Amherst, NH 03031 is a small town with a population of just under 12,000 people. It has a long history in the state of New Hampshire, having been founded in 1728 and incorporated in 1760. The politics of Amherst are mainly influenced by local politicians who represent the town at both the state and federal level. Amherst is currently represented by several high profile Republican politicians such as US Senator Kelly Ayotte and Congresswoman Annie Kuster. On the local level, Amherst Mayor Lisa Snyder is a Republican who was reelected to her third term in 2017. The Town Council consists of seven members each from three wards: East Ward, Central Ward and West Ward. In addition to the Town Council elections every two years, Amherst also elects its own school board which sets policy for the local schools within the town limits.
The political climate in Zip 03031 (Amherst, NH) is leaning liberal.
Hillsborough County, NH is leaning liberal. In Hillsborough County, NH 52.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hillsborough county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.8% to 45.2%.
Hillsborough county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03031 (Amherst, NH) is leaning liberal.
Amherst, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Manchester-Nashua Metro Area is leaning 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.
Amherst, New Hampshire: r r 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 03031 (Amherst)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,261 contributions totaling $201,221 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 574 contributions totaling $191,710 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)