Butte-Silver Bow, Montana is a small city with a population of around 34,000 people. It is located in Silver Bow County and has been an important part of Montana's history for decades. The area is known for its rich mining heritage and old west charm. Politically, Butte-Silver Bow has traditionally voted mostly Democratic, but Republicans have made some gains in recent years. In 2019, the city council was entirely composed of Democrats, with Mayor Dewey M. Smith at the helm. A variety of political and social issues are debated on a regular basis within Butte-Silver Bow and local residents take great pride in their ability to affect change at the local level. The active political landscape that exists in Butte-Silver Bow provides its citizens with an opportunity to be involved in their city's future and make meaningful contributions to society.
The political climate in Zip 59727 (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 59727 (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 59727 (Butte-Silver Bow)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $3,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $645 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)