The town of Sunapee, New Hampshire, located in zip code 03782, is part of the Sullivan County district. It has a long history of being a small but vibrant community. Politically speaking, Sunapee is represented by local and state government officials, including the county sheriff, representatives in the New Hampshire House and Senate, and congressional representatives in Washington D.C. The town's political leanings align closely with those of neighboring towns in the region and are generally conservative. Residents have the opportunity to be involved in local and state politics by attending Town Hall meetings or joining one of several active political organizations in town. Local politicians take an active interest in Sunapee and its residents, making sure they are kept informed about upcoming events or changes that may affect them.
The political climate in Zip 03782 (Sunapee, NH) is leaning conservative.
Sullivan County, NH is leaning liberal. In Sullivan County, NH 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 47.1%.
Sullivan county flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03782 (Sunapee, NH) is leaning conservative.
Sunapee, New Hampshire is leaning conservative.
Sullivan County, New Hampshire is leaning 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.
Sunapee, New Hampshire: r d D D 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 03782 (Sunapee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 657 contributions totaling $59,668 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $139,534 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $878 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)