The town of Plaistow, NH is a small locality located in Rockingham County with a population of 7,609 people. In the local political scene, it is represented by elected officials from both the state and county governments. The current State Representatives for Plaistow are Mary Beth Walz and Michael Vose who are members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. The town is also within the district of David Borden, who currently serves as Senate Majority Leader in the New Hampshire Senate. At the county level, Plaistow is represented by County Commissioner Jack Kennedy. As a town government entity, Plaistow elects three selectmen to serve on the Board of Selectmen who oversee day-to-day operations such as budgeting and zoning regulations. The town also has an active civic engagement with citizens engaging in various organizations to help support their neighbors and influence changes at all levels in their local politics.
The political climate in Zip 03865 (Plaistow, NH) is leaning conservative.
Rockingham County, NH is leaning liberal. In Rockingham County, NH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 48.1%.
Rockingham county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03865 (Plaistow, NH) is leaning conservative.
Plaistow, New Hampshire is leaning conservative.
Rockingham County, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro Area is very 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.
Plaistow, New Hampshire: r r d r 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 zip 03865 (Plaistow)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 112 contributions totaling $10,695 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 102 contributions totaling $9,982 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)