Augusta, Montana is a small town with a population of about 1,000 people. Located in the Lewis and Clark County, Augusta sits near the Rocky Mountains and the Continental Divide. Despite its small size, politics in Augusta still play an important role in how citizens live their everyday lives. The city council works to preserve the local heritage while creating policies that benefit all citizens. Local political candidates work hard to represent their constituents on issues such as infrastructure development, public safety, and education funding. They are committed to ensuring that every citizen in Augusta feels heard and that their voice is reflected in local decision making processes.
The political climate in Zip 59410 (Augusta, MT) is somewhat conservative.
Lewis and Clark County, MT is leaning conservative. In Lewis and Clark County, MT 46.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lewis and Clark county remained Republican, 50.6% to 46.7%.
Lewis and Clark county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59410 (Augusta, MT) is somewhat conservative.
Augusta, Montana is somewhat conservative.
Lewis and Clark County, Montana is leaning conservative.
Helena Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Augusta, Montana: R R d 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 59410 (Augusta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $4,608 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)