Kila, Montana is a small town located in Flathead County. It is governed by a Mayor-Council system and citizens of Kila elect their mayor and council members every four years. The town prides itself on its commitment to preserving the rural nature of the area while still providing necessary services and amenities to its residents. As such, local candidates for mayor and council positions emphasize the preservation of Kila’s rural identity as well as responsible management of the town’s finances. In addition, candidates also focus on providing better access to important infrastructure such as roads and public transportation to ensure that all Kila citizens have reliable transportation options available to them. All in all, local politics in Kila revolve around ensuring that the town can sustain its rural character while ensuring that everyone living within it has access to the services they need.
The political climate in Kila, MT is strongly conservative.
Flathead County, MT is strongly conservative. In Flathead County, MT 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Flathead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 33.8%.
Flathead county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kila, MT is strongly conservative.
Flathead County, Montana is strongly conservative.
Kalispell Metro Area is strongly 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.
Kila, 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 Kila, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 106 contributions totaling $5,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $8,172 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $409 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)