Wilton, NH is a small town located in Hillsborough County with a population of around 3,000 people. Despite its size, Wilton has a robust political landscape and is home to many involved citizens. On the local level, Wilton voters elect members to the Town Meeting, responsible for crafting the town's budget and determining how public funds are allocated. The town also has an active Select Board that works closely with residents to make decisions on important issues such as infrastructure development. Local elections for these positions take place every year in March, drawing engaging debates on policy and encouraging participation among all members of the community. At the state level, Wilton residents are represented by two House Representatives and one Senate member in Concord who advocate for the needs of their constituents at the state capitol.
The political climate in Zip 03086 (Wilton, NH) is leaning conservative.
Hillsborough County, NH is leaning liberal. In Hillsborough County, NH 52.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hillsborough county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.8% to 45.2%.
Hillsborough county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 03086 (Wilton, NH) is leaning conservative.
Wilton, New Hampshire is leaning conservative.
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire is leaning liberal.
Manchester-Nashua Metro Area is leaning 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.
Wilton, New Hampshire: r r d d 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 03086 (Wilton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 576 contributions totaling $31,097 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $43,366 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $384 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)