Bradford, New Hampshire 03221 is a small town with a population of just over 2,000 people. It's located in Merrimack County and is known for its charming nature and friendly atmosphere. Politically, the town is largely conservative. The current mayor is Republican Tom Eichler who was elected in 2019 with 67 percent of the vote. The Town Council consists of seven members who are all Republicans, except for one Independent member. Additionally, Bradford has two representatives at the New Hampshire State Legislature – both Republicans - representing the Merrimack County District 11. Overall, Bradford holds closely to its conservative political values and supports them through the election of local politicians.
The political climate in Zip 03221 (Bradford, NH) is leaning conservative.
Merrimack County, NH is somewhat liberal. In Merrimack County, NH 53.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Merrimack county remained moderately Democratic, 53.8% to 44.1%.
Merrimack county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03221 (Bradford, NH) is leaning conservative.
Bradford, New Hampshire is leaning conservative.
Merrimack County, New Hampshire is somewhat liberal.
Concord Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Bradford, 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 03221 (Bradford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 218 contributions totaling $23,151 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $2,297 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)