Politics in Olney, MT, 59927 are an important part of the local community. The town is located within Lincoln County and is part of the Montana State Senate District 4 and US House District 1. Even though political representation for the area is not on a local level, elected officials at the state and national level continue to be actively involved with local issues concerning infrastructure, economic development, education, and healthcare. Legislative decisions made by these representatives have an impact on our day-to-day lives in Olney. Furthermore, citizens have been encouraged to get involved with politics by attending public meetings or joining civic organizations like the Lincoln County Democratic Party. It's important that we all exercise our right to vote in order to ensure that our voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 59927 (Olney, MT) is strongly conservative.
Flathead County, MT is strongly conservative. In Flathead County, MT 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Flathead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 33.8%.
Flathead county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59927 (Olney, MT) is strongly conservative.
Olney, Montana is strongly conservative.
Flathead County, Montana is strongly conservative.
Kalispell 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.
Olney, 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 59927 (Olney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $180 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 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)