Sheridan, MT County has a rich political history. The county is currently governed by an elected board of commissioners that are responsible for a wide range of duties including allocating resources, setting tax rates, and providing services to citizens. Local elections are held every two years in order to select the board members that will serve the residents of Sheridan County. All candidates must go through a rigorous application process before being approved to run for office. Furthermore, there are many civic organizations within the county dedicated to educating voters about their political choices and engaging them in conversations about local issues and policy decisions. It is clear that politics play an important role in Sheridan County and the hardworking people living there are always looking for ways to make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Sheridan County, MT is very conservative.
In Sheridan County, MT 28.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sheridan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 28.3%.
Sheridan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sheridan 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.
Sheridan, 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 Sheridan County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 172 contributions totaling $12,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $21,256 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)