The small town of Manhattan, Montana (zip code 59741) is part of the larger Gallatin County. The county is governed by a three-member commission with each commissioner elected from their respective district to serve 6-year terms. The current commissioners are Bill Barron, Joe Skinner and Steve White. Voting in Manhattan’s local elections are held at the Manhattan Community Hall and in the last election, voter turnout was very high. Elected officials include a mayor and four city council members who represent different areas of the town. Issues that impact residents range from zoning regulations to tax increases on real estate. Other important issues for residents include maintaining public roads and encouraging business development. This small town is known for its tight knit community spirit, demonstrated in part by its active participation in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 59741 (Manhattan, MT) is leaning conservative.
Gallatin County, MT is leaning liberal. In Gallatin County, MT 52.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gallatin county remained moderately Democratic, 52.2% to 44.6%.
Gallatin county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59741 (Manhattan, MT) is leaning conservative.
Manhattan, Montana is leaning conservative.
Gallatin County, Montana is leaning liberal.
Bozeman Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Manhattan, Montana: R R d r 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 59741 (Manhattan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $9,347 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $73,970 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $718 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)