Swanzey, New Hampshire is a small town located in Cheshire County with a population of around 6,000 people. The town has been around since the late 1700’s and its politics are largely based on local issues and individual initiatives. The Town Council is composed of five members who are elected by the citizens of Swanzey for two year terms. The elections are non-partisan and the council consists of representatives from various political backgrounds that focus on working together to address the needs and concerns of the citizens. In addition, Swanzey has several other governing boards including the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment that work on local planning initiatives. All these boards work together to ensure that all decisions made are beneficial for everyone living within the town limits.
The political climate in Swanzey, NH is leaning liberal.
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
Swanzey, NH is leaning liberal.
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.
Swanzey, 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 Swanzey, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,830 contributions totaling $413,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 460 contributions totaling $98,054 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)