Pelham, New Hampshire is located in Hillsborough County and is a small town with a population of around 14,000 people. The town has a traditional New England atmosphere, with its Town Meeting form of government. The Town Meeting is made up of the voters in Pelham who meet on a monthly basis to discuss issues such as taxes, public works projects, ordinances and budgets. The meeting is presided over by an elected Board of Selectmen who are responsible for setting the agenda and making decisions about the future of Pelham. In addition, there are several boards and committees that deal with different aspects of local government such as planning and zoning, parks and recreation, economic development and education. Elections are held every two years to select members for each board or committee. Residents can choose from various local political candidates including school board members, town councilors and selectmen.
The political climate in Zip 03076 (Pelham, NH) is leaning conservative.
Hillsborough County, NH is leaning liberal. In Hillsborough County, NH 52.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hillsborough county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.8% to 45.2%.
Hillsborough county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03076 (Pelham, NH) is leaning conservative.
Pelham, New Hampshire is leaning conservative.
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Manchester-Nashua Metro Area is leaning 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.
Pelham, New Hampshire: r r d d 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 03076 (Pelham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 283 contributions totaling $29,432 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $19,507 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)