Prairie, MT County is located in the beautiful Northwestern region of Montana. The county is home to a diverse population and provides its citizens with numerous recreational activities. Politically, the county has always been an important part of Montana's legislative landscape. Prairie, MT County is represented at the state level by two senators and two representatives who are actively involved in policy discussions and debates regarding various issues such as economic development, education, health care, taxation, and public safety. At the local level, residents of Prairie, MT County elect their own representatives who serve on the county Board of Commissioners. These local representatives provide a valuable voice for constituents on matters such as business development and public services. The elected officials work to ensure that Prairie residents have their voices heard on matters that affect them on a daily basis.
The political climate in Prairie County, MT is very conservative.
In Prairie County, MT 16.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prairie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.0% to 16.9%.
Prairie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prairie 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.
Prairie, 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 Prairie County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $5,596 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $6,521 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)