59259 Richey is a small rural town in Montana with an estimated population of fewer than 200 people. As such, the town does not have any official local political candidates or representatives. Despite this, the residents of Richey are still very engaged in the political process and take a keen interest in the decisions that affect their community. In recent years, many residents have taken part in initiatives to preserve and protect the area鈥檚 natural resources and participate in discussions about issues like economic development and renewable energy production. With their collective voice, citizens of Richey help shape politics at the state level - helping to create more inclusive policies that benefit all Montana residents.
The political climate in Zip 59259 (Richey, MT) is very conservative.
Dawson County, MT is very conservative. In Dawson County, MT 19.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dawson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 19.9%.
Dawson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59259 (Richey, MT) is very conservative.
Richey, Montana is very conservative.
Dawson 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.
Richey, 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 59259 (Richey)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $40 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)