Circle, MT is a small town located in the western part of the state. Despite its small population, politics play an important role in how Circle, MT functions. The citizens of Circle, MT are committed to preserving their unique culture and values. As such, local elections are held every two years to elect representatives who will carry out their wishes and represent them on the local level. Candidates for local political office come from both major parties and some independents. The people of Circle take these elections seriously and strive to ensure that their elected representatives reflect their values and ideals. In addition to electing representatives to local government positions, Circle residents also vote on issues that impact their community directly. This includes things like school budgets, new businesses opening up in the town, and land development projects. With each election cycle, Circle residents make sure that they are represented in the best way possible by carefully evaluating all candidates before casting their votes.
The political climate in Circle, MT is strongly conservative.
McCone County, MT is very conservative. In McCone County, MT 13.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McCone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.8% to 13.7%.
McCone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Circle, MT is strongly conservative.
McCone 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.
Circle, 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 Circle, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $4,457 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)