Lincoln, Montana is a small rural town with a population of just over 1,700. The local government consists of an elected mayor and six city council members. The current mayor is John Smith, who has held office for the past two years. The City Council meets regularly to discuss local issues and make decisions that affect the community. Lincoln is primarily a farming and ranching area, so many of the issues they tackle relate to land use and zoning regulations as well as economic development initiatives. They also work closely with other elected officials in surrounding counties to advocate for the needs of their constituents. Overall, the political climate in Lincoln is largely conservative and focused on maintaining traditional values while remaining open to progress and innovation.
The political climate in Lincoln, 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
Lincoln, 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.
Lincoln, 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 Lincoln, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $22,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $391 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)