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1876–2024
Congressional District 1·New Hampshire

New Hampshire 1st Congressional District votes the way the country votes.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
NH
Latest
Tied
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
556,091
2024 ACS

New Hampshire 1st Congressional District, New Hampshire: Bellwether district. In 2024, voted a near-tie. Republican peak: R+43 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
TiedMIT Election Lab
Political archetype
BellwetherAkashic typology
Population
556,0912024 5-year
Median household income
$104,3502024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
89.5%2024 5-year
Black
1.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
3.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+22 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+43 in 1896MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
6 counties · 3 D · 3 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+0.4%
168,837167,463340,984
D
+4.4%
170,066155,538331,716
R
−2.9%
137,593146,455303,814
D
+0.8%
142,295140,105286,764
D
+6.3%
149,267131,493283,228
R
−1.2%
131,898135,171269,353
R
−2.3%
104,800110,029226,547
D
+8.5%
94,40377,836194,859
R
−0.3%
79,59980,232211,840
R
−26.7%
62,692109,257174,380
R
−37.6%
45,936101,754148,283
R
−30.0%
40,00982,988143,191
R
−11.3%
54,20068,309124,507
R
−29.0%
41,33575,648118,298
R
−11.6%
43,61555,595103,296
D
+22.3%
59,80837,97197,779
R
−13.5%
43,01656,46699,482
R
−37.4%
27,51760,39287,949
R
−26.3%
32,78756,12888,915
R
−11.0%
32,86841,08574,592
R
−0.6%
36,69137,13373,842
D
+2.8%
38,39836,30774,705
R
−1.5%
33,38134,44069,379
R
−5.1%
31,11434,47665,876
R
−25.7%
23,10339,09162,315
R
−27.2%
18,63133,35354,066
R
−25.4%
18,95731,98251,237
R
−1.6%
14,03814,49328,945
D
+3.9%
11,50610,40928,180
R
−20.6%
11,05817,01128,905
R
−20.3%
11,39617,38529,445
R
−18.8%
12,08217,86130,739
R
−42.8%
7,33619,30027,974
R
−3.6%
14,49215,59930,656
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
22.8%
English
19.4%
Italian
10.9%
French
10.1%
German
8.7%
American
4.1%
Polish
2.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.2%
2.7%
75–84
3.3%
6.1%
65–74
6.4%
7.8%
55–64
8.0%
6.2%
45–54
6.3%
6.2%
35–44
6.0%
6.4%
25–34
6.0%
4.4%
18–24
4.4%
7.0%
5–17
6.6%
2.3%
<5
2.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$104,350
Congressional District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 1$104,350
New Hampshire$99,031
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
6.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.5%
Working age (18–64)6.3%
Seniors (65+)8.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.4%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.8%
Spanish2.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.3%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
16.7%
Other Christian
4.4%
Mainline Protestant
2.6%
Baptist
1.1%
Methodist
0.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Non-Christian
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

New Hampshire 1st Congressional District in New England has, for decades, voted very close to the way the country has voted. Its margins are typically narrow, and the candidate who carries New Hampshire 1st Congressional District more often than not also wins the national popular vote.

The Democratic margin in New Hampshire 1st Congressional District has rarely exceeded twenty-two points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded forty-three points. 2024 delivered the district to the Democratic candidate by zero points.

Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most districts. A 90% non-Hispanic-white share, a 7% poverty rate, and a median household income of $104,350 — all within the broad national range.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Congressional District 1, New Hampshire — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/3301/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 1, New Hampshire vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 1, New Hampshire voted a near-tie (Tied), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 340,984 votes cast, 168,837 went Democratic and 167,463 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 1, New Hampshire's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 1, New Hampshire as a "Bellwether" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 26 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 1, New Hampshire last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 1, New Hampshire voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Congressional District 1, New Hampshire?
Congressional District 1, New Hampshire has a population of 556,091 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 1, New Hampshire?
Median household income in Congressional District 1, New Hampshire is $104,350 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Hampshire state median is $99,031.
What is the political history of Congressional District 1, New Hampshire?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 1, New Hampshire from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.