Somersworth, NH is a small city located in Strafford county with a population of 11,766 according to the 2010 US Census. The city has a mayor-council form of government with the Mayor and nine members of the City Council representing various wards throughout the city. Elections are held annually in November for both Mayor and City Council positions and all registered voters in Somersworth are eligible to cast their ballots. The current Mayor is Dana Hilliard and the City Councilors are Derek Shippee, Dale Sprague, Matthew Joyal, Joanne Desmarais-Fecteau, Peter Burdett, Joseph Hagan, Dennis Soucy Jr., Joseph Lachance and Jacob Poulin. All candidates must be a registered voter residing within Somersworth for at least one year prior to election day.
The political climate in Zip 03878 (Somersworth, NH) is somewhat 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 03878 (Somersworth, NH) is somewhat liberal.
Somersworth, New Hampshire is somewhat 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.
Somersworth, 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 03878 (Somersworth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 546 contributions totaling $99,171 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $4,956 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)