Petroleum County in Montana is a small, rural county with just over one thousand residents. The county is governed by a board of commissioners made up of three elected members who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the people. The board works closely with the county’s many local communities and organizations to ensure that local interests are addressed. At the national level, Petroleum County is represented in Congress by Senator Jon Tester and Representative Greg Gianforte. As a rural area, many of the issues which are important to Petroleum County citizens involve agriculture, natural resource conservation, and economic development. Local political candidates running in the upcoming election cycle will likely have similar priorities as they seek to represent their constituents effectively.
The political climate in Petroleum County, MT is very conservative.
In Petroleum County, MT 11.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Petroleum county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.6% to 11.2%.
Petroleum county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Petroleum 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.
Petroleum, 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 Petroleum County, MT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)