Somersworth, New Hampshire is a town located in Strafford County. Although the town has a small population of approximately 11,600 residents, it has an active political environment. The local government consists of a mayor and five-member city council who are elected by registered voters. The Mayor is elected for a two-year term, while the members of the city council are elected for three-year terms. The city government works to ensure that Somersworth remains a safe and vibrant community. Residents can participate in politics by voting in local elections and attending public forums hosted by the Mayor and City Council to stay informed on important issues facing the town.
The political climate in Somersworth, NH is somewhat liberal.
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
Somersworth, NH is somewhat liberal.
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.
Somersworth, 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 Somersworth, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 546 contributions totaling $99,171 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $4,956 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)