Teton County, Montana is a politically active and engaged community. With its close proximity to the state capitol of Helena, local politics have an impact on the community. Every two years, citizens have the opportunity to cast their ballots in favor of candidates who will best represent their interests on the county level. These candidates can range from local mayors, council members, sheriffs, district attorneys and more. It is important for citizens to be aware of who they are voting for so that they can make informed decisions when it comes to electing leaders that will best uphold their values and interests. In addition to local elections, residents also have the opportunity to get involved in state-level politics by engaging with their elected representatives in Helena or through becoming active in their political party of choice.
The political climate in Teton County, MT is very conservative.
In Teton County, MT 27.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Teton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 27.4%.
Teton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Teton 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.
Teton, 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 Teton County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 650 contributions totaling $92,151 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $16,736 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)