.
Merrimack County, NH is somewhat liberal. In Merrimack County, NH 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Merrimack county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.1%.
Merrimack county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bradford, NH is leaning conservative.
Merrimack County, New Hampshire is somewhat liberal.
Concord Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Bradford, 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 Bradford, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 773 contributions totaling $81,983 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $31,956 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)