The small town of St. Marie, Montana, located in Mineral County, is home to a tight-knit community that takes pride in their local politics. With a population under 200 people, the citizens of St. Marie take part in electing leaders for the state senate and other political offices to best represent them and their interests. Candidates reach out to the voters through public forums and by engaging with people directly to discuss topics such as healthcare, education reform, job creation and other important issues that affect their lives. Citizens are encouraged to take part in the voting process by staying informed about current events and learning more about the candidates vying for office. Through this civic engagement, St. Marie works hard to ensure that its citizens’ voices are heard on the local, state and national levels.
The political climate in Zip 59231 (St. Marie, MT) is very conservative.
Valley County, MT is very conservative. In Valley County, MT 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Valley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 24.2%.
Valley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59231 (St. Marie, MT) is very conservative.
St. Marie, Montana is very conservative.
Valley 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.
St. Marie, 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 59231 (St. Marie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $310 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $65 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)