West Swanzey, NH is a small community in the greater Cheshire County area of New Hampshire. It has a long history of being involved in local politics and has elected representatives to represent its citizens on the state and county level for many years. The town is represented by several political parties, including Republicans and Democrats as well as independent candidates. Local elections are held every two years with candidates from all major political affiliations running for offices such as Town Selectman, Planning Board Member, and Library Trustee. The residents of West Swanzey take great pride in their commitment to democracy and actively participate in their local elections. Through these elections, they have the opportunity to have their voices heard and make an impact on their community’s future.
The political climate in West 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
West 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.
West 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 West Swanzey, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 184 contributions totaling $4,093 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $11,458 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)