Helena Valley Southeast, Montana is a small and pleasant town in Lewis and Clark County. It has an active political scene where citizens are involved in their local government. Citizens are encouraged to attend city council meetings to voice their opinions and stay informed of current issues. The people of Helena Valley Southeast have elected officials on the local, state, and federal levels who represent them in decisions about taxes, infrastructure, and more. On the county level, residents can vote for county commissioners who decide policy related to roads, law enforcement, and courts. On the state level there is representation through members of the Montana State Senate and House of Representatives that impact how education funds are allocated or laws are passed. Nationally, citizens can vote for representatives that make decisions on matters concerning healthcare, immigration reform, national defense spending and other important issues. Through voting for the individuals they feel will best serve their interests in government offices across all levels of Helena Valley Southeast politics residents have an active role in determining the future of their community.
The political climate in Helena Valley Southeast, MT is somewhat 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
Helena Valley Southeast, MT is somewhat 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.
Helena Valley Southeast, 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 Helena Valley Southeast, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,222 contributions totaling $1,192,655 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 854 contributions totaling $306,120 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $358 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)