Center Barnstead leans Republican by roughly 26 points: about 37% of voters vote Democratic and 63% Republican. These figures are model estimates: New Hampshire did not have precinct-level voting records available for training, so the numbers above come from demographic and health features rather than local ground truth.
About 95% of adults in Center Barnstead typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Center Barnstead, ~35% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~5% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Center Barnstead compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Center Barnstead leans more Republican than 85 of 96 neighbors.
Center Barnstead runs about 28 points more Republican than New Hampshire as a whole. New Hampshire is roughly evenly split, and Center Barnstead sits clearly on the Republican side.
Why Center Barnstead leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Center Barnstead, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 84% of households in Center Barnstead are family households, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Center Barnstead runs against the grain of New Hampshire, a Republican-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Center Barnstead, NH sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Center Barnstead looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 96% of households in Center Barnstead own their home, about 14 points above the New Hampshire average of 82%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Center Barnstead have completed high school, above 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Barnstead, NH R+25
- South Barnstead, NH R+22
- Alton, NH R+22
- Gilmanton Iron Works, NH R+10
- Pittsfield, NH R+19
- New Durham, NH R+25
- Loudon Center, NH R+17
- Farmington, NH R+24
- Gilmanton, NH R+15
- Strafford, NH R+18
Cities with Similar Populations
- Rio Dell, CA R+10
- Robert, LA R+67
- Millville, PA R+48
- Mineral Point, MO R+61
- Evarts, KY R+80
- Thomaston, ME R+8
- Winner, SD R+52
- Lakeville, IN R+42
- Bainbridge, OH R+61
- Juneau, WI R+40
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from New Hampshire Secretary of State, Elections Division, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. NH did not have precinct-level voting records available for training, so the figures here come from extrapolation across demographic, health, and land-use features rather than local ground truth. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.