In Toole County, Montana, politics play an important role in the area. With a wide range of issues facing residents from economic growth to public safety, community leaders must work together to ensure that the county is headed in the right direction. One of the major issues facing Toole County's political environment is the need for more collaboration among elected officials and other stakeholders. The county’s three commissioners have worked hard to create an atmosphere of cooperation and collaboration between themselves and other local leaders. They have also focused on engaging citizens through town hall meetings, public surveys and regular dialogue with constituents. In addition, they have invited interested parties from outside of the region to help support their efforts. With their combined efforts, Toole County has been able to make great strides in improving its political climate and addressing local needs.
The political climate in Toole County, MT is very conservative.
In Toole County, MT 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Toole county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.3% to 22.0%.
Toole county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Toole 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.
Toole, 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 Toole County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 214 contributions totaling $11,043 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $28,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)