Lincoln, Montana, is a small town located in Ravalli County with a population of 1,705 residents. The citizens of Lincoln are served by local elected officials who work together to ensure the safety and well-being of the community. These officials include the mayor, city council, county commissioner, state representative, and governor. In recent years, the political climate in Lincoln has seen shifts in power as local candidates strive to represent their constituents on key issues. Locals have rallied around various causes such as preserving public lands and advocating for improved infrastructures like roads and bridges. In addition to discussing economic development plans within the town boundaries, major debates between political parties focus on measures to protect air quality and promote sustainable energy efforts. With many voices at the table, Lincoln’s future looks bright as its citizens continue to work together for a better tomorrow.
The political climate in Zip 59639 (Lincoln, 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 59639 (Lincoln, MT) is leaning conservative.
Lincoln, 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.
Lincoln, 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 59639 (Lincoln)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $22,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $391 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)