Grafton, NH 03240 is located in Sullivan County, which is part of the New Hampshire State House District 8. The current representative for District 8 is John M. Graham, who has been in the position since 2018. Grafton has a number of local elections that citizens can take part in, including those for the Board of Selectmen and Town Moderator. Voters also have the ability to vote for state representatives and senators during the general election. Grafton also plays an important role in state politics, as it is home to several influential political figures in New Hampshire. This includes former Governor John H. Sununu and long-time US Senator Judd Gregg. These individuals have helped shape not only Grafton's political landscape but also the entire state's as well.
The political climate in Zip 03240 (Grafton, NH) is leaning liberal.
Grafton County, NH is strongly liberal. In Grafton County, NH 61.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grafton county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.3% to 36.8%.
Grafton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03240 (Grafton, NH) is leaning liberal.
Grafton, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Grafton County, New Hampshire is strongly 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.
Grafton, 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 03240 (Grafton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 89 contributions totaling $3,733 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $373 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)