Hillsboro County or Rockingham? Which is More Conservative? (Manchester, Derry: house, neighborhood)

[youngmoney]

Which area do you feel has stronger family-oriented community feel, low tax supporters, and small government supporters?

[nicolem]

It is hard to say anymore-especially after 2006. Do you have specific towns or cities you are wondering about? Up until a few years ago-Belknap county was considered one of the most republican counties in the entire nation-even that went mostly dem in 2006. With the election of 2006-between the prevalence of straight ticket voting(thank God that got rid of that) and people taking their anger and hatred of Bush out on a NH state rep- I don't know anymore. I think this election will be a test to see if NH is a lost cause or not. I seriously hope that we can win NH back and prevent anymore of the increased taxes and nanny state mentality that we have had to deal with the past two years. I really hope people wake up and realize that hating George Bush is one thing but voting with that frame of mind for a state or local rep is going to bring us an income tax and a nanny state. One only needs to look at all that has happened in the past two years. It is not pretty.

A lot of people from out of state move here-escaping crime, high taxes, etc. only to vote in clowns who want to bring those same things here. Granted, there are people who choose to move here to preserve the NH live free or die way of life, but not as many as those liberals who are moving here.

I really hope that even if the traditional conservatives can not win back the majority in the state house in November, at the very least hopefully the more traditionally NH conservatives will win in the traditionally conservative areas. That would at least give me some hope.

Conservative is a broad term. The traditional NH conservative is not a religious right person. NH conservatives are in many cases but of course not all- pro-choice and for preserving the open space-as farms and forests are a huge part of NH-something that you don't always find in republicans from other states. Traditionally NH republicans are different than many other state's republicans. Traditionally-many are for minimal government interference in both the personal life and the pocket book.

Town/Cities in Rockingham country that were traditionally republican are Atkinson, Londonderry, Salem. There are others- I hope that someone will chime in and give you more. In Hillsboro-traditionally- parts of Manchester and also Bedford. There are others-perhaps someone will chime in. I am not familiar with those areas of the state-I live in the Lakes region.

That is probably more than you asked for. I guess my opinion would be to wait and see what happens in November. It will certainly be interesting.

[sgthoskins]

+1 to what Nicole said.

You should be able to find out how each county voted in 2006 and in the primaries. I was able to look at my town voting results on their website. If you have time again with what Nicole said wait until you can see the Nov election results from each county.

Best of luck on your move, we need every conservative we can get.

[lam09]

Pardon me for crashing this thread but the last line, "...we need every conservative we can get..." definitely caught my interest: I, too, am conservative and am considering moving to NH from NYC (enough, already). Now that the Nov election (from hell) has come and gone, I'm interested in a neighborhood as far away from liberals as possible.

Could someone kindly give me a brief, overall summation of the state? Just start with the MOST CONSERVATIVE areas, please.

Many thanks.

[buck naked]

State Senate District 19 includes the towns of Derry, Hampstead and Windham and is one of the state’s most conservative districts.

Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by 3500 in District 19.

[BF66389]

lAM09- it is really very "town" dependent as Nicole pointed out, as every town really has its own feel, spirit, and history. Likewise as Nicole indicated the NH definition of conservative as desired by most people who identify themselves as conservative up here is more about being fiscally & legislatively conservative (legislatively meaning don't make excessive/unnecessary laws)...interestingly it would be what is defined (officially) as "classical liberalism" (Classical liberalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

[lam09]

Fair enough, BF66389, your point well taken. Are there any areas in NH that could be considered 'conservative' in the most traditional sense of the word, though? Even close to that definition?

[GraniteStater]

Conservative in the fiscal sense or traditional sense would be towns like: Alton, Wolfeboro, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough, Meredith, Gilford, Littleton, Bath, Monroe Barnstead, New Durham, Wakefield, Freedom, Albany and Brookfield. I am more familiar with the upper Merrimack Valley and Lakes Region compared with southern NH.

[lam09]

Many thanks, GraniteStater--I'll begin researching each, one at a time...

[Valerie C]

lam09, I have 3 links to share with you that you may find helpful. I find them very interesting...

This first one is a list of towns, and what the vote count for each candidate was:
2008 presidential election results by town for New Hampshire - Boston.com

Now, before we have the 'big show' in November, we have the circus that is the primary. Clearly, NH was not a predictor for the primary this year, as neither winner ended up being the nominee...

This map is the Republican results in the primary. You'll notice that while McCain took the state overall, Romney (the much more conservative of the two) was the clear favorite in the southern portions of the state, with a small pocket of lakes region support (Alton, Wolfboro, Sanbornton and Tuftonboro) as well (he owns property on the lakes. Perhaps he's a 'good neighbor'...)
New Hampshire Primary -- Republican results - Boston.com

The is next map is the Democrat results in the primary. Many of the same towns that went for Romney also went with the less liberal candidate on the other side of the ticket. I think it also noteworthy that while much of south & eastern NH went for Clinton, there was a little pocket for Obama in the seacoast are/UNH towns Madbury & Durham (but not Lee) and also Exeter, Stratham, North Hampton, Rye, Portsmouth, New Castle, etc)
New Hampshire Primary -- Democratic results - Boston.com

These maps are interactive--hold your mouse over the town to see the number of votes cast for each candidate (or see the chart below the map) Hope these help with your search!

Originally Posted by lam09

Pardon me for crashing this thread but the last line, "...we need every conservative we can get..." definitely caught my interest: I, too, am conservative and am considering moving to NH from NYC (enough, already). Now that the Nov election (from hell) has come and gone, I'm interested in a neighborhood as far away from liberals as possible.

Could someone kindly give me a brief, overall summation of the state? Just start with the MOST CONSERVATIVE areas, please.

Many thanks.