Hemlock Center leans heavily Republican by roughly 30 points: about 35% of voters vote Democratic and 65% 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 83% of adults in Hemlock Center typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Hemlock Center, ~29% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Hemlock Center compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Hemlock Center leans more Republican than 101 of 104 neighbors.
Hemlock Center runs about 33 points more Republican than New Hampshire as a whole. New Hampshire is roughly evenly split, and Hemlock Center sits clearly on the Republican side.
Why Hemlock Center 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 Hemlock Center, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 14% of adults in Hemlock Center hold a bachelor's degree, about 24 points below the New Hampshire average of 38%. Hemlock Center runs against the grain of New Hampshire, a Republican-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Hemlock Center, NH sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Hemlock Center looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 91% of households in Hemlock Center 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
- Charlestown, NH R+32
- Langdon, NH R+27
- South Charlestown, NH R+30
- Quaker City, NH R+29
- Acworth, NH R+27
- Alstead, NH R+20
- South Acworth, NH R+27
- North Walpole, NH R+11
- Bellows Falls, VT D+18
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lamb, KY R+74
- Blue John, KY R+76
- Clayhill, AL R+7
- Haverhill, OH R+56
- Blanchard, ME R+38
- Hightowers, NC D+18
- Moores Corners, PA R+50
- Hillside Colony, SD R+54
- Sharon, LA R+16
- Holly Grove, TX R+81
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.