Chester, Montana is located in Liberty County and is the county seat. Politically, Chester is a largely conservative area with most residents aligning themselves with Republican party ideals. The local government is mostly comprised of Republicans, and many of the laws passed reflect this political leaning. In terms of recent elections, voters generally choose Republican candidates in both congressional and state representative positions. There have been some exceptions over the years, mainly involving certain ballot issues that overlap with regional opinion, but overall the majority of the votes go to GOP-affiliated politicians. This has been reflected in recent initiatives such as tax reforms and regulations on firearms ownership. With its strong roots in traditional values, Chester serves as an example of how politics can influence a rural community in Montana.
The political climate in Zip 59522 (Chester, MT) is very conservative.
Liberty County, MT is very conservative. In Liberty County, MT 23.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Liberty county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 23.0%.
Liberty county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59522 (Chester, MT) is very conservative.
Chester, Montana is very conservative.
Liberty 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.
Chester, 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 zip 59522 (Chester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 91 contributions totaling $29,425 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $2,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)