Keene, NH · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Cheshire County, New Hampshire. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Keene, NH, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+3.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+9.9
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 6.5 points more Democratic than the rolls.
54,092 registered voters · 2026
Democratic31.4%Republican28.0%Unaffiliated40.7%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+304 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +1,379 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Keene, NH in Keene, NH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−197
2012
−68
2013
−231
2014
−309
2015
−207
2016
−345
2017
+10
2018
+31
2019
+217
2021
+368
2022
+725
2023
+430
2024
+651
2025
+304
Keene anchors southwestern New Hampshire's only mid-sized urban cluster, where a large student population at Keene State College consistently pulls turnout patterns away from the surrounding rural baseline.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 55.6 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 7.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.9 points.
A population of 77,297, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,329 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT and Concord, NH.
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In 2024, Keene, NH, New Hampshire voted Democratic by 9.9 points (D+9.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 45,389 votes cast, 24,579 went Democratic and 20,083 went Republican.
When did Keene, NH, New Hampshire last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Keene, NH, New Hampshire voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Keene, NH, New Hampshire?
Keene, NH, New Hampshire has a population of 77,297 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Keene, NH, New Hampshire?
Median household income in Keene, NH, New Hampshire is $83,329 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Hampshire state median is $99,031.
What is the political history of Keene, NH, New Hampshire?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Keene, NH, New Hampshire from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
