The town of Stevensville, Montana is situated in the heart of Ravalli County. It is a small rural community that is home to about 1,500 people and plays an important role in the region’s historical and cultural identity. Local politics in Stevensville are managed through local government, such as the mayor's office and city council meetings. The Mayor oversees all aspects of public policy, including taxes, services, infrastructure repair and construction projects. The City Council consists of five members who are elected by the citizens every four years. The council is responsible for creating ordinances to regulate business activities within city limits, such as zoning regulations and licensing requirements. They also appoint local boards and commissions to oversee specific areas of public policy. Overall, local politics in Stevensville are focused on providing citizens with effective services while protecting their rights as residents.
The political climate in Stevensville, MT is moderately conservative.
Ravalli County, MT is very conservative. In Ravalli County, MT 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ravalli county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.7%.
Ravalli county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stevensville, MT is moderately conservative.
Ravalli 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.
Stevensville, 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 Stevensville, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,062 contributions totaling $56,137 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 266 contributions totaling $79,076 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)