Highwood, Montana is a small town located in the northern region of the state. It is home to a diverse population of residents that are engaged in local politics and actively participate in the various elections within the town. The city council of Highwood is composed of five members who are elected by the people every four years. The mayor is also elected by the citizens, and serves as the head of city government. Since its inception, Highwood has been an important political hub for both state and national elections. In recent years, several local politicians have emerged from Highwood, with one candidate even going on to run for governor statewide. This is a testament to how involved and passionate the people of Highwood are when it comes to their political involvement and representation.
The political climate in Highwood, MT is strongly conservative.
Chouteau County, MT is strongly conservative. In Chouteau County, MT 33.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chouteau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.4%.
Chouteau county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Highwood, MT is strongly conservative.
Chouteau County, Montana is strongly 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.
Highwood, 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 Highwood, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $3,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $514 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $3,005 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)