Butte-Silver Bow, MT is a county located in southwestern Montana. It is known for its rich history and diversity of culture and industry. Despite its small size, Butte-Silver Bow has an active political climate. Local elections are held annually to decide who will represent the county in both state and federal government positions. Many candidates from both major parties have put their name forward in recent years to serve on the local board of supervisors or in other elected offices. Candidates focus on topics such as economic development, environmental protection, infrastructure improvements, and access to quality education. With a strong emphasis on local control and citizen involvement, Butte-Silver Bow strives to create a safe and secure community that best serves the interests of all its citizens.
The political climate in Butte-Silver Bow, MT is leaning liberal.
Silver Bow County, MT is somewhat liberal. In Silver Bow County, MT 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Silver Bow county remained strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 41.5%.
Silver Bow county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Butte-Silver Bow, MT is leaning liberal.
Silver Bow County, Montana is somewhat liberal.
Butte-Silver Bow Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Butte-Silver Bow, Montana: D D D D 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 Butte-Silver Bow, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,266 contributions totaling $863,540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,452 contributions totaling $338,402 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)