Turtle Lake, Montana is a small town tucked away in the beautiful mountains of the Northern Rockies. With its close-knit community of residents, Turtle Lake is heavily invested in the political process and understands the importance of participating in local elections. Every election cycle, residents are encouraged to research all of the available candidates and make an informed decision regarding who they want to represent them at a local level. The people of Turtle Lake are proud of their rich history and strive to keep their small town vibrant by supporting candidates that share their values and beliefs.
The political climate in Turtle Lake, MT is moderately conservative.
Lake County, MT is somewhat conservative. In Lake County, MT 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.6%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Turtle Lake, MT is moderately conservative.
Lake County, Montana 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.
Turtle Lake, 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 Turtle Lake, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 768 contributions totaling $74,573 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 207 contributions totaling $52,691 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)