Lyme Center leans heavily Democratic by roughly 36 points: about 68% of voters vote Democratic and 32% 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 85% of adults in Lyme Center typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lyme Center, ~58% vote Democratic, ~27% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lyme Center compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lyme Center leans more Democratic than 79 of 88 neighbors.
Lyme Center runs about 34 points more Democratic than New Hampshire as a whole.
Why Lyme 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 Lyme Center, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 75% of adults in Lyme Center hold a bachelor's degree, about 47 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Lyme Center, NH sits above the national average on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Lyme Center looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Lyme Center 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 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Lyme Center have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lyme, NH D+38
- Hanover Center, NH D+29
- Canaan Center, NH R+12
- East Thetford, VT D+42
- Dorchester, NH D+3
- Etna, NH D+30
- West Canaan, NH R+12
- Orfordville, NH D+16
- Canaan, NH R+12
- Thetford Center, VT D+41
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lawrence, OK R+69
- Fletcher, TX R+81
- Cassandra, PA R+60
- Steuben Valley, NY R+38
- Hopewell, SC R+63
- Maple Ridge, OH R+56
- Witt Springs, KY R+62
- Houghtonville, VT D+21
- Roderfield, WV R+71
- Chalybeate Springs, GA R+34
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.