The small town of Gilford, NH 03249 is located in Belknap County and is home to 10,497 people. Although it is a smaller town, it still maintains its own political system. Every two years the citizens of Gilford have the opportunity to elect their local officials including two selectmen, a moderator, and three school board members. The people within this small community take pride in the decisions that are made at the local level and always strive for positive outcomes that will benefit all who live there. It’s important for those who live in Gilford to stay informed on current political issues that may affect their community and also to familiarize themselves with the candidates running for office during election time so they can make educated decisions when voting for local leaders.
The political climate in Zip 03249 (Gilford, NH) is somewhat conservative.
Belknap County, NH is somewhat conservative. In Belknap County, NH 43.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Belknap county remained strongly Republican, 54.3% to 43.9%.
Belknap county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03249 (Gilford, NH) is somewhat conservative.
Gilford, New Hampshire is somewhat conservative.
Belknap County, New Hampshire is somewhat conservative.
Laconia Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Gilford, New Hampshire: R R d r R R
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 03249 (Gilford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 934 contributions totaling $40,821 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 326 contributions totaling $88,983 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)