Missoula, MT 59802 is a thriving city located in Western Montana. It is home to the University of Montana and thousands of residents that contribute to its dynamic culture. Politically, the city lies within Missoula County in the state of Montana and is represented by the governor, Steve Bullock, who was elected in 2012. The state legislature is represented by two senators and two house members, who are elected on a bipartisan basis. At a local level, Missoula has an active political landscape with several candidates vying for office each election cycle. The most recent mayoral election was held in November 2017 and resulted in the re-election of John Engen for a fourth term as mayor. In addition, there are several local boards and commissions that actively engage citizens in public policy decisions. Ultimately, Missoula's political landscape offers citizens opportunities to be actively involved in their local government through voting, volunteering on campaigns and committees, or even running for office themselves.
The political climate in Zip 59802 (Missoula, MT) is moderately 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 59802 (Missoula, MT) is moderately liberal.
Missoula, Montana is moderately 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.
Missoula, 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 59802 (Missoula)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,142 contributions totaling $998,505 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 188 contributions totaling $84,248 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $448 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)