Jefferson County, Montana is a rural county situated in the Rocky Mountains with a population of just over 10,000 people. The county is governed by a three-member Board of County Commissioners, who are responsible for ensuring that the county operates in an efficient and effective manner. In addition, there are several local offices including Sheriff, Clerk and Recorder, Assessor, Treasurer and Justice of the Peace. Local elections are held every four years to elect officials to these posts. The political landscape in Jefferson County is quite diverse with representation from both major parties as well as independent and third party candidates. As a result, issues ranging from health care reform to economic development attract much attention during election season. With the need for fiscal responsibility and economic growth on top of minds of voters in Jefferson County, local politicians often face tough competition during election time.
The political climate in Jefferson County, MT is very conservative.
In Jefferson County, MT 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.2%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jefferson County, MT is very conservative.
Helena Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Jefferson, 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 Jefferson County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,964 contributions totaling $104,608 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 201 contributions totaling $36,729 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)