Laconia, 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: Belknap 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 Laconia, 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 · 2026R+19.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+13.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 6.9 points more Democratic than the rolls.
46,879 registered voters · 2026
Democratic21.3%Republican41.2%Unaffiliated37.5%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+415 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +5,609 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Laconia, NH in Laconia, NH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+135
2012
+137
2013
−147
2014
+143
2015
+198
2016
+491
2017
+348
2018
+498
2019
+432
2021
+1,201
2022
+467
2023
+738
2024
+553
2025
+415
Laconia anchors the Lakes Region, a tourism-driven economy that has trended more Republican than the state median — the 2024 presidential margin of R+13.0 sat roughly 20 points to the right of New Hampshire's overall result.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 15.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 52.2 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.0 points.
A population of 64,659, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $92,783 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Glens Falls, NY and Concord, NH.
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In 2024, Laconia, NH, New Hampshire voted Republican by 13.0 points (R+13.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 40,676 votes cast, 17,469 went Democratic and 22,765 went Republican.
When did Laconia, NH, New Hampshire last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Laconia, NH, New Hampshire voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Laconia, NH, New Hampshire?
Laconia, NH, New Hampshire has a population of 64,659 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Laconia, NH, New Hampshire?
Median household income in Laconia, NH, New Hampshire is $92,783 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Hampshire state median is $99,031.
What is the political history of Laconia, NH, New Hampshire?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Laconia, NH, New Hampshire from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 31 went Republican.
