Grafton County is a county located in the state of New Hampshire. It is predominantly a rural area, with some small towns and cities scattered throughout the region. The county is politically diverse, with many different opinions on local, state and national issues. Local politics in Grafton County often reflects the views of its constituents, ranging from conservative to progressive. Many of the elected officials in Grafton County are actively involved in the political process, working to ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard at all levels of government. In recent years, voter turnout has been high for local and state elections, highlighting the importance that Grafton County residents place on their political participation.
The political climate in Grafton County, NH is strongly liberal.
In Grafton County, NH 61.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grafton county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.3% to 36.8%.
Grafton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grafton County, NH is strongly 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.
Grafton, 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 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 Grafton County, NH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18,974 contributions totaling $3,078,306 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,924 contributions totaling $903,627 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $470 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)