Harrison, Montana is a small rural town nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. With a population of just over 500 residents, Harrison serves as an agricultural and logging hub for the region. The politics of Harrison are representative of its small size and rural nature; local elections typically draw less than a handful of candidates, making it easier for community members to get involved in local decision-making. Every two years, residents have the opportunity to elect their mayor, four city council members, and two state representatives from their district. These individuals work together to ensure that the needs of Harrison are represented on both a state and local level.
The political climate in Zip 59735 (Harrison, MT) is very conservative.
Madison County, MT is very conservative. In Madison County, MT 29.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.1%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59735 (Harrison, MT) is very conservative.
Harrison, Montana is very conservative.
Madison 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.
Harrison, 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 59735 (Harrison)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $2,251 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $322 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $4,667 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $933 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)