Arlee, Montana is a small town located in Western Ravalli County with a population of around 1,000 people. The town holds an annual celebration called the Arlee Pow Wow which celebrates the Salish and Pend d'Oreille culture that makes up the majority of the population. Politically speaking, Arlee is part of Montana’s Senate District 47 and House District 90. The Senator for District 47 is Ryan Zinke and the Representative for District 90 is Greg Hertz. Issues that affect Arlee citizens include access to healthcare, public education funding, and air quality regulations. Local candidates running for office have included political newcomers as well as established politicians from both major parties. Community involvement is important to ensure local issues are discussed in state legislature and that Arlee’s voice is heard on a larger scale.
The political climate in Arlee, MT is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, MT is somewhat conservative. In Lake County, MT 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.6%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arlee, MT is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, Montana is somewhat 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.
Arlee, Montana: R R d 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 Arlee, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 300 contributions totaling $143,892 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $480 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)