Belgrade, Montana is a small city located in southwestern Montana. It is the county seat of Gallatin County and has a population of about 8,000 people. Belgrade has a mayor-council form of government with seven council members who are elected by the community. The current mayor, Jeff Krauss, was elected to his third term in 2020. The City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month to discuss issues affecting the city, such as infrastructure projects, budgeting for public services, and other matters related to keeping Belgrade running smoothly and efficiently. Belgrade's citizens take an active role in local politics by participating in elections and attending City Council meetings to voice their opinions on local issues. Overall, Belgrade's political process allows the community to have a say in decisions that affect them locally and gives them a direct input into how their city is run.
The political climate in Belgrade, MT is leaning liberal.
Gallatin County, MT is leaning liberal. In Gallatin County, MT 52.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gallatin county remained moderately Democratic, 52.2% to 44.6%.
Gallatin county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Belgrade, MT is leaning liberal.
Gallatin County, Montana is leaning liberal.
Bozeman Metro Area 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.
Belgrade, Montana: R R d r d 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 Belgrade, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,440 contributions totaling $94,474 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $156,027 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $617 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)