Waterville Valley, NH (03215) is a small town located in the heart of the White Mountains region of New Hampshire. It is known for its rugged beauty and outdoor recreational opportunities, making it a great place to visit and live. The politics in Waterville Valley are much like any other town in the United States: citizens vote for their local representatives who represent them in municipal, county, state, and federal government. At the local level, Waterville Valley’s council consists of six members who are elected by local voters to decide on matters of local importance such as zoning laws and budgeting. The town’s Mayor is elected every two years by popular vote among all residents of Waterville Valley. At the county level, Waterville Valley is part of Grafton County which has seven Representative Districts that choose their own representatives to serve in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and Senate. On a national level, Waterville Valley residents vote for their US Representatives and Senators who oversee national affairs.
The political climate in Zip 03215 (Waterville Valley, NH) is somewhat liberal.
Grafton County, NH is strongly liberal. In Grafton County, NH 61.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grafton county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.3% to 36.8%.
Grafton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03215 (Waterville Valley, NH) is somewhat liberal.
Waterville Valley, New Hampshire is somewhat liberal.
Grafton County, New Hampshire is strongly liberal.
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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.
Waterville Valley, 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 03215 (Waterville Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $2,425 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)