Wilton, NH is a small town located in Southern New Hampshire. It has a population of around 3,300 and is home to a variety of political ideologies. The town is served by local government, including the Wilton Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting Members. Local elections are held every year in March and November, with citizens electing representatives to serve their town. These representatives provide residents with leadership and guidance on a wide range of issues from school funding to taxes and regulations, ensuring that the needs of the community are looked after. Wilton also participates in state-wide elections for governor, senators, and representatives for the New Hampshire State House and Senate. The town has very active political involvement amongst its citizens, with many taking part in debates at Town Meetings or attending candidate rallies during election season.
The political climate in Wilton, 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
Wilton, 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.
Wilton, 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 Wilton, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,152 contributions totaling $62,194 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 226 contributions totaling $86,732 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $384 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)