Big Sandy, Montana is a small town of about 1000 people located in the state's north central region. It has been around since the late 19th century and has always been a close-knit community. Politically, Big Sandy residents are generally more conservative, voting for Republican candidates in most elections. However, Big Sandy does have some progressive views and its citizens often back Democrats when they see fit. Over the years, Big Sandy has seen a few local political candidates come through its doors, such as representatives for both the Democratic and Republican parties. These representatives work closely with local organizations to ensure that their voices are heard on any issue that comes up within the town. In recent years, there have also been some special initiatives in place to help bring more diversity and representation to Big Sandy's politics.
The political climate in Zip 59520 (Big Sandy, MT) is strongly conservative.
Chouteau County, MT is strongly conservative. In Chouteau County, MT 33.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chouteau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.4%.
Chouteau county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59520 (Big Sandy, MT) is strongly conservative.
Big Sandy, Montana is strongly conservative.
Chouteau County, Montana is strongly 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.
Big Sandy, 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 59520 (Big Sandy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $3,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $2,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)