Cooke City, Montana is a small mountain town located in the mountains of Park County. The town has a rich history and remains one of the few communities in the state to have maintained its quaint and laid-back mountain lifestyle. Despite its size, Cooke City plays an important role in local politics. The community is served by two local governments: the Cooke City Town Council and Park County Commission. Both organizations are responsible for enacting laws and policies that benefit residents of the town, as well as performing other duties such as maintaining public services and infrastructure. Elected officials from both organizations work together to ensure that Cooke City remains a safe and vibrant place for all to call home. Local leaders strive to be transparent with their constituents while also working hard to ensure that the rights of all citizens are respected. Cooke City’s political system fosters an environment of trust between residents and their elected officials which allows them to come together as a community and make decisions for the betterment of everyone in town.
The political climate in Cooke City, MT is somewhat conservative.
Park County, MT is leaning conservative. In Park County, MT 45.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Park county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.6%.
Park county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cooke City, MT is somewhat conservative.
Park 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.
Cooke City, 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 Cooke City, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 239 contributions totaling $27,660 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $25,251 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)