The small town of Chester, NH 03036 is a rural community located in the northeast corner of the state. It has a long history of political engagement and plays an active role in the local government of New Hampshire. The town is served by a Board of Selectmen, which consists of five elected members. Residents elect a Town Moderator to oversee all town meetings and elections, and Town Officials such as the Town Clerk, Tax Collector and Treasurer are appointed through nomination from one of the selectmen. The town also has funded public safety departments such as fire and police departments for the protection of its citizens. Overall, Chester is an actively engaged community that takes an active role in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 03036 (Chester, NH) is leaning conservative.
Rockingham County, NH is leaning liberal. In Rockingham County, NH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 48.1%.
Rockingham county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03036 (Chester, NH) is leaning conservative.
Chester, New Hampshire is leaning conservative.
Rockingham County, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro Area is very 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.
Chester, New Hampshire: r r d r 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 03036 (Chester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 572 contributions totaling $48,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $10,052 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)