East Missoula, MT is a small community located in western Montana. As with many small towns, local politics plays an important role in the lives of its citizens. There are two major political parties represented in East Missoula: the Democratic and Republican parties. Each party has multiple candidates running for office at both the state and county level, who are voted on by the local residents based on their policies and beliefs. The current mayor of East Missoula is a Democrat, but there are three other candidates running for mayor as well – one from each party. There is also an open seat in the county commission that will be up for election later this year. The people of East Missoula take their civic duties seriously, and they frequently engage in debates about local political issues so that they can make informed decisions when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in East Missoula, 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
East Missoula, 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.
East Missoula, 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 East Missoula, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,142 contributions totaling $998,505 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 188 contributions totaling $84,248 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $448 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)