Croydon, NH is a small rural town located in the southeastern part of New Hampshire. It has a population of about 1,200 people who are mostly concentrated in the center of town. The local politics in Croydon is largely focused on ensuring that the community and its residents are able to maintain their traditional values and way of life. The town has an elected Board of Selectmen which meets regularly to discuss and vote on matters related to the running of the town. Additionally, local elections are held every two years for open positions such as Town Clerk, Tax Collector, Town Moderator, and Fire Chief. All of these positions are determined by majority vote from the citizens of Croydon. It's important to note that while there may be local political candidates, these names are not included in this content as they can change from election cycle to election cycle.
The political climate in Croydon, NH is somewhat conservative.
Sullivan County, NH is leaning liberal. In Sullivan County, NH 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 47.1%.
Sullivan county flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Croydon, NH is somewhat conservative.
Sullivan 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.
Croydon, New Hampshire: r d D D 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 Croydon, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 914 contributions totaling $77,411 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 210 contributions totaling $152,257 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $725 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)