Fort Benton, MT, located in Chouteau County, is a small rural town with a population of just over 1,600 people. The town is governed by the Fort Benton City Council which consists of five members who are elected from wards throughout the city. In recent years, the council has focused on improving the local infrastructure as well as pushing initiatives to help strengthen and grow its economy. There are many issues that concern the citizens of Fort Benton such as economic development, public safety, and housing affordability. Local politicians have strived to address these issues and find ways to make Fort Benton a better place for both current and future generations. Elections are held every two years during which citizens can cast ballots for their preferred candidates who they feel will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Zip 59442 (Fort Benton, MT) is moderately conservative.
Chouteau County, MT is strongly conservative. In Chouteau County, MT 33.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chouteau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.4%.
Chouteau county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59442 (Fort Benton, MT) is moderately conservative.
Fort Benton, Montana is moderately conservative.
Chouteau County, Montana is strongly 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.
Fort Benton, 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 59442 (Fort Benton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $14,591 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $24,431 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)