Bonner-West Riverside, MT is a small town located in the southwestern part of Montana. It has a population of approximately 4,000 people and is a great place to live with its beautiful scenery and friendly atmosphere. Despite its small size, Bonner-West Riverside is quite active politically. There are several political candidates running for office in the upcoming election cycles, from both major parties, as well as unaffiliated candidates. These candidates represent a range of positions on different issues that affect the local community like education reform, infrastructure investment, economic development, environmental protection initiatives and public health concerns. Local citizens have the opportunity to learn more about each candidate's views by attending debates or other public forums where they can ask questions and get to know each candidate better. The political climate here in Bonner-West Riverside is vibrant and active and it’s sure to remain that way as this year’s elections approach.
The political climate in Bonner-West Riverside, MT is somewhat liberal.
Missoula County, MT is strongly liberal. In Missoula County, MT 60.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Missoula county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.6% to 36.8%.
Missoula county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bonner-West Riverside, MT is somewhat liberal.
Missoula County, Montana is strongly liberal.
Missoula Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Bonner-West Riverside, Montana: r d D D D D
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 Bonner-West Riverside, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,712 contributions totaling $1,267,575 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 562 contributions totaling $580,892 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,034 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)