Hays, MT with a zip code of 59527 is located in Cascade County and is part of the Great Falls metropolitan area. As a small rural community, Hays has limited involvement in politics. There are no local elected political candidates for the citizens to vote on. However, the residents do have a say in regional and national political issues due to their proximity to larger cities such as Great Falls which have representatives that lobby on behalf of them. Despite not having any local political figures, Hays still takes an active role in participating in the democratic process by staying informed and voting in elections. The citizens also come together to make their voices heard through various public forums and speaking out against injustice or controversial policies. Hays is a proud community that actively engages in politics even though they don鈥檛 have any local political candidates.
The political climate in Zip 59527 (Hays, MT) is leaning conservative.
Blaine County, MT is leaning liberal. In Blaine County, MT 51.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blaine county flipped Democratic, 51.0% to 47.1%.
Blaine county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59527 (Hays, MT) is leaning conservative.
Hays, Montana is leaning conservative.
Blaine 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.
Hays, Montana: r r D D r 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 59527 (Hays)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $2,156 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)