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New Hampshire Carroll County District 8 is comprised of eight towns in what is uniquely referred to as a "floterial" district. This is effectively an "overlay" district designed to compensate for the small populations in many of the towns.

Brookfield

Population 800

Registered Voters 614

Eaton

Population 428

Registered Voters 377

Effingham

Population 1,795

Registered Voters 1,164

Freedom

Population 1,716

Registered Voters 1,322

Madison

Population 2,725

Registered Voters 2,104

Moultonborough

Population 5,243

Registered Voters 4,570

Tamworth

Population 2,902

Registered Voters 2,151

Wakefield

Population 5,508

Registered Voters 4,125

Note that population numbers are constantly changing, and may be different depending on the source consulted.  

Map from Ballotpedia

The meandering shape of this voting district is often questioned.  I leave it to the reader to determine how much of this is the result of the majority party drawing the lines when the census comes around every ten years, and how much is influenced by any effort to provide equal representation!

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Paid for by Jim Pittman 4 NH, Jim  Pittman, Fiscal Agent, 78 Town House Road, Effingham, NH 03882

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