Richland, MT County is a rural area in Montana with a strong community spirit. The county has an elected Board of Commissioners that are responsible for governing the area and managing the day-to-day operations. Their main duty is to create and adopt policies that benefit the citizens of Richland County. Along with this, the Board of Commissioners also oversees the county’s budget and taxes, planning and zoning laws, and code enforcement. In addition to these duties, they review budgets and contracts submitted by local government agencies. The Board of Commissioners is also responsible for appointing department heads as well as selecting members for various committees. Political candidates who want to work for Richland County must submit their nomination papers during election time. The election process is open to all citizens eligible to vote, and all registered voters can have their say in who will lead them.
The political climate in Richland County, MT is very conservative.
In Richland County, MT 15.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.1%.
Richland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland 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.
Richland, 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 Richland County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 125 contributions totaling $16,186 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 445 contributions totaling $101,159 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)