The small town of 59016 Busby, MT is home to a close-knit community that takes pride in its local politics. A mayor and several city councillors make up the local governing body, and each brings their own unique perspectives and ideas. Residents have the opportunity to be active in their political process by attending council meetings or voting in elections. The town is represented in the state government by two senators, who bring the voices of their constituents to the capital. Active engagement from citizens helps ensure that 59016 Busby remains a vibrant place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 59016 (Busby, MT) is leaning liberal.
Big Horn County, MT is leaning liberal. In Big Horn County, MT 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Big Horn county remained moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 46.1%.
Big Horn county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59016 (Busby, MT) is leaning liberal.
Busby, Montana is leaning liberal.
Big Horn County, Montana is leaning liberal.
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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.
Busby, Montana: D d D D d d
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 zip 59016 (Busby)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $920 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $5,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $463 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)