In 59635 Helena Valley Southeast, MT, politics are primarily focused around the local and state government level. Local leaders in the area take an active role in engaging with residents to ensure that their interests and needs are heard and addressed. At the state level, Montana’s legislators work together to ensure that policies are enacted which benefit all citizens of the state. Community members have access to a variety of avenues for political engagement including voting, attending town meetings, joining a political party or other organization, contacting representatives directly or through various media platforms. It is important for residents of Helena Valley Southeast to remain engaged in political discourse to ensure that their voices are represented at both local and state levels.
The political climate in Zip 59635 (Helena Valley Southeast, MT) is leaning conservative.
Lewis and Clark County, MT is leaning conservative. In Lewis and Clark County, MT 46.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lewis and Clark county remained Republican, 50.6% to 46.7%.
Lewis and Clark county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59635 (Helena Valley Southeast, MT) is leaning conservative.
Helena Valley Southeast, Montana is leaning conservative.
Lewis and Clark County, Montana is leaning conservative.
Helena Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Helena Valley Southeast, Montana: R R d 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 59635 (Helena Valley Southeast)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,473 contributions totaling $18,660 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $8,376 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)