The small town of Choteau, Montana (59422) has a local government that serves the community with policies and decisions that are catered to their specific needs. The city is governed by an elected mayor as well as a city council composed of six members and two trustees. The mayor is responsible for creating an annual budget, while the City Council adopts ordinances, sets taxes, enacts legislation, and advises on other aspects of city life. Currently in power is Mayor David Cole and the City Council Members: Gary Brannon, Jr., Michelle Kennedy, Robert Wolfchild, Kenneth Whiteface, Lori Cates-Sherrill, and Lester Charbonneau. Together they have worked hard to ensure that the town remains safe and prosperous for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 59422 (Choteau, MT) is very conservative.
Teton County, MT is very conservative. In Teton County, MT 27.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Teton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 27.4%.
Teton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59422 (Choteau, MT) is very conservative.
Choteau, Montana is very conservative.
Teton County, Montana is very conservative.
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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.
Choteau, 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 59422 (Choteau)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 428 contributions totaling $51,104 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $8,627 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)