Sullivan County, New Hampshire is an area with a rich political history. It is home to many important elected officials who have served in the US Congress, state legislature and local offices. The county has been represented by leaders from both major political parties throughout its history, including Senators from both Republican and Democratic backgrounds. Currently, the county is represented in Washington D.C. by Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat. In the New Hampshire State Senate, both Democrats and Republicans are represented. One of the more prominent members of local government is Rep. Chris Pappas, a Democrat currently serving as the Congressman for New Hampshire’s 1st district which includes Sullivan County. On the local level there are numerous political figures from both major parties who serve on various boards and councils throughout Sullivan County such as on school boards, planning boards and county commission meetings. Each of these individuals work together to ensure that the needs of Sullivan County residents are addressed with effective policy solutions that reflect their values and beliefs.
The political climate in Sullivan County, NH is leaning liberal.
In Sullivan County, NH 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 47.1%.
Sullivan county flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sullivan County, NH is leaning liberal.
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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.
Sullivan, New Hampshire: r d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Sullivan County, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,275 contributions totaling $543,899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 748 contributions totaling $218,462 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)