Big Sandy, Montana is a small town located in Chouteau County. With around 500 citizens, it is a tight-knit community that is involved in local politics. The town prides itself on its elected officials - from the mayor to the town council members - who strive to manage and sustain an environment of collaboration among the people who live and work there. Big Sandy's local politics are focused primarily on ensuring that all residents have access to basic services such as education, healthcare, housing, transportation and more. In addition, Big Sandy's political leaders prioritize initiatives that focus on environmental protection and economic development. They also advocate for better infrastructure within the town so that people can get around safely and easily. Ultimately, Big Sandy's local politicians work hard to make sure its citizens have a prosperous future with plenty of opportunities for success.
The political climate in Big Sandy, MT is strongly conservative.
Chouteau County, MT is strongly conservative. In Chouteau County, MT 33.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chouteau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.4%.
Chouteau county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Big Sandy, MT is strongly conservative.
Chouteau County, Montana 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.
Big Sandy, 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 Big Sandy, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $3,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $2,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)