Lower Village District leans slightly Republican by roughly 14 points: about 43% of voters vote Democratic and 57% 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 64% of adults in Lower Village District typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lower Village District, ~28% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lower Village District compares
Lower Village District runs about 16 points more Republican than New Hampshire as a whole. New Hampshire is roughly evenly split, and Lower Village District sits clearly on the Republican side.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Lower Village District. The northwest side is the most split-leaning (R+27) and the south side is the least split-leaning (Even), a spread of about 26 points.
Why Lower Village District leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Lower Village District, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Lower Village District, about 87% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 18 points below the New Hampshire average of 38%. Lower Village District runs against the grain of New Hampshire, a Republican-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Foreign-born share and voter turnout
Places with a low foreign-born share tend to turn out in mixed patterns; Lower Village District, Claremont, NH sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Lower Village District looks the way it does
Turnout in Lower Village District sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Franklin Falls, Franklin, NH R+4
- West End, Concord, NH D+48
- South End, Concord, NH D+34
- Northwest, Manchester, NH D+25
- North End Manchester, Manchester, NH D+29
- Rimmon Heights, Manchester, NH D+24
- Piscataquog, Manchester, NH D+24
- Downtown, Manchester, NH D+44
- Straw-Smyth, Manchester, NH D+32
- Kalivas Union, Manchester, NH D+32
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Silver City, Milwaukee, WI D+38
- Fruitdale, Wheat Ridge, CO D+25
- Downtown Lynnwood, Lynnwood, WA D+24
- Roundhill, Roanoke, VA D+13
- Lynn Lane, Tulsa, OK R+22
- Rockwell Park-Hemphill Heights, Charlotte, NC D+72
- Palisades, Lake Oswego, OR D+39
- Carlton Hill, Wallington, NJ R+16
- Northrup, Minneapolis, MN D+77
- Sharon Woods, Charlotte, NC D+12
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.