Kalispell, MT is a thriving community with a strong sense of pride in its political culture. The city is represented at the state and federal levels by Republicans Denny Rehberg for the House of Representatives and Steve Daines for the Senate. At the local level, the City Council consists of six members elected at large. Together, these representatives strive to ensure that Kalispell remains a prosperous community filled with opportunity for all who live there. In order to do this, they tackle issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and economic development. Through their efforts, Kalispell has become a progressive city with an engaged citizenry that is proud to take part in local politics.
The political climate in Kalispell, MT is somewhat conservative.
Flathead County, MT is strongly conservative. In Flathead County, MT 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Flathead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 33.8%.
Flathead county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kalispell, MT is somewhat conservative.
Flathead County, Montana is strongly conservative.
Kalispell Metro Area is strongly 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.
Kalispell, 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 Kalispell, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,236 contributions totaling $687,916 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,666 contributions totaling $351,654 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)