Basin, Montana is a rural community located in the Northwest corner of the state. It has a population of approximately 1,500 people and is known for its strong sense of community. The politics in Basin are largely conservative, with values centered around family, faith, and hard work. Local political candidates often focus on these key issues when campaigning for office. Despite its small size, Basin is an active participant in local government and provides its citizens with representation at both the state and federal levels. On election day, many residents turn out to vote for their chosen candidates as they strive to make their voices heard on important policy issues.
The political climate in Zip 59631 (Basin, MT) is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, MT is very conservative. In Jefferson County, MT 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.2%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59631 (Basin, MT) is strongly conservative.
Basin, Montana is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, Montana is very 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.
Basin, 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 59631 (Basin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $3,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 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)