Chatham, New Hampshire, is a small town located in the northeast region of the United States. It is known for its rich history and picturesque landscape. Despite its size, Chatham has a vibrant political life and many active residents who take part in local politics. The town holds regular events such as town meetings, elections, and debates to discuss local issues and make decisions on matters such as zoning, budgets, school curriculum, etc. There are several candidates running for office in Chatham this year who are focused on bringing new ideas to improve the quality of life in the town. Residents have access to information about all candidates through various news sources and get to make their own informed choice at the polls.
The political climate in Chatham, 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
Chatham, 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.
Chatham, 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 Chatham, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $13,446 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $3,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)