Birney, a small town located in Montana, is a tight-knit community where residents take pride in their independence and local identity. While Birney is not large enough to have its own political representation, many residents take part in larger state politics that may have an impact on the town. Locals are passionate about issues such as taxation, education reform, and health care access for rural areas. Residents of Birney often come together to support candidates they feel will be best for the state as a whole and protect the interests of smaller towns like theirs. The citizens of Birney also get involved with local initiatives and can be counted on to show up to city council meetings or town hall events to show their support or voice concerns. In short, while Birney may not have its own political representation, it is still very much engaged in politics at both the state and local level.
The political climate in Birney, MT is moderately conservative.
Rosebud County, MT is very conservative. In Rosebud County, MT 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rosebud county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 31.8%.
Rosebud county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Birney, MT is moderately conservative.
Rosebud 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.
Birney, 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 Birney, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $7,164 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)