Swan Lake, Montana is a small rural town located in the northwestern corner of the state. Despite its size, Swan Lake has a vibrant political culture and offers citizens plenty of opportunities to get involved in local government. Local elections are held every two years for mayor, city council members, and county commissioners. Residents also have the chance to engage with their elected officials through public meetings and forums, giving them the opportunity to voice their opinion on issues that affect the town. The community also works together to support local ballot initiatives such as school funding and environmental protection. Allowing citizens to have an active role in shaping their government helps create a sense of pride and ownership in the community.
The political climate in Swan Lake, MT is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, MT is somewhat conservative. In Lake County, MT 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.6%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Swan Lake, MT is somewhat conservative.
Lake 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.
Swan Lake, Montana: R R d r 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 Swan Lake, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 689 contributions totaling $144,643 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 430 contributions totaling $314,424 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $731 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)