Wheatland, MT is a small rural town in Montana with a strong sense of community and a vibrant local politics. The mayor and city council are committed to making Wheatland an inclusive and welcoming place to live for its citizens. They work hard to ensure the safety and wellbeing of their constituents while working to create economic opportunities for all of Wheatland's residents. In addition to the efforts made by the mayor and city council, many other local organizations have been active in Wheatland's political discourse. Groups such as the local school board, churches, and various business owners have all worked together to make Wheatland an attractive place to live and raise families.
The political climate in Wheatland, MT is very conservative.
Broadwater County, MT is very conservative. In Broadwater County, MT 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Broadwater county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 20.4%.
Broadwater county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wheatland, MT is very conservative.
Broadwater 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.
Wheatland, 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 Wheatland, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 207 contributions totaling $9,793 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $12,651 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)