Politically, Stevensville, MT 59870 is part of Montana's House District 93. It is represented by Republican Frank Garner in the Montana House of Representatives and Democrat Mike Phillips in the State Senate. The town is heavily influenced by a small-town atmosphere and conservative values, which have held sway over its politics for many years. Residents are typically passionate about their opinions on local and state issues, as well as federal matters. In recent years, some candidates have made attempts to increase diversity on the ballot and represent more progressive ideas. However, those efforts have not been successful in changing the political landscape thus far. While there are no local political candidates in Stevensville right now, citizens can still exercise their rights to vote during national and state elections each year.
The political climate in Zip 59870 (Stevensville, MT) is strongly conservative.
Ravalli County, MT is very conservative. In Ravalli County, MT 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ravalli county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.7%.
Ravalli county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59870 (Stevensville, MT) is strongly conservative.
Stevensville, Montana is strongly conservative.
Ravalli 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.
Stevensville, 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 59870 (Stevensville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,062 contributions totaling $56,137 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 266 contributions totaling $79,076 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)