Chinook, MT is a small town in Montana with a population of around 1,200 people. It is governed by an elected mayor and four city council members who are responsible for making decisions on important matters that affect the community. The political climate in Chinook is generally considered conservative, with issues like taxation and regulation being hotly debated amongst local residents. In recent years, there have been several local political candidates campaigning for office in the town's elections. These individuals emphasize fiscal responsibility and limited government intervention as key aspects of their platforms, hoping to garner support from the Chinook voters. Despite the small size of the town, its politics are quite important to those who live there as their voice helps shape the future of their local government.
The political climate in Chinook, MT is leaning conservative.
Blaine County, MT is leaning liberal. In Blaine County, MT 51.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blaine county flipped Democratic, 51.0% to 47.1%.
Blaine county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chinook, MT is leaning conservative.
Blaine County, Montana is leaning 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.
Chinook, Montana: r r D D r 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 Chinook, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $7,275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $10,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)