The town of Winchester, NH (03470) is a rural agricultural community located in the northern part of the state. It is home to around 700 residents and has a rich history that dates back to the early 1800s. The town is governed by a Town Meeting system and operates under its own local ordinances. The town currently elects three officials to oversee its affairs: the Select Board Chairman, the Town Moderator, and the Town Clerk/Tax Collector. All of these positions are held for two-year terms with elections held every two years in March.
The current Select Board Chairman is Peter Bowers who was elected in 2019. He has served on various boards over the past few years including being an alternate member for the Cheshire County Conservation District and a liaison for Nonprofit organizations within Winchester. The Town Moderator, Robert Merrill, was elected in 2018 and serves as both moderator during Town Meetings and as chair of the Planning Board. Lastly, Sherry Smith serves as Winchester's Town Clerk/Tax Collector since 2017. She also serves as secretary for multiple committees including the Public Safety Committee, Budget Committee, and Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Overall, politics in 03470 Winchester, NH take place through regular elections for various positions such as Select Board Chairmen and Town Moderator every two years along with other committees that require yearly or bi-yearly elections.
The political climate in Zip 03470 (Winchester, NH) is leaning liberal.
Cheshire County, NH is moderately liberal. In Cheshire County, NH 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cheshire county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 40.3%.
Cheshire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03470 (Winchester, NH) is leaning liberal.
Winchester, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Cheshire County, New Hampshire is moderately liberal.
Keene Metro Area is moderately 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.
Winchester, 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 03470 (Winchester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 505 contributions totaling $18,303 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $2,005 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)