Camas, Montana is a small city located in the southwest of the state. Despite its small size, Camas has a rich political history and strong civic engagement. The local government is composed of five elected commissioners who are responsible for setting policy and making decisions that affect the city as a whole. The mayor oversees all operations within the city, and the commissioners are responsible for approving budgets, enacting ordinances, and performing other administrative duties. Additionally, there is an active Chamber of Commerce and various community organizations that provide residents with opportunities to become involved in local politics. The local political atmosphere is vibrant and engaging; citizens are eager to participate in elections, town hall meetings, and other public forums where their voices can be heard.
The political climate in Camas, MT is strongly conservative.
Sanders County, MT is very conservative. In Sanders County, MT 23.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanders county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.9%.
Sanders county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Camas, MT is strongly conservative.
Sanders 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.
Camas, 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 Camas, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $2,838 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $35 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)