Chichester leans slightly Republican by roughly 8 points: about 46% of voters vote Democratic and 54% 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 84% of adults in Chichester typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Chichester, ~39% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~16% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Chichester compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Chichester leans more Republican than 32 of 87 neighbors.
Chichester runs about 11 points more Republican than New Hampshire as a whole.
Why Chichester 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 Chichester, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Chichester are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Food insecurity and voter turnout
Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Chichester, NH sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.
Why turnout in Chichester looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Chichester is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Chichester have completed high school, above 83% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- North Pembroke, NH Even
- Epsom, NH R+8
- Loudon, NH R+17
- Short Falls, NH R+9
- Pittsfield, NH R+19
- Loudon Center, NH R+17
- Pembroke, NH R+7
- Suncook, NH R+4
- Concord, NH D+21
- Pearls Corner, NH Even
Cities with Similar Populations
- Pleasant Valley, MO R+8
- Reed Creek, GA R+61
- McComb, OH R+58
- West Tawakoni, TX R+63
- Evans, MI R+36
- Random Lake, WI R+38
- Madelia, MN R+19
- New Britain, PA D+6
- Hansville, WA D+26
- Sutherland Springs, TX R+60
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.