Politics in Chester, MT are mainly composed of local elections for Mayor and City Council. The current Mayor is John Smith, who was elected in 2020. The city council is composed of seven members, each representing the different districts of the city. In recent years, residents have become increasingly engaged in local politics and have participated in important initiatives to improve the quality of life for everyone in Chester. In addition, many of the city's political candidates focus on issues such as education, public safety, economic development, and environmental protection. With a growing population and an active citizenry involved in the decision-making process, all indications are that politics in Chester will continue to be vibrant and forward-thinking.
The political climate in Chester, MT is strongly conservative.
Liberty County, MT is very conservative. In Liberty County, MT 23.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Liberty county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 23.0%.
Liberty county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chester, MT is strongly conservative.
Liberty 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.
Chester, 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 Chester, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 91 contributions totaling $29,425 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $2,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)