Sharon, NH is a small town located in the southeastern corner of New Hampshire. The town is governed by a five member Board of Selectmen who are responsible for setting policy and making decisions on behalf of the citizens of Sharon. This board makes decisions regarding taxes, road maintenance, public safety, and other aspects of the day-to-day operations of Sharon. There are also several local political candidates that come up for election every year, including candidates for Town Councilor and School Board Member. These candidates are elected by the citizens of Sharon to represent their interests on these various boards. With a strong sense of community and commitment to progress, Sharon has become an important part of New Hampshire’s political landscape.
The political climate in Sharon, NH is leaning conservative.
Hillsborough County, NH is leaning liberal. In Hillsborough County, NH 52.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hillsborough county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.8% to 45.2%.
Hillsborough county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sharon, NH is leaning conservative.
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Manchester-Nashua Metro Area is leaning 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.
Sharon, New Hampshire: r r d d 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 Sharon, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,951 contributions totaling $307,192 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 269 contributions totaling $141,683 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $527 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)