Miles City, MT 59301 is a vibrant small city located in southeastern Montana. As the largest city in Custer Country, politics in Miles City have a significant impact on the local community. The city is run by an elected Mayor and six-member City Council, who are all elected to four-year terms by the citizens of Miles City. The political atmosphere in Miles City is usually quite cordial as most candidates running for office are from within the community. Issues that are important to residents include economic development, infrastructure improvements and protecting local resources. Recently, there has been an increased focus on preserving historic sites and increasing access to outdoor recreation opportunities in the area. Overall, politics in Miles City demonstrate a commitment to balancing traditional values with modern needs.
The political climate in Zip 59301 (Miles City, MT) is strongly conservative.
Custer County, MT is very conservative. In Custer County, MT 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Custer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 25.8%.
Custer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59301 (Miles City, MT) is strongly conservative.
Miles City, Montana is strongly conservative.
Custer 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.
Miles City, 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 59301 (Miles City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 581 contributions totaling $31,957 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $43,581 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)