Claremont, New Hampshire is located in Sullivan County and has a population of 13,355 as of 2019. The city has a mayor-council form of government with the city council consisting of seven members. The current mayor is Charlene Lovett who was elected to office in 2018. The city council works to keep the community informed on local issues, encourages civic engagement, and helps to ensure that all citizens have access to essential services like utilities, education, transportation, public safety and more. Claremont also takes pride in its active participation in state and national politics. Residents often vote in local elections and actively engage with their representatives at the county, state and federal levels.
The political climate in Zip 03743 (Claremont, NH) is leaning liberal.
Sullivan County, NH is leaning liberal. In Sullivan County, NH 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 47.1%.
Sullivan county flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03743 (Claremont, NH) is leaning liberal.
Claremont, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Sullivan County, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
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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.
Claremont, New Hampshire: r d 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 03743 (Claremont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,891 contributions totaling $54,295 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $14,852 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)