In the small town of 59873 Thompson Falls, MT, politics is an important part of life. The local government provides many services for its citizens ranging from public works projects to local schools and organizations. The local political landscape is comprised of various elected officials such as mayor, city council members and school board members. Each of these officials are elected by Thompson Falls residents in order to ensure that their interests are represented within the community. Every election cycle the citizens come together to vote on who will best represent their needs and desires within the city government. Additionally, there are committees and other civic groups that bring people together to discuss and address local issues. All in all, politics plays a vital role in Thompson Falls’ culture, and by participating in the electoral process, citizens can make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 59873 (Thompson Falls, MT) is strongly conservative.
Sanders County, MT is very conservative. In Sanders County, MT 23.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanders county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.9%.
Sanders county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59873 (Thompson Falls, MT) is strongly conservative.
Thompson Falls, Montana is strongly conservative.
Sanders 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.
Thompson Falls, 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 59873 (Thompson Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $1,552 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $258,987 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,597 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)