Harlem, Montana is a small town located in Blaine County. The town has a long political history, with citizens active in local and state politics. Over the years, Harlem has been represented by both Republican and Democratic candidates in the state legislature. In recent years, the focus of local politics has centered on maintaining good relations between city and county governments, ensuring community safety and providing public services to residents. Residents are passionate about their right to vote and actively participate in local elections. Local issues often center on infrastructure improvements such as road repairs, economic development initiatives, and utility projects. There is also strong interest in education funding for local schools as well as preserving the region’s natural beauty with proper management of public lands and parks. Harlem is proud of its independent spirit and strong sense of civic engagement demonstrated through its community involvement in shaping its political future.
The political climate in Harlem, MT is leaning conservative.
Blaine County, MT is leaning liberal. In Blaine County, MT 51.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blaine county flipped Democratic, 51.0% to 47.1%.
Blaine county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harlem, MT is leaning conservative.
Blaine County, Montana is leaning liberal.
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.
Harlem, Montana: r r D D r d
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Harlem, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $16,065 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $374 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $3,153 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)