Barrington, New Hampshire is a small town located in Strafford County. Politically, Barrington voters are largely conservative and support candidates who uphold traditional values and advocate for fiscal responsibility. In local elections, the Barrington community is heavily involved in the process, showing up to the polls in great numbers to make their voices heard. The town has a long history of voting Republican at the state and federal levels, although there has been an increasing number of independent and third-party candidates in recent years. Local politicians are passionate about protecting Barrington's unique character and ensuring its residents have access to high quality education, safe neighborhoods, and affordable healthcare. They also strive to protect the environment by encouraging sustainable growth and development throughout the region.
The political climate in Barrington, NH is leaning conservative.
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
Barrington, NH is leaning conservative.
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.
Barrington, 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 Barrington, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 644 contributions totaling $31,888 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $34,262 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)