Ossipee leans Republican by roughly 26 points: about 37% of voters vote Democratic and 63% 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 Ossipee typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ossipee, ~32% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ossipee compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ossipee leans more Republican than 63 of 91 neighbors.
Ossipee runs about 29 points more Republican than New Hampshire as a whole. New Hampshire is roughly evenly split, and Ossipee sits clearly on the Republican side.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Ossipee. The east side is the most Republican-leaning (R+34) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+11), a spread of about 23 points.
Why Ossipee 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 Ossipee, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Ossipee votes against the grain of New Hampshire. New Hampshire is roughly evenly split, while Ossipee runs about 29 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Ossipee are family households, above 84% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Ossipee, NH sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Ossipee looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Ossipee 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 65%, above 66% of cities. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Ossipee own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Tuftonboro, NH R+32
- Moultonville, NH R+15
- South Effingham, NH R+26
- Water Village, NH R+5
- Effingham, NH R+15
- Center Ossipee, NH R+16
- Wolfeboro Center, NH D+2
- Center Tuftonboro, NH Even
- East Wakefield, NH R+23
- Wawbeek, NH R+7
Cities with Similar Populations
- Fleming, OH R+56
- Earlington, KY R+44
- DePew, OK R+63
- Kaiser, MO R+66
- Clarks Hill, SC R+53
- Tollhouse, CA R+47
- Metolius, OR R+44
- Booker, TX R+84
- Nickerson, KS R+63
- Morse, LA R+86
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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.