Clinton, MT is a small town located in Beaverhead County. It is home to about 1,000 people and has a rich history of political involvement in the area. The citizens of Clinton take an active role in local politics, as evidenced by their involvement in the two major political parties that are present in Montana: the Democratic and Republican Parties. Most notably, the 2020 election season saw a large turnout of voters from Clinton with residents coming out to support their preferred candidates. The town also played an important role in state-level elections with many residents voting for candidates running for state offices or seats on various boards or commissions. Additionally, many other elections at both the county and state level feature candidates from Clinton who have been involved in local politics for decades. As such, it is clear that politics remain an important part of life for those living in Clinton, MT.
The political climate in Zip 59825 (Clinton, 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 59825 (Clinton, MT) is leaning liberal.
Clinton, 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.
Clinton, 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 59825 (Clinton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 147 contributions totaling $114,474 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $779 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $12,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)