Lodge Pole, Montana is a small town known for its peaceful rural atmosphere. The town is governed by a mayor and five trustees who are elected to serve in the local government. Each elected official strives to ensure that the town remains a safe place to live and work. They carefully consider all proposed legislation before making decisions on how best to serve the community. Over the years, Lodge Pole has seen numerous improvements in infrastructure, parks, business development and more, thanks to their commitment to bettering the lives of their citizens. With an engaged and involved local political climate, Lodge Pole is able to continue its journey towards great success and prosperity.
The political climate in Lodge Pole, MT is leaning conservative.
Blaine County, MT is leaning liberal. In Blaine County, MT 51.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blaine county flipped Democratic, 51.0% to 47.1%.
Blaine county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lodge Pole, MT is leaning conservative.
Blaine County, Montana is leaning liberal.
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.
Lodge Pole, Montana: r r D D r d
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 Lodge Pole, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,246 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)