The politics in the Great Falls, MT Metro Area are highly diverse and vibrant. It is a rich political landscape that encompasses multiple local governments and citizens with strong opinions on how to address the issues at hand. From the City of Great Falls to Cascade County, the area is served by numerous elected officials representing different points of view on matters such as taxation, budgeting, public safety, education and economic development. Local candidates for office often come from a range of backgrounds with different ideas about how to best serve their constituents. These candidates run an energetic campaign season each year, ensuring that residents always have plenty of options when it comes to choosing their representatives. No matter who is elected into office, it is safe to say that the political scene in Great Falls will remain lively and active for years to come.
The political climate in Great Falls Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Great Falls Metro Area 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Great Falls metro area remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 38.8%.
The Great Falls metro area voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Great Falls Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Great Falls, Montana: R R d 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Great Falls Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,636 contributions totaling $527,004 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,143 contributions totaling $266,776 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)