The politics in Columbia Falls, MT 59912 are largely influenced by the state of Montana and its elected officials. At the federal level, Columbia Falls is represented in Congress by Senator Jon Tester and Representative Greg Gianforte. On the state level, the county is served by Senator Bob Brown, Representative Frank Garner, and other members of the Montana House and Senate. In addition to these representatives, Columbia Falls also elects local leaders to serve on their city council and other boards. They have a Mayor, City Council Members, and a City Administrator to help manage day-to-day activities. These local leaders work together with the citizens to create policies that benefit their community while protecting their rights as citizens of Montana.
The political climate in Zip 59912 (Columbia Falls, MT) is strongly conservative.
Flathead County, MT is strongly conservative. In Flathead County, MT 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Flathead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 33.8%.
Flathead county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59912 (Columbia Falls, MT) is strongly conservative.
Columbia Falls, Montana is strongly conservative.
Flathead County, Montana is strongly conservative.
Kalispell Metro Area is strongly 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.
Columbia Falls, 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 59912 (Columbia Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,135 contributions totaling $63,473 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 247 contributions totaling $43,483 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)