Gildford, Montana is a small town located in Cascade County with a population of just over 4,500 people. The political landscape in Gildford is divided between the Democratic and Republican Parties. During elections, citizens of Gildford have the opportunity to vote for local candidates from either party. In recent years, the Republican Party has enjoyed more success at the local level than the Democratic Party. Whichever party ultimately wins each election cycle, Gildford's residents remain dedicated to their civic duties by participating in the democratic process and making their voices heard through the ballot box. Despite its size, Gildford is an important part of Montana's political landscape and many of its residents take great pride in their involvement in helping shape their state's laws and policies.
The political climate in Zip 59525 (Gildford, MT) is moderately conservative.
Hill County, MT is somewhat conservative. In Hill County, MT 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hill county remained strongly Republican, 55.1% to 41.5%.
Hill county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59525 (Gildford, MT) is moderately conservative.
Gildford, Montana is moderately conservative.
Hill County, Montana is somewhat 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.
Gildford, Montana: r r D d 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 59525 (Gildford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $175 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)