Essex, MT is a small rural area located in Lincoln County with a population of just over 4,500 people. The town is served by the local school district and has two county offices that handle local government affairs. In terms of politics, Essex is represented at the county level by Sheriff Roby Bowe and Commissioner Billingsly Anderson, both of whom are members of the Republican Party. At the state level, Essex is represented by Senator Steve Fitzpatrick and Representative Kirk Wagoner, both of whom are also members of the Republican Party. Both Fitzpatrick and Wagoner have worked to bring resources and jobs to the area while making sure local residents have access to quality services. They have also been instrumental in fighting for education reform in Montana.
The political climate in Zip 59916 (Essex, MT) is strongly conservative.
Flathead County, MT is strongly conservative. In Flathead County, MT 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Flathead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 33.8%.
Flathead county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59916 (Essex, MT) is strongly conservative.
Essex, Montana is strongly conservative.
Flathead County, Montana is strongly conservative.
Kalispell Metro Area is strongly 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.
Essex, 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 zip 59916 (Essex)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $6,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)