The town of Bedford, NH (03110) is located in Hillsborough County and is part of the greater Manchester area. The town has a rich political history and is currently represented in the New Hampshire State Legislature by Republican State Senator Sharon Carson and Republican Representative Frank Edelblut. Bedford also elects representatives to serve on the Hillsborough County Delegation. The community has traditionally been supportive of conservative candidates, though there have recently been some steps towards more progressive ideals such as support for renewable energy initiatives. In addition to state legislature representation, Bedford holds local government elections every two years to elect Town Council members and a Town Meeting Moderator. Bedford residents also have the opportunity to take part in local school board elections as well as national elections for US Senate and House seats from New Hampshire. All in all, politics in Bedford are an important part of the community, with many opportunities for residents to get involved and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 03110 (Bedford, 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 03110 (Bedford, NH) is leaning liberal.
Bedford, 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.
Bedford, 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 03110 (Bedford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,766 contributions totaling $321,942 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,373 contributions totaling $860,957 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $627 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)