Kensington, New Hampshire is a small town located in the northern part of the state. It has a population of approximately 3,000 people who are very active in their local politics. The town elects three selectmen to oversee town government affairs and passes ordinances and other measures at annual town meetings. There is also an active volunteer fire department that serves the community with pride. Residents take pride in their community and are involved in various civic activities that help make Kensington a great place to live. Overall, there is strong political engagement within the town, with residents actively participating in local elections and other democratic processes.
The political climate in Kensington, NH is leaning conservative.
Rockingham County, NH is leaning liberal. In Rockingham County, NH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 48.1%.
Rockingham county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kensington, NH is leaning conservative.
Rockingham County, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro Area is very 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.
Kensington, 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 Kensington, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,824 contributions totaling $619,152 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 802 contributions totaling $173,042 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)