Gorham, NH 03581 is a small town in New Hampshire with a population of roughly 2,000 people. It is part of Coos County and has a strong sense of community spirit and pride. As such, locals are very involved in local politics and there are several local political candidates that are vying for positions on the town council and other public offices. The election for these positions takes place every two years and is usually hotly contested as the locals care deeply about the direction their town takes. Political issues such as education, infrastructure, zoning laws, and economic development are all hot topics during elections in Gorham. All local candidates must be registered to vote in the town before they can run for office, so it is important that everyone gets out to vote when elections come around!
The political climate in Zip 03581 (Gorham, NH) is somewhat conservative.
Coos County, NH is leaning conservative. In Coos County, NH 46.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coos county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 46.2%.
Coos county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03581 (Gorham, NH) is somewhat conservative.
Gorham, New Hampshire is somewhat conservative.
Coos County, New Hampshire is leaning conservative.
Berlin Metro Area is leaning 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.
Gorham, New Hampshire: r d D D 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 03581 (Gorham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $5,593 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $2,740 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)