Ashland, NH 03217 is a small town in the heart of New Hampshire with a population of just over 2,000 people. In recent years, the town has seen a steady rise in political involvement and involvement in local politics. The most recent election saw new leadership being brought into office, as two new selectmen were chosen to oversee the town’s affairs. Since then, there have been several initiatives taken on by the town that are aimed at improving quality of life for residents while also increasing community involvement. For example, there have been efforts to expand recreational opportunities and to create public transportation options. Furthermore, there have been ongoing discussions about creating better housing options for Ashland’s growing population. Local candidates continue to be active in the community and have held multiple events throughout the year aimed at engaging constituents and getting their feedback on how they would like their government to serve them.
The political climate in Zip 03217 (Ashland, NH) is somewhat liberal.
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
Zip 03217 (Ashland, NH) is somewhat liberal.
Ashland, New Hampshire is somewhat liberal.
Grafton County, New Hampshire 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.
Ashland, 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 03217 (Ashland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 165 contributions totaling $26,484 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $2,155 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)