Orford, NH is a small town in03777 in New Hampshire with a tight knit community. The politics of Orford are mostly centered around local issues that affect the town, such as education, taxes and public safety. These issues are largely managed at the local level by elected officials such as the town selectmen and school board members who make decisions that will have an impact on the community. Local elections for these positions typically draw out large voter turnouts from the citizens of Orford, eager to make their voices heard. Candidates running for office often use platforms based on their personal values and beliefs to showcase how they can best serve the people of Orford if elected into office.
The political climate in Zip 03777 (Orford, 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 03777 (Orford, NH) is leaning liberal.
Orford, 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.
Orford, 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 03777 (Orford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $14,216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $11,969 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)