Fergus County, Montana is an area of great political diversity. Though it is a rural county, its citizens are passionate about their local politics and take an active role in the decision-making process. The Fergus County Commission, which is composed of five elected officials from districts throughout the county, oversees all legal matters within the county. Additionally, Fergus County residents elect representatives to serve in both the state legislature and Congress to represent their interests on a larger scale. The citizens of Fergus have a strong sense of civic duty and take pride in their involvement in local and national politics.
The political climate in Fergus County, MT is very conservative.
In Fergus County, MT 23.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fergus county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.8% to 23.0%.
Fergus county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fergus County, MT is very conservative.
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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.
Fergus, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Fergus County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 470 contributions totaling $44,166 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 332 contributions totaling $123,854 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $373 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)