The politics in 59054 Melstone, Montana are governed by the local and state officials that serve the community. Those officials have been elected through local elections which give residents of Melstone the opportunity to voice their opinion on who should make decisions for their community. The current mayor is Phil Moser and the City Council consists of five members who are responsible for making decisions regarding local issues. The Montana State Legislature is in charge of creating laws and regulations that apply to all citizens of Montana and they are elected by the citizens of each county. There is also a U.S. Congressional Representative for Melstone, Rep. Greg Gianforte, who works with constituents to ensure their voices are heard on a national level. All these leaders work together to ensure that Melstone remains an enjoyable place to live for all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 59054 (Melstone, MT) is very conservative.
Musselshell County, MT is very conservative. In Musselshell County, MT 14.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Musselshell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.1% to 14.3%.
Musselshell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59054 (Melstone, MT) is very conservative.
Melstone, Montana is very conservative.
Musselshell 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.
Melstone, 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 59054 (Melstone)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)