- Lead
- 14,149
- Total
- 36,502
- vs nation
- D+40.2
New Hampshire 5th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 15,319
- Total
- 36,006
- vs nation
- D+38.1
- Lead
- 12,406
- Total
- 35,022
- vs nation
- D+33.3
- Lead
- 13,154
- Total
- 32,898
- vs nation
- D+36.1
- Lead
- 14,676
- Total
- 33,799
- vs nation
- D+36.1
- Lead
- 8,101
- Total
- 29,782
- vs nation
- D+29.7
- Lead
- 3,691
- Total
- 24,054
- vs nation
- D+14.8
- Lead
- 5,670
- Total
- 22,141
- vs nation
- D+17.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+38.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 58,9662024 5-year
- Population density
- 94 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 626 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $103,6272024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+43.4 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+30.1 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 15, NH · twin score 96.1
presidential history
Party record book
New Hampshire 5th State Senate District · 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
Barack Obama2008
71.0%
24,011 votes · D+43.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 70.5%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
65.0%
8,239 votes · R+30.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 63.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
25,391votes
70.5% of the vote · D+42.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 25,050 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
10,901votes
29.9% of the vote · D+38.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 10,691 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
+40.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+38.8 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +38.1 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+23.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+29.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +18.6 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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 58.8%20,223 | 41.2%14,188 | 34,411 |
New Hampshire 5th State Senate District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.4 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 30.1 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.8 points.
A population of 58,966, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $103,627 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 15 and State Senate District 4.
The state-senate 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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