Boulder, Montana is a small town located along the Smith River in Jefferson County. Politically, it is part of the Democratic-leaning state of Montana with both Democratic and Republican parties represented in local government. The main issue that Boulder's Town Council faces is improving public safety and supporting local businesses. They have been looking for ways to invest in infrastructure improvements and create more job opportunities for its citizens. Over the years, there have been several initiatives to keep crime low and build stronger relationships between law enforcement officers and residents. Additionally, the Town Council has worked hard to ensure that local businesses receive the support they need to thrive in an ever-changing economic environment.
The political climate in Zip 59632 (Boulder, 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 59632 (Boulder, MT) is strongly conservative.
Boulder, 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.
Boulder, 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 59632 (Boulder)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 696 contributions totaling $26,496 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $2,202 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)