Grass Range, MT is a small town in Montana with a population of just over 400 people. The town has relatively low political involvement, compared to larger cities in the state. Local politics are largely handled by the city council, which consists of five members elected by citizens. These members set policy and make decisions related to the budget, infrastructure, public safety, and other matters important to the area. Grass Range also elects representatives to represent them in state government affairs. These representatives are responsible for advocating for their constituents’ needs and interests in Helena. Despite lower levels of political involvement than more populous areas of Montana, residents of Grass Range take pride in their local politics and make sure their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Grass Range, MT is strongly conservative.
Fergus County, MT is very conservative. In Fergus County, MT 23.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fergus county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.8% to 23.0%.
Fergus county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grass Range, MT is strongly conservative.
Fergus 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.
Grass Range, 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 Grass Range, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $9,205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $418 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)