The small town of Zortman, MT is situated in the north-western corner of Montana and has a population of just over 100 people. It is one of the state's smallest communities and does not have any political representation at a local level. The nearest towns with elected officials are more than an hour away. Despite its small size, Zortman does still take part in politics at a county level and participates in state-wide voting drives to ensure that all voices are heard when it comes to decisions that affect them. On top of this, many locals volunteer their time to support grassroots campaigns for candidates running for state or federal office. This involvement is essential to ensure their interests are represented in government and that the people of Zortman can have a say in the future direction taken by the state.
The political climate in Zip 59546 (Zortman, MT) is very conservative.
Phillips County, MT is very conservative. In Phillips County, MT 17.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Phillips county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.5%.
Phillips county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59546 (Zortman, MT) is very conservative.
Zortman, Montana is very conservative.
Phillips 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.
Zortman, 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 59546 (Zortman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)