Belknap, Montana is a small, rural town with a population of just over 1,000 people. The local politics in Belknap are focused on issues that directly affect the citizens of the town and surrounding area. The most pressing issues include improving economic development, creating jobs, promoting education and public safety initiatives, and providing quality health care for all its residents. Local political candidates who are running for office focus on these issues as well as finding ways to bring new businesses and industries to the town. Community members come together at meetings to discuss current events and plan strategies for future growth. With strong support from local business owners and civic leaders, Belknap has been able to make significant progress in recent years towards becoming a thriving community.
The political climate in Belknap, MT is strongly conservative.
Sanders County, MT is very conservative. In Sanders County, MT 23.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanders county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.9%.
Sanders county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Belknap, MT is strongly conservative.
Sanders 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.
Belknap, 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 Belknap, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $1,552 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $258,987 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,597 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)