The politics in 59012 Birney, MT are mostly focused on local issues and initiatives that directly impact the community. The city is served by a mayor-council government, where the mayor is the executive leader of the city and is responsible for representing the citizens at city council meetings. The mayor and council are elected every four years and come from all walks of life representing different backgrounds, cultures, and beliefs. Because of this diversity, there are often debates over certain initiatives put forth by either side that can be contentious but ultimately beneficial to the entire community. There are no local political candidates running for office as this is a non-partisan affair. Rather, citizens have to make an informed decision based on their own research and opinion when it comes to voting in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 59012 (Birney, MT) is strongly conservative.
Rosebud County, MT is very conservative. In Rosebud County, MT 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rosebud county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 31.8%.
Rosebud county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59012 (Birney, MT) is strongly conservative.
Birney, Montana is strongly conservative.
Rosebud County, Montana 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.
Birney, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 59012 (Birney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $3,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 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)