Mount Sunapee leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% 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 89% of adults in Mount Sunapee typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mount Sunapee, ~42% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~11% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mount Sunapee compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mount Sunapee leans more Republican than 44 of 106 neighbors.
Mount Sunapee runs about 8 points more Republican than New Hampshire as a whole.
Why Mount Sunapee leans the way it does
Density, race composition, education, and family structure all sit close to their national averages in Mount Sunapee. None of them point strongly toward either party.
Food insecurity and voter turnout
Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Mount Sunapee, NH sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.
Why turnout in Mount Sunapee looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Mount Sunapee 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%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Newbury, NH D+8
- Goshen, NH R+28
- Sunapee, NH D+9
- Bradford Center, NH Even
- Guild, NH R+10
- Sutton, NH Even
- South Sutton, NH Even
- Newport, NH R+16
- Wendell, NH D+4
- East Unity, NH R+30
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lavinia, MN R+20
- Lewis Creek, IN R+64
- Thomas Mountain, CA R+17
- Patzau, WI R+29
- Rural Hill, NY R+34
- East Franklin, ME R+13
- Headlee, IN R+56
- East Greenwich, NY R+15
- Vilas, FL R+36
- Russet, WV R+64
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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.