Lima, Montana is a small town located in Ravalli County. It has a population of just over 400 people and is an agricultural community with rich soil and beautiful landscape. Politically, the town is part of the larger county of Ravalli where offices are held for the local government. At present, there are no known candidates running for office in Lima, MT; however, it does have representatives at the state level such as senators and representatives that take care of the needs of Lima's citizens. The citizens of Lima often make their voices heard through voting on national and state issues, as well as participating in other forms of civic engagement. Locally, there are also many organizations that lead to political involvement such as school boards, public safety departments, etc. In sum, the politics of Lima is an important part of life in this small rural community.
The political climate in Zip 59739 (Lima, MT) is very conservative.
Beaverhead County, MT is very conservative. In Beaverhead County, MT 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaverhead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.4%.
Beaverhead county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59739 (Lima, MT) is very conservative.
Lima, Montana is very conservative.
Beaverhead 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.
Lima, 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 59739 (Lima)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)