Dorchester, NH is a small town in the United States with a population of approximately 1,000 people. It is governed by a mayor-council system and has a six-member board of selectmen. The town holds elections for its local government every two years. The most recent election saw the re-election of longtime mayor Stephen Mitchell, who was first elected in 1998. There are several other candidates vying for local office this cycle, including Councilman David Finch and Selectman John Moore. Both men have deep roots in their community and offer different perspectives on how Dorchester should be managed going forward. They both want to see more economic development in the area as well as increased investment in infrastructure and public services. Dorchester is proud to have such a vibrant political landscape and these two candidates will make sure that their voices are heard during the upcoming election.
The political climate in Dorchester, NH is leaning liberal.
Grafton County, NH is strongly liberal. In Grafton County, NH 61.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grafton county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.3% to 36.8%.
Grafton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dorchester, NH is leaning liberal.
Grafton County, New Hampshire is strongly 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.
Dorchester, 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 Dorchester, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 155 contributions totaling $9,178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $2,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)