The town of Richmond, NH is a small rural community located in Cheshire County. Though its population is small, the people of Richmond are passionate about their local politics and take great pride in being involved in the decisions that shape their community. The town has an active Selectboard and Town Meeting form of government, where residents come together to vote on various issues that affect the town. The Selectboard is responsible for making important decisions regarding budgeting, zoning regulations, road maintenance and construction, and many other matters. Local elections also occur periodically for some positions on the board. Candidates from both major political parties often compete for these positions, resulting in lively debates and spirited campaigns leading up to election day. With such an engaged citizenry and vibrant local political atmosphere, Richmond remains a great example of democracy in action.
The political climate in Richmond, NH is leaning conservative.
Cheshire County, NH is moderately liberal. In Cheshire County, NH 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cheshire county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 40.3%.
Cheshire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richmond, NH is leaning conservative.
Cheshire County, New Hampshire is moderately liberal.
Keene Metro Area is moderately 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.
Richmond, 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 Richmond, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 534 contributions totaling $19,976 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $5,410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)