Rochester, New Hampshire is home to a small but active political population. Located in Strafford County, the town is part of the 1st Congressional District which features Ann McLane Kuster as its representative in the US House of Representatives. The town also has an active local level political environment; recent elections have seen candidates from both major parties vying for spots on the select board and school board. Residents of Rochester take great pride in their ability to come together and have their voices heard during election time. As a result, the town's politics are vibrant and allow citizens to participate in meaningful ways throughout the year.
The political climate in Zip 03868 (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 03868 (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 03868 (Rochester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 112 contributions totaling $9,291 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $10,858 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)