Brockton, MT is a small town located in the Rocky Mountains of Montana. The town is known for its rugged beauty and charming small-town atmosphere. While it may be a small town, Brockton has an important place in Montana's political landscape. The town is home to many active citizens who take an interest in local politics and regularly participate in civic engagement activities such as attending town meetings, casting votes on local ballot initiatives, and even running for office themselves! On the national level, Brockton has been represented by various members of Congress over the years, including past Congressman Pat Williams and current Congresswoman Kathleen Williams. Local elections are held every two years and candidates are often diverse with backgrounds ranging from law enforcement to education to business. These elections give citizens an opportunity to voice their opinions on how their government should be run and work together to create a better community for everyone.
The political climate in Brockton, MT is leaning conservative.
Roosevelt County, MT is leaning conservative. In Roosevelt County, MT 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roosevelt county remained narrowly Republican, 49.7% to 47.5%.
Roosevelt county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brockton, MT is leaning conservative.
Roosevelt County, Montana is leaning 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.
Brockton, Montana: D D D D 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 Brockton, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $4,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $364 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)