St. Marie, MT is a small city with a population of around 5,000 people located in the Southwest region of the state. The city has its own mayor and council members who are responsible for making decisions regarding local laws and government initiatives. Locally elected officials work hard to ensure that residents have access to necessary services like water, sewerage, and public utilities. They also work to make sure that St. Marie remains an inviting place for businesses to locate in order to bring jobs and economic prosperity into the community. Residents engage in politics by voting during elections or participating in public forums that discuss local political issues. Through this process, residents can help shape the direction of St. Marie’s future by voicing their opinions on important policies that affect their lives and livelihoods.
The political climate in St. Marie, MT is strongly conservative.
Valley County, MT is very conservative. In Valley County, MT 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Valley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 24.2%.
Valley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Marie, MT is strongly conservative.
Valley 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.
St. Marie, 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 St. Marie, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 530 contributions totaling $23,292 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $37,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)