The politics of Butte-Silver Bow, MT (59750) is dominated by a strong commitment to the Democratic Party. This is seen in the fact that all seven members of the Butte-Silver Bow County Commission are Democrats, as well as various other local offices and organizations. The county also elects a number of state representatives, including two state senators, all of whom are part of the Democratic Party. The county has also seen success at the federal level with Senator Jon Tester being reelected in 2018. Locally, various groups such as Forward Montana have been instrumental in providing a stronger voice for local issues such as economic development and environmental policy. There are also many grassroots campaigns that have been launched to try to stir up public opinion on matters such as gun control legislation or voting rights initiatives. Ultimately, Butte-Silver Bow has a long history of progressive values that have come to shape its political identity today.
The political climate in Zip 59750 (Butte-Silver Bow, MT) is leaning liberal.
Silver Bow County, MT is somewhat liberal. In Silver Bow County, MT 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Silver Bow county remained strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 41.5%.
Silver Bow county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59750 (Butte-Silver Bow, MT) is leaning liberal.
Butte-Silver Bow, Montana is leaning liberal.
Silver Bow County, Montana is somewhat liberal.
Butte-Silver Bow Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Butte-Silver Bow, Montana: D 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 59750 (Butte-Silver Bow)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $10,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)