Libby, Montana is a small town located in Lincoln County. It is home to many people who are politically active and engaged in local politics. The town of Libby boasts several organizations that are dedicated to advocating for the rights of citizens, including the Lincoln County Democratic Central Committee, the Lincoln County Republican Party, and the Libby Community Action Group. These organizations serve to educate citizens on current issues, support local candidates, and encourage civic engagement throughout the community. Locally elected officials include a mayor and five city council members that make decisions on behalf of their constituents. In addition to this elected leadership, there are various boards and commissions that oversee services such as public safety, parks and recreation, finance and budgeting, planning and zoning, housing authority, public works department, library board, health department board of directors, economic development committee, airport advisory board, and more. With so much local political involvement in Libby it is easy for citizens to stay informed about what's going on in their town and how they can be involved in making it a better place to live.
The political climate in Libby, MT is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, MT is very conservative. In Lincoln County, MT 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.8% to 24.1%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Libby, MT is strongly conservative.
Lincoln 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.
Libby, 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 Libby, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 828 contributions totaling $44,646 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $13,646 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)