The small town of Emigrant, MT is home to a close-knit community who care deeply about their local politics. Despite its small size, there are still a variety of issues that demand the attention of local political candidates, such as public safety, transportation infrastructure and education. The community actively participates in the democratic process by electing locally dedicated leaders who understand the needs of the people in their area and strive to make the town better for everyone. People in Emigrant take pride in their participation in local politics and it is often seen as a great honor to be chosen to represent the town at any level of government.
The political climate in Emigrant, MT is somewhat conservative.
Park County, MT is leaning conservative. In Park County, MT 45.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Park county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.6%.
Park county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Emigrant, MT is somewhat conservative.
Park County, Montana is leaning 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.
Emigrant, 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 Emigrant, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,424 contributions totaling $540,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 427 contributions totaling $178,198 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $417 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)