Milton, New Hampshire is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state. The town has a population of approximately 6,000 people and is home to several local businesses as well as community organizations. Politically, Milton has been represented by various elected officials over the years, ranging from its local Town Council members to representatives at the state and federal level. Milton residents have supported candidates from both major political parties over the years, and there have been many debates on important issues such as transportation, education, and economic development. In recent years, special attention has been given to environmental issues such as climate change. Locally elected officials have worked diligently to create sustainable practices that benefit all residents. In addition to holding regular meetings with citizens and stakeholders to discuss important topics affecting their lives, Milton's politicians also take into account the opinions of constituents during debates on various pieces of legislation. This ensures that everyone's voice is heard in local politics.
The political climate in Milton, NH is leaning conservative.
Strafford County, NH is somewhat liberal. In Strafford County, NH 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Strafford county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.3%.
Strafford county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Milton, NH is leaning conservative.
Strafford County, New Hampshire is somewhat 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.
Milton, 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 Milton, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 504 contributions totaling $75,064 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 192 contributions totaling $22,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)