Silesia, MT is a small town located in the southwest corner of Montana. It is a rural community with limited access to governmental services and resources. The Silesia Town Council is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the town. They are also in charge of setting policies to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the citizens. Elections are held every two years and all registered voters can participate in this process. The local government of Silesia strives to maintain a close relationship with its citizens by actively engaging with them, hosting public meetings, and listening to their concerns. All these efforts have helped keep Silesia connected politically and socially.
The political climate in Silesia, MT is strongly conservative.
Carbon County, MT is strongly conservative. In Carbon County, MT 34.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 34.3%.
Carbon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Silesia, MT is strongly conservative.
Carbon County, Montana is strongly conservative.
Billings Metro Area 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.
Silesia, 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 Silesia, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $1,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $5,979 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)