Havre, Montana is a small city located in the north-central part of the state. The city has a strong sense of community and is an important point of commerce, industry, and government for the region. Politically, Havre has been known to lean toward conservative values and historically votes Republican in most elections. The city's mayor is currently Tim Solomon, who was elected in 2018 on a platform of fiscal responsibility and economic stability. Other local political figures include State Representative Jacob Bachmeier and Hill County Commissioner Ray Bigknife. These two have worked hard to ensure Havre's prosperity by focusing on issues such as traditional energy development, infrastructure improvements, and public safety initiatives. As Havre continues to grow and develop, its citizens can rest assured that their political representatives will do their best to keep the city moving in a positive direction.
The political climate in Havre, MT is somewhat conservative.
Hill County, MT is somewhat conservative. In Hill County, MT 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hill county remained strongly Republican, 55.1% to 41.5%.
Hill county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Havre, MT is somewhat conservative.
Hill County, Montana is somewhat conservative.
Montana is moderately conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Havre, Montana: r r D d R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Havre, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 726 contributions totaling $79,333 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $42,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)