East Helena, MT is a small town with a population of around 3,000 people. Despite its size, the town has a vibrant and active political landscape. Every election year brings an influx of local candidates vying for various local offices, from mayor to city council members and more. These candidates bring new ideas and energy to the political arena in East Helena, striving to make changes that will benefit their constituents. The citizens of East Helena take their civic duty seriously, actively researching the candidates and engaging in thoughtful conversations about the issues facing their community. Through this process of education and engagement, East Helena is able to elect leaders who will work hard for their constituents.
The political climate in East Helena, MT is leaning conservative.
Lewis and Clark County, MT is leaning conservative. In Lewis and Clark County, MT 46.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lewis and Clark county remained Republican, 50.6% to 46.7%.
Lewis and Clark county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Helena, MT is leaning conservative.
Lewis and Clark County, Montana is leaning conservative.
Helena Metro Area 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.
East Helena, Montana: R R d 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 East Helena, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,472 contributions totaling $1,049,202 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 637 contributions totaling $228,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)