Located in the charming town of Contoocook, New Hampshire, 03229 is home to a vibrant political community. The town is represented in state politics by Senator James Gray and Representative Robert Renny Cushing at the local district level. At the county level, Hillsborough County Commissioner and former State Representative Mindi Messmer represents 03229 residents in Concord. On the national level, Congresswoman Annie Kuster is responsible for representing all of NH’s 2nd Congressional District citizens, including those of 03229. A number of other local politicians serve the area as well, acting on behalf of their constituents and providing valuable services to the people of Contoocook and surrounding towns.
The political climate in Zip 03229 (Contoocook, NH) is leaning liberal.
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 03229 (Contoocook, NH) is leaning liberal.
Contoocook, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
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.
Contoocook, 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 03229 (Contoocook)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,111 contributions totaling $161,965 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $376,174 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,012 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)