Zortman, MT is a small rural community located in Phillips County. The town is only home to around 400 people, making it a relatively isolated area when it comes to politics. The mayor of Zortman is Pat Hughes, who was elected in 2017 and stands for many core values found throughout the town, including environmental protection, family values, public safety and infrastructure improvement. The city council consists of four members elected by the voting citizens of the community and they work together on local issues like budgeting, zoning laws and other municipal regulations. Additionally, there are several state representatives that are elected who represent Zortman on a larger scale within Montana politics. Despite its small size and limited population, Zortman's citizens are engaged in their local government and take pride in their role as active members of their community.
The political climate in Zortman, MT is strongly conservative.
Phillips County, MT is very conservative. In Phillips County, MT 17.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Phillips county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.5%.
Phillips county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zortman, MT is strongly conservative.
Phillips 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.
Zortman, 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 Zortman, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)