The politics in 03885 Stratham, NH are shaped by the local community that calls it home. The town of Stratham is a small, rural town located just outside of Dover and Portsmouth in New Hampshire's Strafford County. Though the population of Stratham is relatively small—just over 10,000 people—it plays a vital role in the local politics of the surrounding area. The citizens of Stratham are involved and engaged in the issues that affect them and their community, advocating for causes that will ensure the health and well-being of their fellow neighbors. In recent years, these efforts have included initiatives such as establishing a community garden program to help provide fresh food to residents who can’t access supermarkets or farmer’s markets easily, expanding public transit options in the town, protecting local open spaces from development, and more. Local political candidates from parties across the spectrum come to Stratham each election season to talk with voters about their proposals to make Stratham an even better place to call home.
The political climate in Zip 03885 (Stratham, 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 03885 (Stratham, NH) is leaning conservative.
Stratham, 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.
Stratham, 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 03885 (Stratham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 772 contributions totaling $78,766 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 267 contributions totaling $100,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $376 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)