Hillsborough Upper Village leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% 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 87% of adults in Hillsborough Upper Village typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Hillsborough Upper Village, ~33% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~13% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Hillsborough Upper Village compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Hillsborough Upper Village leans more Republican than 89 of 103 neighbors.
Hillsborough Upper Village runs about 26 points more Republican than New Hampshire as a whole. New Hampshire is roughly evenly split, and Hillsborough Upper Village sits clearly on the Republican side.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Hillsborough Upper Village. The southeast side is the most split-leaning (R+27) and the southwest side is the least split-leaning (Even), a spread of about 25 points.
Why Hillsborough Upper Village 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 Hillsborough Upper Village, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Hillsborough Upper Village votes against the grain of New Hampshire. New Hampshire is roughly evenly split, while Hillsborough Upper Village runs about 26 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Hillsborough Upper Village are family households, above 77% of cities.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Hillsborough Upper Village, NH sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Hillsborough Upper Village looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Hillsborough Upper Village 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 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in Hillsborough Upper Village own their home, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Hillsborough Upper Village have completed high school, above 92% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lower Village, NH R+6
- North Branch, NH R+20
- Hillsborough Center, NH R+22
- Washington, NH R+24
- Stoddard, NH Even
- Hillsboro, NH R+15
- Antrim, NH R+9
- Hillsborough, NH R+7
- Bradford Center, NH Even
- South Stoddard, NH Even
Cities with Similar Populations
- Westphalia, IA R+54
- Whitlock, TN R+62
- Keswick, IA R+54
- Rollersville, OH R+50
- Strawtown, IN R+53
- Forest Home, AL R+24
- Widener, AR D+3
- Golden Valley, ND R+76
- Topeka, IL R+49
- Hulington, OH R+54
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.