Jackson, MT, a small town nestled in the Montana countryside, is an incredibly tightknit community. This makes politics in Jackson particularly important to those who live there. Local elections are always closely contested affairs as residents take their civic duties seriously. Though few candidates make headlines outside the city limits, within the town of Jackson the local political candidates making an effort to represent their community are well known and respected. As the issues that come up are closely related to day-to-day life in Jackson, voters have a deep understanding of them and strive to elect representatives who will act in their best interest. The people of Jackson take pride in having a say in how their community is run and feel strongly about issues such as economic development and education.
The political climate in Zip 59736 (Jackson, MT) is very conservative.
Beaverhead County, MT is very conservative. In Beaverhead County, MT 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaverhead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.4%.
Beaverhead county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59736 (Jackson, MT) is very conservative.
Jackson, Montana is very conservative.
Beaverhead County, Montana is very 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.
Jackson, 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 59736 (Jackson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)