Havre, Montana, zip code 59501 is a small yet vibrant city located in Hill County. The city is primarily rural and has a major agricultural industry. It also serves as the county seat of Hill County. As of 2019, the population was estimated to be 9,890 people. In terms of local politics, Havre is served by a nonpartisan mayor-council form of government that consists of a mayor and six council members who are elected at large by the citizens. Municipal elections take place every two years on the first Tuesday in November and all registered voters have the right to participate. Issues such as local taxes and public safety are decided upon by these elected representatives. Additionally, Havre residents have access to state wide policy decisions via their representation in both chambers of the Montana Legislature.
The political climate in Zip 59501 (Havre, MT) is somewhat conservative.
Hill County, MT is somewhat conservative. In Hill County, MT 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hill county remained strongly Republican, 55.1% to 41.5%.
Hill county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59501 (Havre, MT) is somewhat conservative.
Havre, Montana is somewhat conservative.
Hill County, Montana is somewhat 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.
Havre, Montana: r r D d 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 59501 (Havre)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 726 contributions totaling $79,333 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $42,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)