Neihart, MT 59465 is a small town located in Cascade County. Despite its remote location and small population size, the area has a vibrant local politics scene. The town's government consists of an elected Mayor and four Aldermen that serve on the City Council. The Council meets monthly and is responsible for enacting laws, adopting budgets, and making policy decisions that affect the community. Additionally, Neihart holds periodic elections to decide representation in other areas of government such as county offices, state legislative seats, and congressional districts. While the pool of candidates is often limited due to lower population numbers, these elections are a crucial part of maintaining a healthy political system in the area. Overall, Neihart has a vibrant local politics scene that seeks to keep citizens informed and involved in their community's governing process.
The political climate in Zip 59465 (Neihart, MT) is moderately conservative.
Cascade County, MT is moderately conservative. In Cascade County, MT 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cascade county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 38.8%.
Cascade county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59465 (Neihart, MT) is moderately conservative.
Neihart, Montana is moderately conservative.
Cascade County, Montana is moderately conservative.
Great Falls Metro Area is moderately 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.
Neihart, Montana: R R d 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 59465 (Neihart)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $70 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)