The small town of Gardiner, Montana has a population of about 590 people, and is located in the beautiful Paradise Valley. The town is part of the Park County political district, which includes Livingston, Emigrant, Chico Hot Springs and the area surrounding Yellowstone National Park. As such, this rural community is subject to different regulations than larger cities and towns in Montana. Gardiner has a mayor-council form of government with a five member council that meets monthly to discuss matters affecting the town. The mayor is elected from among the town's citizens every two years, and serves as the head of the local government. Each council member is also elected to serve for two year terms. Local candidates are typically chosen based on their knowledge of the area and their commitment to local issues. Additionally, all members must be registered voters in Montana for at least one year prior to election day. The council works together with the mayor to make decisions that will impact everyone living in Gardiner for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 59030 (Gardiner, MT) is leaning conservative.
Park County, MT is leaning conservative. In Park County, MT 45.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Park county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.6%.
Park county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59030 (Gardiner, MT) is leaning conservative.
Gardiner, Montana is leaning conservative.
Park County, Montana is leaning 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.
Gardiner, 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 59030 (Gardiner)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 168 contributions totaling $26,018 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $19,601 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)