McCone County, Montana is a rural county located in the northeast corner of the state. Its politics are largely focused on making sure that its citizens have access to quality infrastructure such as schools, roads, and health care. The county is represented in the state legislature by two members of the House of Representatives and one Senator, all of whom serve both in Helena and their home district. The county also holds elections for local offices, including seats on the county commission and school board. It is important that residents be informed about their political representatives and participate in local elections so they can have a voice in deciding who represents them at every level of government.
The political climate in McCone County, MT is very conservative.
In McCone County, MT 13.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McCone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.8% to 13.7%.
McCone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McCone 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.
McCone, 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 McCone County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $5,465 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $4,607 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)