The town of Center Harbor, New Hampshire is a small rural community located in the Lakes Region of the state. With a population just under 1,500 people, Center Harbor is a tight-knit and friendly community where people know their neighbors and local businesses. The politics of Center Harbor are generally dominated by members of the Republican party. Local political candidates typically have close ties to the community and focus on issues that are important to the town such as economic growth and infrastructure improvements. As an example, incumbent Selectman Michael Waterman has long been a proponent of bringing more business to the area while his challenger, Nathan Jones, has emphasized the need for better infrastructure solutions such as improved roads and sidewalks.
The political climate in Zip 03226 (Center Harbor, NH) is somewhat conservative.
Belknap County, NH is somewhat conservative. In Belknap County, NH 43.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Belknap county remained strongly Republican, 54.3% to 43.9%.
Belknap county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03226 (Center Harbor, NH) is somewhat conservative.
Center Harbor, New Hampshire is somewhat conservative.
Belknap County, New Hampshire is somewhat conservative.
Laconia Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Center Harbor, New Hampshire: R R d r R R
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 03226 (Center Harbor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 301 contributions totaling $46,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $60,488 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $417 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)