New Durham, NH (Zip Code 03855) is a small town located in Strafford County in the state of New Hampshire. It is a rural community with a population of just over 1,000 people. Despite its size, the town has an active local political scene with many different candidates for local offices. These offices are comprised of both state representatives as well as members of the local school board. As a result, there are many opportunities for citizens to get involved in their local political process and make sure their voices are heard. Local elections usually feature several candidates waging campaigns on various platforms and ideas that can affect the future of New Durham and its citizens. The town also holds regular Town Meetings throughout the year which serve to help citizens become informed about important issues and have their say when it comes to how certain matters should be decided. Ultimately, politics in New Durham ensure that decision-making remains democratic and transparent, allowing its citizens to remain engaged in the processes that affect them most.
The political climate in Zip 03855 (New Durham, 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 03855 (New Durham, NH) is leaning liberal.
New Durham, 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.
New Durham, 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 03855 (New Durham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 142 contributions totaling $19,557 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $7,073 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)