Winston, MT is a small town in Montana with a population of about 6,000. Politics in Winston are often focused on local and state issues that affect the citizens of the town. At the state level, politicians work to ensure that legislation passed is beneficial for residents, businesses, and other organizations located in Winston. Local politics involve the election of city council members who help make decisions regarding city services such as police, fire protection, and infrastructure upkeep. Additionally, community meetings are held periodically to discuss political issues that may be affecting the citizens of Winston. Overall, people in Winston strive to stay informed about current political topics and take part in their civic duties when it comes to voting during elections.
The political climate in Winston, MT is very conservative.
Broadwater County, MT is very conservative. In Broadwater County, MT 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Broadwater county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 20.4%.
Broadwater county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winston, MT is very conservative.
Broadwater County, Montana is very 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.
Winston, Montana: R R R 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 Winston, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $499 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)