Columbus, Montana is a small town located in Stillwater County in the central part of the state. The population of Columbus was approximately 1,700 people as of 2019. Despite its size, the politics of Columbus are an important factor in the local community. In recent years, many local political candidates have been elected to represent the interests of their constituents on a variety of issues. Candidates from both major parties have been successful in local elections, and they work together to ensure that their constituents’ views and opinions are heard and respected. Residents of Columbus take an active part in politics by attending city council meetings and voting in local elections when they can. Columbus is a great example of how democracy works at its finest on a small scale, with locals taking pride in their voices being heard while making sure everyone's views are represented.
The political climate in Columbus, MT is strongly conservative.
Stillwater County, MT is very conservative. In Stillwater County, MT 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stillwater county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 20.2%.
Stillwater county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbus, MT is strongly conservative.
Stillwater County, Montana is very 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.
Columbus, 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 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 Columbus, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 227 contributions totaling $10,417 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $33,252 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $456 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)