The politics of Deer Lodge, MT 59722 are largely driven by the local decisions made by its elected officials. The city is served by many public officials who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the citizens. These elected representatives serve in both state and county offices and are responsible for carrying out the objectives set by their constituents. Among these representatives include Mayor Mark Ewalt, City Council President Jack Fossum, Vice President Collette Ream, County Commissioner Jim Sommers, and State Representative Janet Hopfauf. Every four years residents of this area have the opportunity to vote on their local elected official and determine which candidate best reflects their views and values. Local politics are largely focused on how to best use resources to benefit the community as a whole while also ensuring that individual rights remain protected. It is important that residents stay informed about current issues and attend meetings where they can voice their opinions in order to help shape the future of Deer Lodge’s political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 59722 (Deer Lodge, MT) is very conservative.
Powell County, MT is very conservative. In Powell County, MT 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Powell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.1% to 23.7%.
Powell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59722 (Deer Lodge, MT) is very conservative.
Deer Lodge, Montana is very conservative.
Powell 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.
Deer Lodge, 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 59722 (Deer Lodge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $3,547 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $38,765 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $625 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)