Lima, Montana is a small town located in Ravalli County with a population of around 700 people. It is home to several family-run businesses and the local school district enjoys strong support from the community. Politically, Lima is largely a conservative town, with most residents voting Republican in recent years. The town relies heavily on its close connections with other small towns and cities in the area for economic and social progress. Recently, Lima has seen some efforts to build relationships with local Native American tribes, creating even stronger ties to the surrounding region. While there are no current political candidates running from Lima, all of Ravalli County’s representatives at the state level are Republicans who have devoted significant resources to improving the quality of life in this rural community.
The political climate in Lima, MT is strongly conservative.
Beaverhead County, MT is very conservative. In Beaverhead County, MT 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaverhead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.4%.
Beaverhead county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lima, MT is strongly conservative.
Beaverhead 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.
Lima, 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 Lima, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)