Box Elder, Montana is a small town of about 1,500 residents located in the Rocky Mountain region. The local government consists of a Mayor-Council form of government. Currently, the mayor is James Kuehn and there are four council members: Karee McBride, Barb Boice, Lynn Allard and Scott Spicer. The Town Council is responsible for setting policy and passing ordinances that guide the operation of the town. They are also responsible for approving budgets and setting tax rates for citizens. The citizens of Box Elder vote to elect their local officials every four years during municipal elections. In recent years, the town has seen a great deal of growth with increases in population as well as new businesses establishing themselves in the area. As such, there have been some contentious issues among local politicians on how best to manage this growth while still preserving quality of life for all who reside in Box Elder. The Town Council works diligently to ensure that all voices are heard and respected when making decisions on behalf of the community as a whole.
The political climate in Box Elder, MT is leaning conservative.
Hill County, MT is somewhat conservative. In Hill County, MT 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hill county remained strongly Republican, 55.1% to 41.5%.
Hill county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Box Elder, MT is leaning conservative.
Hill 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.
Box Elder, Montana: r r D d 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 Box Elder, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $266,825 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5,337 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $13,589 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)