In the small town of 03608, Walpole, NH, politics play an important role in the community. The town is run by a select board of five elected members. Elections are held every two years to determine who will lead the town and take on the responsibility of creating policy and managing finances. Although there are no local political candidates to mention, residents continue to vote on state and national issues that impact their lives. Residents are known for showing up at caucus events and helping to shape the future of their community. Other forms of political engagement include rallies in support of certain causes, attending debates, and writing letters to newspapers or representatives about relevant issues. It is clear that political involvement remains strong in this small New Hampshire community.
The political climate in Zip 03608 (Walpole, NH) is leaning liberal.
Cheshire County, NH is moderately liberal. In Cheshire County, NH 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cheshire county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 40.3%.
Cheshire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03608 (Walpole, NH) is leaning liberal.
Walpole, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Cheshire County, New Hampshire is moderately liberal.
Keene Metro Area is moderately 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.
Walpole, 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 03608 (Walpole)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,120 contributions totaling $204,390 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $17,623 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)