Jette, MT is a small town located in the picturesque Rocky Mountains. While the town doesn't have a large population, it does have an active local politics scene. Every year, voters elect their representatives for city council and school board positions. The current mayor of Jette is Royce Johnson who was elected to his first term in 2016 and looks to continue his work in upcoming elections. Candidates running for local office often come from Jette or have strong ties to the community and many of them focus on issues such as creating more job opportunities, improving educational standards, and promoting economic growth. Additionally, local candidates often work together with state and federal entities in order to bring resources back into the community. With this collaboration between both public and private sectors, Jette aims to create a better future for its citizens.
The political climate in Jette, MT is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, MT is somewhat conservative. In Lake County, MT 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.6%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jette, MT is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, Montana is somewhat 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.
Jette, Montana: R R d 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 Jette, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 768 contributions totaling $74,573 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 207 contributions totaling $52,691 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)