The small town of Bonner, MT (598323) has an active and engaged political atmosphere. The small city council is responsible for making decisions that affect the daily lives of the people living in the community. Every two years they elect a mayor who will lead the council and oversee its decisions. There are also several other local elected officials, such as county commissioner, sheriff, clerk of court, treasurer, and state representatives. All of these officials play an important role in providing Bonner with services and resources to ensure that their citizens can live in a safe and enjoyable environment. It is important that all local residents stay informed about the political issues that affect them and participate when possible to help shape their community's future.
The political climate in Zip 59823 (Bonner, MT) is leaning liberal.
Missoula County, MT is strongly liberal. In Missoula County, MT 60.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Missoula county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.6% to 36.8%.
Missoula county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59823 (Bonner, MT) is leaning liberal.
Bonner, Montana is leaning liberal.
Missoula County, Montana is strongly liberal.
Missoula Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Bonner, Montana: r d D D D D
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 59823 (Bonner)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 849 contributions totaling $48,911 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $970 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)