Located in the heart of New Hampshire's Lakes Region, 03276 Tilton is a small town with a population of 3,527 people as of 2019. The political landscape of the town is largely dominated by the Republican party. This rural community has seen a high voter turnout at local and national elections, with many residents taking part in their civic duty. At the state level, there are three representatives from Tilton in the New Hampshire House of Representatives including two Republicans and one Democrat. Paul Berch, who is affiliated with the Republican party; Michael Vose, who is affiliated with the Democratic party; and David Bickford, who is also a Republican. At the local level, Tilton has an active Town Council that works to ensure that their laws and regulations meet the needs of citizens. The current mayor is Rich Galipeau who was elected on November 5th 2019. With strong representation from both sides of the aisle at all levels of government, 03276 Tilton promotes a healthy political environment where all voices can be heard.
The political climate in Zip 03276 (Tilton, 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 03276 (Tilton, NH) is somewhat conservative.
Tilton, 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.
Tilton, 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 03276 (Tilton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 521 contributions totaling $16,201 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $10,386 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)