Editing Hanover, New Hampshire (section)

==Government==
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|+ '''Hanover town vote<br /> by party in presidential elections'''<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://sos.nh.gov/ElectResults.aspx |title = State Election Results - NHSOS}}</ref>
|-
! Year
![[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]]
![[Democratic Party (United States)|DEM]]
!Others
|-
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|11.8% ''841''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''87.3%''' ''6,210''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.93% ''66''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|11.94% ''926''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''84.63%''' ''6,561''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.43% ''266''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2012 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2012]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.67% ''1,727''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''74.97%''' ''5,469''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.36% ''99''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2008]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|17.67% ''1,328''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''81.69%''' ''6,140''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.64% ''48''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2004 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2004]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|21.70% ''1,444''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''77.42%''' ''5,152''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.89% ''59''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2000 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2000]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.56% ''1,541''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.05%''' ''3,391''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.39% ''281''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1996 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1996]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.71% ''1,424''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''63.16%''' ''2,836''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.12% ''230''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1992 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1992]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|25.91% ''1,201''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.70%''' ''2,906''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.39% ''528''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1988 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1988]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualforgeneral51newh/page/300/mode/2up|title = Manual for the General Court|year = 1989}}</ref>
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.33% ''1,472''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.96%''' ''2,152''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.71% ''26''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1984 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1984]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualforgeneral49newh/page/350/mode/2up|title = Manual for the General Court|year = 1985}}</ref>
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.17% ''1,501''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.50%''' ''1,886''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.33% ''11''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1980 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1980]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualforgeneral47newh/page/255/mode/2up|title = Manual for the General Court|year = 1981}}</ref>
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|33.15% ''1,108''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''34.20%''' ''1,143''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|32.65% ''1,091''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1976 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1976]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualforgeneral45newh/page/588/mode/2up|title = Manual for the General Court|year = 1977}}</ref>
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|46.17% ''1,483''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.25%''' ''1,614''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.58% ''115''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1972 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1972]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualforgeneral43newh/page/872/mode/2up|title = Manual for the General Court|year = 1973}}</ref>
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.88% ''1,377''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.75%''' ''2,063''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.38% ''13''
|}

In the [[New Hampshire Senate]], Hanover is included in the 5th District and is represented by [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Suzanne Prentiss]]. On the New Hampshire Executive Council, Hanover is in the 1st District and is represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Joseph Kenney]]. In the United States House of Representatives, Hanover is a part of [[New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district]] and is currently represented by Democrat [[Maggie Goodlander]].

No Republican presidential nominee has received over 40 percent of the vote in the town since [[George H. W. Bush]] in [[1988 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1988]].