The small town of Big Timber, MT has a population of just under 1,300 people and is located in Sweet Grass County. It is a rural area without much influence from large political parties. However, the citizens of Big Timber are still active in local politics and always looking for ways to make their community better. Local candidates running for political office focus on issues that matter to the small town, such as improving the infrastructure, providing better access to public services, and promoting local businesses. There is also a strong focus on conservation, with several initiatives being put into place to protect the surrounding environment. The citizens of Big Timber work together to ensure their town remains vibrant and welcoming for all who live there.
The political climate in Zip 59011 (Big Timber, MT) is very conservative.
Sweet Grass County, MT is very conservative. In Sweet Grass County, MT 22.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sweet Grass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 22.4%.
Sweet Grass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59011 (Big Timber, MT) is very conservative.
Big Timber, Montana is very conservative.
Sweet Grass 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.
Big Timber, 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 59011 (Big Timber)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 204 contributions totaling $52,310 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $71,782 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $725 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)