Located in a rural area of the state of Montana, the small town of 59243 Lambert is part of Garfield County. Although it may be considered a small town with a population under 500 residents, locals are passionate about their local politics. The general election for county commissioner in 2020 was hotly contested between two long-time Lambert residents and community leaders. After months of campaigning, incumbent Commissioner Ted Anderson narrowly won re-election against challenger Sandy Lewis. Other county offices such as assessor, sheriff and attorney are also up for grabs in certain election cycles. Local elections often draw a high voter turnout from citizens who want to make sure they have their say on key issues that affect their lives and the future of their town.
The political climate in Zip 59243 (Lambert, MT) is very 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 59243 (Lambert, MT) is very conservative.
Lambert, Montana is very 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.
Lambert, 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 59243 (Lambert)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $50 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)