The small town of Sanbornton, NH (03269) is located in Belknap County and has a population of about 4,275 people. This friendly community is served by a number of elected officials in local government. The local politics in 03269 Sanbornton are mainly focused on issues that affect the small town and its citizens, such as economic development, public safety, and social services. As the current mayor, Sarah Kasprzak works to ensure that the town's infrastructure is up-to-date and all resources are allocated appropriately. On the Board of Selectmen; David Rheaume, Robert Fowler, Paul Chorney Sr., and Jody Underwood work to make sure that the town's budget is balanced and that decisions benefit all residents. In addition to the mayor and board members, other elected officials include a treasurer/tax collector as well as a number of representatives for each ward in town. These individuals all work together to ensure that Sanbornton remains an attractive place to live, visit, invest in, or do business with.
The political climate in Zip 03269 (Sanbornton, NH) is somewhat conservative.
Belknap County, NH is somewhat conservative. In Belknap County, NH 43.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Belknap county remained strongly Republican, 54.3% to 43.9%.
Belknap county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03269 (Sanbornton, NH) is somewhat conservative.
Sanbornton, New Hampshire is somewhat conservative.
Belknap County, New Hampshire is somewhat conservative.
Laconia Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Sanbornton, New Hampshire: R R d r R R
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 03269 (Sanbornton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 305 contributions totaling $19,338 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $7,518 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)