Chinook, MT is a small town located in the northwestern corner of the state with a population of 59523. It is known for its agricultural roots and strong sense of community. In politics, it is represented by a diverse range of voices on the local and state level. At the state level, Chinook is part of Montana's Legislative District 3 and elects two representatives to serve in the Montana Legislature every two years. On the local level, Chinook has an active political scene filled with candidates from different parties and perspectives. These candidates offer their constituents ideas for how to improve their community while also addressing issues at a higher level such as health care, education and job creation. The citizens of Chinook take part in democracy by actively engaging in politics locally through debates, forums and elections. They take pride in being informed and involved when it comes to making decisions that will affect their future.
The political climate in Zip 59523 (Chinook, MT) is leaning conservative.
Blaine County, MT is leaning liberal. In Blaine County, MT 51.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blaine county flipped Democratic, 51.0% to 47.1%.
Blaine county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59523 (Chinook, MT) is leaning conservative.
Chinook, Montana is leaning conservative.
Blaine County, Montana is leaning liberal.
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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.
Chinook, Montana: r r D D r d
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 59523 (Chinook)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $7,275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $10,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)