- Lead
- 678
- Total
- 2,520
- vs nation
- D+28.4
New Hampshire State House District Merrimack 23
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 661
- Total
- 2,073
- vs nation
- D+27.4
- Lead
- 424
- Total
- 2,053
- vs nation
- D+18.6
- Lead
- 574
- Total
- 2,079
- vs nation
- D+23.8
- Lead
- 595
- Total
- 2,075
- vs nation
- D+21.4
- Lead
- 347
- Total
- 2,004
- vs nation
- D+19.8
- Lead
- 207
- Total
- 1,620
- vs nation
- D+12.3
- Lead
- 375
- Total
- 1,410
- vs nation
- D+18.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+26.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 4,5432024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,130 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $61,3542024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 66.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+33.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+32.8 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 127, ME · twin score 88.8
presidential history
Party record book
New Hampshire State House District Merrimack 23 · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
66.9%
579 votes · D+33.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 65.2%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
66.4%
504 votes · R+32.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 63.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
1,577votes
62.6% of the vote · D+26.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 1,352 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
899votes
35.7% of the vote · D+26.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 825 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
+28.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+26.9 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +27.4 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+23.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+29.1 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · +17.4 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Anchored in New Hampshire's capital city, Merrimack 23 returned a D+26.9 margin in 2024, making it one of the more lopsided state house districts in a state otherwise defined by razor-thin statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 32.8 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.9 points.
A population of 4,543, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,354 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 127 and State House District Merrimack 17.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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New Hampshire State House District Merrimack 23. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/33623/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.