Rochester, New Hampshire is a small town located in the southern part of the state with a population of approximately 29,752. The town is served by two local governing bodies: the Rochester City Council and the Strafford County Commissioners. Both groups are responsible for enacting laws and ordinances that govern the community, providing services to residents, and managing local resources. The city council is composed of nine elected officials who serve two year terms including a mayor. The Strafford County Commissioners are also elected by voters in the county, with five members serving four-year terms. In Rochester, local politics include initiatives such as improving public safety through increased police presence, maintaining infrastructure and amenities throughout the area, and increasing access to affordable housing. Community engagement is encouraged via public meetings and forums where citizens can voice their concerns or advance initiatives for consideration by the local government bodies.
The political climate in Zip 03839 (Rochester, 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 03839 (Rochester, NH) is leaning liberal.
Rochester, 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.
Rochester, 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 03839 (Rochester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 125 contributions totaling $5,151 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $4,601 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)