Littleton, New Hampshire is a small town located in the White Mountains region of the state. It is a tight-knit community that prides itself on its deep sense of local pride and support for its citizens. The politics in Littleton are heavily influenced by this small-town mentality, with a focus on preserving local values and traditions while also ensuring the economic security of all residents. Locally, the town government is made up of a select board that oversees all aspects of governance including budgets, taxation, zoning regulations, and public works projects. In addition to this board, there are three elected officials who serve as mayor and two selectmen. Elections occur every two years and typically feature candidates from both major parties as well as independent candidates. These elections often focus heavily on local issues important to Littleton residents such as education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and more.
The political climate in Zip 03561 (Littleton, NH) is somewhat 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 03561 (Littleton, NH) is somewhat liberal.
Littleton, New Hampshire is somewhat 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.
Littleton, 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 03561 (Littleton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 597 contributions totaling $70,921 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 212 contributions totaling $32,503 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)