Mountain Lakes, NH is a small rural town located in the northeast corner of the state. With a population of approximately 3,000 people, the politics in Mountain Lakes are usually fairly quiet and centered around local issues that are important to the community. Though there are no current local political candidates running for office, citizens still take an active interest in government affairs at all levels. The Mountain Lakes Town Council meets regularly to discuss matters that affect residents such as school funding and infrastructure improvements. Town meetings are also held occasionally to give citizens a direct say in how their money is used and how they want their town to operate. Overall, Mountain Lakes has an engaged and involved citizenry who take part in the political process by attending meetings and voting for leaders who they trust will make decisions with their best interests in mind.
The political climate in Mountain Lakes, 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
Mountain Lakes, 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.
Mountain Lakes, 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 Mountain Lakes, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 489 contributions totaling $21,178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 174 contributions totaling $19,292 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)