Concord, New Hampshire is the state capital of New Hampshire and a vibrant city located in the Merrimack Valley region. It is home to an active political culture that affects local, state, and federal levels of government. The City Council is responsible for making policy decisions for the city and overseeing its budget. State Representatives from Concord serve on the New Hampshire House of Representatives, while two State Senators serve on the New Hampshire Senate. On the federal level, Concord is represented by Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster in the U.S. House of Representatives. All representatives strive to represent their constituents and make improvements to their districts. The people of Concord can affect change through voting and encouraging their elected officials to support policies that are beneficial to their community.
The political climate in Zip 03301 (Concord, NH) is leaning liberal.
Merrimack County, NH is somewhat liberal. In Merrimack County, NH 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Merrimack county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.1%.
Merrimack county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03301 (Concord, NH) is leaning liberal.
Concord, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Merrimack County, New Hampshire is somewhat liberal.
Concord Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Concord, 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 zip 03301 (Concord)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,885 contributions totaling $779,543 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 607 contributions totaling $140,136 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)