Westmoreland, NH is a small town in the heart of Cheshire County with a population of just over 2,000 people. The town is governed by a select board made up of five locally elected representatives who serve three-year terms. The current representatives are Mary Smith, John Davis, Jim Watson, Bill Johnson, and Nancy Brown. They work together to make decisions that best benefit the community such as budgeting for public works projects or setting local tax rates.
Residents of Westmoreland have the opportunity to engage in politics at the local level by voting for one or more candidates during the town election held every year in March. The election determines who will serve on the select board and other municipal positions such as treasurer and school board members. In addition to voting in elections, residents can get involved in politics by attending town meetings and voicing their opinions on issues affecting their community. This involvement helps ensure that the town continues to move forward and remain healthy and prosperous for all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 03467 (Westmoreland, 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 03467 (Westmoreland, NH) is leaning liberal.
Westmoreland, 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.
Westmoreland, 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 03467 (Westmoreland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 188 contributions totaling $8,951 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $13,465 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $539 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)