Sandown, NH is a small town located in Rockingham County with a population of approximately 7,500. The town is governed by a five-member board of selectmen that are elected by the town's citizens every two years. Sandown also has one state representative and one state senator who are elected to represent the interests of the residents of Sandown in the New Hampshire State House and Senate respectively. Local politics in Sandown tend to focus on fiscal responsibility and maintaining the rural character of the area. Important issues discussed by local political candidates include tax rates, infrastructure improvements, educational spending, public safety initiatives, and environmental protection efforts.
The political climate in Zip 03873 (Sandown, NH) is leaning conservative.
Rockingham County, NH is leaning liberal. In Rockingham County, NH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 48.1%.
Rockingham county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03873 (Sandown, NH) is leaning conservative.
Sandown, New Hampshire is leaning conservative.
Rockingham County, New Hampshire is leaning 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.
Sandown, New Hampshire: r r d r 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 03873 (Sandown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 163 contributions totaling $15,449 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $6,142 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)