The small town of 59221 Fairview, MT is politically a conservative town. Local elections often feature candidates from the Republican or Libertarian parties running for office. Residents of the area are typically supportive of limited government and lower taxes. Issues like gun control, immigration, and public education are all hotly contested topics in this small community. Despite the fact that politics may be divisive at times, local residents are united on many issues; they all want to see their town thrive and have strong economic development opportunities for its citizens. The Fairview community works together to make sure their voices are heard and that their elected officials represent them in the best possible way.
The political climate in Zip 59221 (Fairview, MT) is strongly conservative.
Richland County, MT is very conservative. In Richland County, MT 15.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.1%.
Richland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59221 (Fairview, MT) is strongly conservative.
Fairview, Montana is strongly conservative.
Richland 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.
Fairview, 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 59221 (Fairview)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $2,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $8,679 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $377 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)