Lolo, Montana is a small community located in Missoula County. This area is largely rural and has a population of just over 2,400 people according to the most recent census. Politically, Lolo is a heavily Republican-leaning area with registered Republicans significantly outweighing Democrats. However, there are some independent voters in this area as well. Currently, Lolo does not have any local political candidates running for office. However, the local government is run by elected officials at the county level who work to represent the citizens of this community. There are several state representatives who also serve this region and work to ensure that the interests of their constituents are heard in Helena, Montana's capital city.
The political climate in Zip 59847 (Lolo, MT) is somewhat liberal.
Missoula County, MT is strongly liberal. In Missoula County, MT 60.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Missoula county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.6% to 36.8%.
Missoula county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59847 (Lolo, MT) is somewhat liberal.
Lolo, Montana is somewhat liberal.
Missoula County, Montana is strongly liberal.
Missoula Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Lolo, Montana: r d D D D D
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 59847 (Lolo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 301 contributions totaling $25,713 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $9,667 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)