Hinsdale, New Hampshire is located in Cheshire County and is part of the Monadnock region of southwest New Hampshire. As a small town with a population of just over 3,000 people, Hinsdale has an engaged local politics scene. The town’s current mayor is Frank DeSocio, who won reelection in 2019 after originally winning election in 2017. The town also has six selectmen that are elected to three-year terms by the residents of Hinsdale as well as several committees and boards appointed by the selectmen or mayor who serve on behalf of the community’s best interests. In addition, there are regularly held Town Meetings which provide citizens a platform to engage with their local government and create policy that fits their desires and needs. This open form of government allows for a strong sense of community participation and engagement that serves to benefit all of Hinsdale's citizens.
The political climate in Hinsdale, NH is leaning liberal.
Cheshire County, NH is moderately liberal. In Cheshire County, NH 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cheshire county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 40.3%.
Cheshire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hinsdale, NH is leaning liberal.
Cheshire County, New Hampshire is moderately liberal.
Keene Metro Area is moderately 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.
Hinsdale, 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 Hinsdale, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 232 contributions totaling $7,532 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $3,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)