Shepherd, MT is a small town located in Montana's Golden Triangle region. Despite its small size, Shepherd has an active political scene. The recent election saw the re-election of the long-time mayor, who ran on a platform of economic growth and fiscal responsibility. There is also an engaged city council that is actively working to keep taxes low while investing in infrastructure improvements. During election season, local political candidates can be found campaigning at local events and businesses throughout the town. While there may not be a large population, Shepherd residents take their civic responsibility seriously and are dedicated to making sure their voices are heard through their votes.
The political climate in Shepherd, MT is strongly conservative.
Yellowstone County, MT is strongly conservative. In Yellowstone County, MT 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yellowstone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 36.6%.
Yellowstone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shepherd, MT is strongly conservative.
Yellowstone County, Montana is strongly conservative.
Billings 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.
Shepherd, 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 Shepherd, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,403 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $4,776 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)