Lincoln County, Montana is a rural area that is governed by a five-member county commission, with each commissioner representing one of the five districts in the county. Each commissioner serves a two-year term and is elected by the people of their district. The commission works closely with the county attorney, sheriff, assessor/clerk and recorder, public administrator and other elected officials to provide services for their constituents within the county. The commissioners are responsible for important matters such as budgeting and long-term planning as well as providing oversight on land use and development projects throughout the county. In addition to these duties, they also serve on various committees which address topics such as economic development, health care access, infrastructure improvements and public safety. By working together with local municipalities and businesses, they strive to ensure that the citizens of Lincoln County have access to essential services.
The political climate in Lincoln County, MT is very conservative.
In Lincoln County, MT 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.8% to 24.1%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lincoln 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.
Lincoln, 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 Lincoln County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,528 contributions totaling $72,290 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 417 contributions totaling $62,601 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)