Twin Bridges, located in southwestern Montana, is a small town with a population of around 700 people. Despite its size, Twin Bridges is an active and vibrant community that takes pride in its local politics. Local elections are held every few years to determine the town’s mayor and city council members. The city council consists of five members who serve two-year terms and are elected by ballot. The current mayor of Twin Bridges is Mark Richardson, who has been leading the town since 2017. He works hard to ensure that the people of Twin Bridges have their voices heard and their needs met. The city council meets regularly to discuss important matters and make decisions on how best to move the town forward. All residents of Twin Bridges have the right to express their opinions on matters that directly affect their lives in this small but important community.
The political climate in Twin Bridges, MT is very conservative.
Madison County, MT is very conservative. In Madison County, MT 29.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.1%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Twin Bridges, MT is very conservative.
Madison 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.
Twin Bridges, 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 Twin Bridges, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 80 contributions totaling $10,680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $7,760 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)