Lisbon, New Hampshire is a small town located in Grafton County. It is home to an active local political scene that residents take great pride in. As of 2018, the town had an estimated population of 1,082 and is represented at both the state and county levels. At the state level, Lisbon is part of New Hampshire's District 14 in the New Hampshire House of Representatives which is represented by Representative Shari Barnes (R). On the County level, Lisbon is part of Grafton County Commission District 3 which is currently represented by Commissioner Zoe Hirsch (D).
Lisbon holds regular elections to determine representation for town office positions like select board members and other officials. The town also participates in most major elections at both the state and federal level. During election season, a variety of events are held around town to encourage civic engagement and participation among citizens. Political debates between candidates running for office are held at Lisbon Town Hall and there are ample opportunities for voters to become informed before casting their ballots.
The political climate in Lisbon, 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
Lisbon, 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.
Lisbon, 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 Lisbon, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $10,614 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $9,540 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)