Fairview, MT is a small town in Montana with a population of just over 2,000 people. Although it is small, the town has an active political climate with many involved citizens. The local election season is an exciting time for residents as they get to select their representatives on a range of issues from tax structures to infrastructure development projects. Local candidates often come from diverse backgrounds and offer unique perspectives on how to best serve the community. Residents value their influence in local politics and take part in campaigns through door-to-door canvassing, television advertisements, and public forums that help inform them about each candidate’s positions on important issues. Elections are a time when the residents of Fairview come together to make sure their voices are heard and that their interests are represented by the officials elected into office.
The political climate in Fairview, MT is strongly conservative.
Richland County, MT is very conservative. In Richland County, MT 15.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.1%.
Richland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fairview, MT is strongly conservative.
Richland 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.
Fairview, 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 Fairview, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $2,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $8,679 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $377 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)