Hysham, MT is a small town located in Treasure County with a population of approximately 400 people. As such, there are very few candidates running for local political positions. The municipality operates under the mayor-council form of government with the mayor and four council members being elected at large by the citizens every two years. Each position is unpaid and the mayor serves as the chief executive officer of the town while the council members act as advisors to oversee municipal operations. In general, Hysham’s politics have been quite stable over the years, keeping in line with traditional conservative values that many residents hold. The topics discussed during meetings are usually related to local business and day-to-day operations such as road maintenance, budgets, zoning regulations and other similar matters. Overall, Hysham’s politics remain relatively uncontroversial due to its small size and limited involvement in larger state and national affairs.
The political climate in Zip 59038 (Hysham, MT) is very conservative.
Treasure County, MT is very conservative. In Treasure County, MT 17.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Treasure county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.0%.
Treasure county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59038 (Hysham, MT) is very conservative.
Hysham, Montana is very conservative.
Treasure 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.
Hysham, 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 59038 (Hysham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $985 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)