The city of Billings, MT is the largest city in Montana and is home to a diverse population. The current mayor of Billings is Bill Cole, who was elected in 2018. At the state level, Montana has two U.S Senators – Jon Tester and Steve Daines – who have both been re-elected to serve additional terms. On the local level, several candidates are running for office in 2020 including incumbent Mayor Cole along with challengers George Brown and Pat Smith. All three candidates have expressed interest in improving education, economic opportunities and public safety in Billings. Additionally, there are numerous other groups involved in politics within 59102 including local unions, civic organizations and political action committees that all influence the political landscape of Billings.
The political climate in Zip 59102 (Billings, MT) is moderately conservative.
Yellowstone County, MT is strongly conservative. In Yellowstone County, MT 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yellowstone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 36.6%.
Yellowstone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59102 (Billings, MT) is moderately conservative.
Billings, Montana is moderately conservative.
Yellowstone County, Montana is strongly conservative.
Billings Metro Area is strongly 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.
Billings, 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 59102 (Billings)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,366 contributions totaling $673,949 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,212 contributions totaling $674,397 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $556 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)