Kalispell, Montana is located in Flathead County and is part of the state’s 5th congressional district. The current representative for this district is Republican Matt Rosendale. This congressional delegation represents the various interests of Kalispell in Washington D.C., including advocating for the continued growth and development of the city's economy and infrastructure, protecting natural resources, and promoting public health initiatives. The local government is comprised of a seven-member City Council which works with Mayor Mark Johnson to approve budgets, set priorities, create ordinances, enact laws, and determine public policy decisions. The city also puts on several events throughout the year to engage citizens in their civic duty by providing them with resources to help them understand their rights as citizens as well as their role in shaping the future of Kalispell.
The political climate in Zip 59901 (Kalispell, MT) is moderately conservative.
Flathead County, MT is strongly conservative. In Flathead County, MT 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Flathead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 33.8%.
Flathead county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59901 (Kalispell, MT) is moderately conservative.
Kalispell, Montana is moderately conservative.
Flathead County, Montana is strongly conservative.
Kalispell Metro Area is strongly 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.
Kalispell, 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 59901 (Kalispell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,618 contributions totaling $343,958 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 833 contributions totaling $175,827 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)