The politics in Kingston, NH 03848 are rooted in the New England town meeting style of government. This form of government allows residents to participate directly in local decisions and is overseen by a board of selectmen. This board is comprised of three members who are elected by the citizens to serve two year terms. State representatives from Kingston are also elected by the citizens to ensure local interests and values are represented at the state level. In addition, Kingston residents have access to regional and national politics. Voter turnout for elections is usually high, reflecting an engaged and informed population that has pride in its political system.
The political climate in Zip 03848 (Kingston, NH) is leaning conservative.
Rockingham County, NH is leaning liberal. In Rockingham County, NH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 48.1%.
Rockingham county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03848 (Kingston, NH) is leaning conservative.
Kingston, New Hampshire is leaning conservative.
Rockingham County, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro Area is very 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.
Kingston, New Hampshire: r r d r r 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 03848 (Kingston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 204 contributions totaling $22,321 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $20,913 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)