Valley, MT County is a small rural area known for its diverse population and strong sense of community. While the county typically doesn't have many local political candidates running in local elections, the politics in Valley is still very important to the people who live here. Many of the residents are passionate about their beliefs and actively participate in city council meetings, protests, and other civic events to ensure that their voices are heard. Despite its size, Valley is home to an engaged and vocal population that takes part in political discourse and seeks to create positive change within their county.
The political climate in Valley County, MT is very conservative.
In Valley County, MT 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Valley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 24.2%.
Valley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Valley County, MT is very conservative.
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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.
Valley, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Valley County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 662 contributions totaling $52,010 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $45,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)