The city of St. Ignatius, MT is a small town in the western part of Montana with a population of about 1,979 people. The city has a long history of having an active local political scene with citizens taking part in deciding the future of the city. Currently, the mayor is Peter Thompson who was elected in 2016 and is supported by three City Council members: Joe Smith, Mike Johnson and Sarah Davis. All four have been actively pursuing policies that will benefit the citizens of St. Ignatius such as improving public safety and infrastructure as well as creating economic development opportunities. These efforts have led to increased investment in the area over the last few years. In addition, there are many local political candidates running for office at the state and county level who are committed to making sure St. Ignatius remains a safe and prosperous place to live and work for its residents.
The political climate in St. Ignatius, 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
St. Ignatius, 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.
St. Ignatius, 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 St. Ignatius, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 311 contributions totaling $11,165 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)