Epsom, New Hampshire is located in northern New Hampshire and has a rich history of political activism. The town has elected local politicians from both the Democratic and Republican parties, with elections seeing tight races due to their even distribution of registered voters. Local candidates have tended to represent the ideals of their respective parties while also listening to their constituents, as Epsom's residents are passionate about their beliefs and take great care when it comes to electing representatives that will best serve them. Issues that have been in the forefront in recent years include economic development, environmental protection, education and civil rights. Although local politics can be divisive at times, the people of Epsom ultimately pull together around issues that matter most to them.
The political climate in Zip 03234 (Epsom, 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 03234 (Epsom, NH) is leaning conservative.
Epsom, 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.
Epsom, 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 03234 (Epsom)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 168 contributions totaling $5,844 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $14,511 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)