Ekalaka, Montana is located in Carter County and is home to a population of approximately 500. Despite its small size, the politics of Ekalaka are actively engaged in local, state, and national elections. At the local level, Ekalaka citizens have the option to vote for county commissioners who are responsible for setting up local government regulations and policies. In terms of state-wide elections, Ekalaka residents can cast their votes in primaries or general elections for representatives from Montana who will represent them in Congress. Finally, national elections allow Ekalaka residents to cast their ballots for President and other key positions at the federal level. Although the population of Ekalaka is small compared to larger cities across the United States, voters still have an active voice within their community and country as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 59324 (Ekalaka, MT) is very conservative.
Carter County, MT is very conservative. In Carter County, MT 8.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.7% to 8.6%.
Carter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59324 (Ekalaka, MT) is very conservative.
Ekalaka, Montana is very conservative.
Carter 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.
Ekalaka, 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 59324 (Ekalaka)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 177 contributions totaling $9,075 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)