Baker, MT is a small town located in Fallon County with a population of just under 1,500 people. The local government in Baker is led by the Mayor and four City Council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. Politics in Baker is typically considered to be non-partisan and focused on decisions that affect the community as a whole. The Town Council meets biweekly to discuss matters such as infrastructure projects, zoning changes, and funding for local events or services. Community involvement is highly encouraged and residents often attend council meetings to voice their opinions or concerns about an issue. The Mayor and City Council strive to make sure that all residents of Baker are represented fairly and equitably when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Baker, MT is strongly conservative.
Fallon County, MT is very conservative. In Fallon County, MT 10.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fallon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.3% to 10.9%.
Fallon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baker, MT is strongly conservative.
Fallon 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.
Baker, 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 Baker, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 108 contributions totaling $5,558 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $7,156 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)