Garfield County, MT is governed by a board of five county commissioners. These commissioners are elected by the residents of Garfield County to make decisions regarding the budget, taxes, and other matters that impact the local community. The current board of commissioners is made up of three Republicans and two Democrats who work together to ensure that Garfield County remains a safe and prosperous place to live. In addition to the board of commissioners, there are also several elected officials in Garfield County who serve on various boards and are responsible for maintaining public safety, enacting zoning regulations, managing county funds, and addressing other important issues. Local elections in Garfield County occur every two years when citizens go to the polls to vote for their representatives in local government.
The political climate in Garfield County, MT is very conservative.
In Garfield County, MT 5.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 94.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garfield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 94.0% to 5.0%.
Garfield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garfield 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.
Garfield, 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 Garfield County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $5,025 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,513 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $4,001 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)