Carter, MT County is a small rural area with approximately 1,000 residents. It is the home of a vibrant and active political landscape, with local candidates running for office every year. The county has many important issues that citizens care about such as education, healthcare, infrastructure and economic development. Local organizations are actively working to shape public policy on these topics. In addition, there are numerous grassroots initiatives that aim to address various social justice issues in the community. All of these efforts foster an environment of civic participation and engagement in Carter County's politics.
The political climate in Carter County, MT is very conservative.
In Carter County, MT 8.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.7% to 8.6%.
Carter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carter 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.
Carter, 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 Carter County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 177 contributions totaling $9,075 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)