Cones leans heavily Republican by roughly 38 points: about 31% of voters vote Democratic and 69% 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 78% of adults in Cones typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cones, ~24% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cones compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cones leans more Republican than 24 of 30 neighbors.
Cones runs about 41 points more Republican than New Hampshire as a whole. New Hampshire is roughly evenly split, and Cones sits clearly on the Republican side.
Why Cones 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 Cones, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Cones, about 95% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 24 points below the New Hampshire average of 38%. Cones runs against the grain of New Hampshire, a Republican-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Renting and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Cones, NH sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Cones looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 91% of households in Cones own their home, about 9 points above the New Hampshire average of 82%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Bloomfield, VT R+27
- Colebrook, NH R+35
- North Stratford, NH R+37
- Stratford, NH R+37
- Stewartstown Hollow, NH R+39
- Stewartstown, NH R+39
- Upper Kidderville, NH R+37
- Canaan, VT R+30
Cities with Similar Populations
- Terry, TN R+66
- Fort Rock, OR R+67
- Ormsby, PA R+49
- Encinal, NM D+29
- Point Caswell, NC R+16
- Middle Water, TX R+86
- Holder, IL R+30
- Shore Oaks, NY R+33
- St. Mary, NE R+52
- Copley, WV R+66
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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.