Hardin, Montana is a small city located in Big Horn County. The city has had a long history of political involvement, with many local political candidates running for office in recent years. Despite its small population, Hardin's residents are actively engaged in the political process and have seen some success in electing representatives to various levels of government. Recent elections have included races for mayor, county commissioner, state legislature, and U.S. Congress. The voters of Hardin take their civic duty seriously and are committed to electing politicians who will represent their interests in government. As such, they have successfully elected candidates from both major parties who share an interest in protecting their community's values and interests.
The political climate in Zip 59034 (Hardin, MT) is leaning liberal.
Big Horn County, MT is leaning liberal. In Big Horn County, MT 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Big Horn county remained moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 46.1%.
Big Horn county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59034 (Hardin, MT) is leaning liberal.
Hardin, Montana is leaning liberal.
Big Horn 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.
Hardin, Montana: D d D D d 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 59034 (Hardin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 115 contributions totaling $12,889 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $7,409 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)