The politics in 59044 Laurel, MT are heavily influenced by the state and national governments. While local government is limited to a city council and mayor, state and federal politics play a large role in how the community of 59044 Laurel, MT operates. The city council of Laurel works diligently to ensure that citizens have access to basic services such as police protection, garbage collection, and snow removal. Additionally, state elected officials make important decisions that affect the everyday lives of residents living in 59044 Laurel, MT. From education policies to tax plans, these officials are responsible for ensuring that the people of Laurel are taken care of. Furthermore, national representatives work tirelessly to represent the interests of Montana citizens on a larger scale. Ultimately, all three levels of government work together to ensure that life in 59044 Laurel is safe and prosperous.
The political climate in Zip 59044 (Laurel, MT) is moderately conservative.
Yellowstone County, MT is strongly conservative. In Yellowstone County, MT 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yellowstone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 36.6%.
Yellowstone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59044 (Laurel, MT) is moderately conservative.
Laurel, Montana is moderately conservative.
Yellowstone County, Montana is strongly conservative.
Billings Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Laurel, 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 59044 (Laurel)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $7,544 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 199 contributions totaling $108,408 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $545 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)