Treasure, MT County is a rural area with a population of just over 10,000 people. With the small population, the politics in Treasure County are quite different than in larger cities and counties. In general, local government initiatives focus on maintaining community resources and advocating for smaller businesses. At the current time, there are two candidates running for office; Mayor Carla Johnson and Councilor Pete Smith. Mayor Johnson is running on a platform of increased local funding for public education and more accessible health care services. Councilor Smith is focusing his campaign on creating jobs and economic development opportunities for residents of Treasure County. Both candidates have strong support from the community and both are committed to representing the interests of the citizens of Treasure county in whatever capacity they may serve.
The political climate in Treasure County, MT is very conservative.
In Treasure County, MT 17.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Treasure county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.0%.
Treasure county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Treasure 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.
Treasure, 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 Treasure County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,235 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)