The small community of Orchard Homes, MT (59804) is an unincorporated census-designated place with a population estimated at nearly 3,000. This rural town is represented by their local government representatives on the county, state and federal level. Governor Steve Bullock, Senator Jon Tester and Representative Greg Gianforte are all currently in office to represent the interests of Orchard Homes. The city also elects a Mayor who works alongside local City Council members to make decisions on behalf of the town's residents. The political atmosphere in Orchard Homes is generally rural and conservative in nature, though this can vary from district to district. Issues such as education funding for public schools, road repairs and property taxes are commonly discussed topics among the locals.
The political climate in Zip 59804 (Orchard Homes, MT) is somewhat liberal.
Missoula County, MT is strongly liberal. In Missoula County, MT 60.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Missoula county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.6% to 36.8%.
Missoula county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59804 (Orchard Homes, MT) is somewhat liberal.
Orchard Homes, Montana is somewhat liberal.
Missoula County, Montana is strongly liberal.
Missoula Metro Area is strongly 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.
Orchard Homes, Montana: r 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 59804 (Orchard Homes)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 820 contributions totaling $146,333 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $78,797 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $478 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)