Bigfork, MT is a small town located in the Flathead Lake area of Montana. It is home to around 2,000 residents and encompasses an area of 8.3 square miles. Despite its small size, Bigfork has a vibrant political scene and is home to many passionate citizens who take great interest in local and regional politics. Every two years, residents come out to vote for their favorite candidates in local elections for mayor, city council members, school board members, and more. Issues like taxation, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and education are all discussed at length during election season as people debate the best ways to move Bigfork forward into the future. The citizens of Bigfork take their civic duty seriously and proudly cast their ballots each year to elect representatives who are most likely to serve their needs.
The political climate in Bigfork, MT is moderately conservative.
Flathead County, MT is strongly conservative. In Flathead County, MT 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Flathead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 33.8%.
Flathead county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bigfork, MT is moderately conservative.
Flathead County, Montana is strongly conservative.
Kalispell 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.
Bigfork, 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 Bigfork, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,487 contributions totaling $516,454 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,350 contributions totaling $518,155 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $384 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)