Lonepine, MT is a small rural community located in the southwestern portion of Montana. It has a population of about 2,000 people and is the seat of Pondera County. Lonepine is known for its independent spirit and citizens who are passionate about their community and its politics. The citizens of Lonepine take pride in ensuring that their local government representatives represent their interests and values. Elections for local officials are held regularly, with all candidates having to demonstrate their understanding of the issues faced by the community and how they would work to address them. Candidates must also be willing to work collaboratively with members of other political parties when necessary. The citizens of Lonepine have consistently elected representatives who are committed to serving them faithfully and working together for the betterment of all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 59848 (Lonepine, MT) is very conservative.
Sanders County, MT is very conservative. In Sanders County, MT 23.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanders county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.9%.
Sanders county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59848 (Lonepine, MT) is very conservative.
Lonepine, Montana is very conservative.
Sanders 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.
Lonepine, 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 59848 (Lonepine)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)