Pelham, NH is an independent town located in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It has a small-town charm and is home to approximately 13,000 residents. The town prides itself on its local government which runs efficiently and effectively to meet the needs of all citizens. All elected officials serve four year terms and the current Town Selectmen are Robert A. Brown, Richard C. Beardsley Jr., and Matthew J. Durand. Decisions made by the Town Selectmen are based on the feedback from the Pelham community and help shape local policies for the betterment of Pelham's citizens. While there are no political candidates from Pelham, NH at present, their voices have been heard in recent elections with many people from this small community having cast their votes in favor of particular candidates or causes that they feel best represent their interests and beliefs.
The political climate in Pelham, 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
Pelham, 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.
Pelham, 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 Pelham, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 283 contributions totaling $29,432 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $19,507 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)