Townsend, MT is a small town located in the south-eastern part of the state. While it is not an especially large or populous area, Townsend does have a political system which governs the small community. The current mayor is Jim Smith who has been in office since 2014 and has worked on numerous projects to improve the quality of life for its residents. The town council consists of five members: Ed Johnson, Amanda Jones, Bill Brown, Susan White, and Joe Taylor. These five individuals are responsible for making decisions regarding local matters such as budgets and ordinances that affect the people of Townsend. They work together to ensure that the town runs smoothly and efficiently for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Townsend, MT is strongly conservative.
Broadwater County, MT is very conservative. In Broadwater County, MT 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Broadwater county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 20.4%.
Broadwater county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Townsend, MT is strongly conservative.
Broadwater 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.
Townsend, 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 Townsend, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 254 contributions totaling $21,690 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $26,248 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $469 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)