Rindge leans slightly Republican by roughly 8 points: about 46% of voters vote Democratic and 54% 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 79% of adults in Rindge typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rindge, ~36% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rindge compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rindge leans more Republican than 61 of 99 neighbors.
Rindge runs about 11 points more Republican than New Hampshire as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Rindge. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+17) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+3), a spread of about 14 points.
Why Rindge 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 Rindge, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Rindge are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Food insecurity and voter turnout
Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Rindge, NH sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.
Why turnout in Rindge looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Rindge 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 67%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- West Rindge, NH R+7
- Squantum, NH R+4
- Jaffrey, NH R+3
- East Rindge, NH R+14
- Winchendon, MA R+11
- Fitzwilliam, NH Even
- North Ashburnham, MA R+4
- Sharon, NH Even
- Fitzwilliam Depot, NH D+2
- Waterville, MA R+17
Cities with Similar Populations
- Vancleave, MS R+78
- Teague, TX R+45
- Shenandoah, PA R+30
- Stony Point, NC R+60
- Battlement Mesa, CO R+33
- Hamptonville, NC R+63
- Douglass Hills, KY D+6
- Bethpage, TN R+66
- Perry, UT R+51
- Sunset Beach, NC R+37
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.