Deer Lodge County, Montana is a small county located in the western part of the state. It has a population of around 8,500 people and is known for its rural lifestyle and breathtaking natural beauty. Politically, the county leans slightly to the right but maintains an overall moderate voting record. The county typically supports Republican candidates at the local and federal levels, while generally favoring Democratic candidates at the state level. In recent years, local elections have seen a number of grassroots campaigns from independents and third party candidates that have helped to engage citizens in the political process. Generally, these elections are highly contested as Deer Lodge County residents take their civic duty seriously.
The political climate in Deer Lodge County, MT is leaning liberal.
In Deer Lodge County, MT 52.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Deer Lodge county remained moderately Democratic, 52.4% to 44.7%.
Deer Lodge county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Deer Lodge County, MT is leaning liberal.
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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.
Deer Lodge, Montana: D D D D d d
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 Deer Lodge County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 312 contributions totaling $26,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $16,793 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)