Hollis leans slightly Democratic by roughly 14 points: about 57% of voters vote Democratic and 43% 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 Hollis typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Hollis, ~49% vote Democratic, ~37% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Hollis compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Hollis leans more Democratic than 78 of 115 neighbors.
Hollis runs about 10 points more Democratic than New Hampshire as a whole.
Why Hollis 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 Hollis, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 57% of adults in Hollis hold a bachelor's degree, about 29 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Hollis, NH sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Hollis looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Hollis 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 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Hollis own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Hollis have completed high school, above 90% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Nashua, NH D+19
- Brookline, NH Even
- Pepperell, MA D+2
- Dunstable, MA D+4
- Milford, NH D+3
- North Brookline, NH R+7
- Amherst, NH D+17
- Hudson, NH R+2
- High Bridge, NH R+12
- Townsend, MA R+10
Cities with Similar Populations
- Harrington, DE R+26
- Mcloud, OK R+58
- Twin Lake, MI R+26
- Milltown, NJ R+8
- Helena-West Helena, AR D+44
- La Junta, CO R+13
- Glencoe, IL D+47
- Des Peres, MO Even
- Tickfaw, LA R+38
- Iowa, LA R+46
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.