Zip 59840 (Hamilton, MT) Voting


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Hamilton, Montana is a small town located in Ravalli County that has a population of about 4,741 according to the 2019 census. Though it is small in size, there are still political issues that affect the community. Local politics are largely influenced by the Ravalli County Board of Commissioners and other elected officials such as the District Court Judge, Sheriff, Clerk and Recorder, Assessor, and Surveyor. These officials oversee many of the county's public services such as roads and bridges, law enforcement, tax assessments, records management and surveying. All these positions are filled by members of the local community who have been elected to serve their fellow citizens in these roles. In recent years there have been heated debates about taxes and public services that have been discussed at various local forums between candidates from different parties. This is just one example of how politics in Hamilton affects residents on a local level.

The political climate in Zip 59840 (Hamilton, MT) is strongly conservative.

Ravalli County, MT is very conservative. In Ravalli County, MT 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Ravalli county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.7%.
Ravalli county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Zip 59840 (Hamilton, MT) is strongly conservative.


Hamilton, Montana is strongly conservative.

Ravalli 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.

Hamilton, 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 59840 (Hamilton)

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,609 contributions totaling $133,452 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 490 contributions totaling $228,874 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $467 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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