Milton, NH (zip code 03851) is a small town located in the heart of New Hampshire. The local politics of Milton are important to its citizens as it affects day-to-day life. The town is governed by a five-member Board of Selectman, each elected to serve a three year term. The board meets regularly every fourth Monday of the month and discusses issues related to the town such as budgets, taxation, and public works. In addition to these meetings, there are other committees made up of citizens that focus on different areas such as education, government affairs, and economic development. Every two years at Town Meeting an annual budget is voted upon and any significant changes or new initiatives are discussed. Most recently, citizens approved funding for a new police station that was completed in 2019. Local candidates running for office can be found online or through the Milton Town Hall website where their biographies can be viewed before election season begins.
The political climate in Zip 03851 (Milton, NH) is leaning liberal.
Strafford County, NH is somewhat liberal. In Strafford County, NH 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Strafford county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.3%.
Strafford county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03851 (Milton, NH) is leaning liberal.
Milton, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Strafford County, New Hampshire is somewhat 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.
Milton, 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 03851 (Milton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 225 contributions totaling $35,875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $7,975 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)