Newmarket, NH is a small town located in southern New Hampshire with a population of about 8,000 people. It is a quaint town, boasting beautiful views and a vibrant downtown. The local politics of Newmarket are based around the Town Council and Board of Selectmen. The Town Council consists of five elected members who meet monthly to handle important issues concerning the town such as budgeting, zoning regulations, public safety, economic development and public services like water and sewer. The Board of Selectmen are three members who are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the town government. This includes approving financial transactions made by the Town Council and other departments in order to ensure fiscal responsibility. In addition to these two boards, there are numerous appointed committees such as the Planning Board which work with citizens to help shape Newmarket’s future. All elective offices in Newmarket are partisan races that occur every two years; however candidates do not have to declare party affiliation when running for office. Despite this neutrality from politics, the people of Newmarket take great pride in their community and its traditions while also embracing new ideas from within and outside of its boundaries.
The political climate in Newmarket, NH is leaning liberal.
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
Newmarket, NH is leaning liberal.
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.
Newmarket, 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 Newmarket, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,684 contributions totaling $88,406 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 176 contributions totaling $24,992 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)