Moccasin, MT is a small town located in the central part of the state with an estimated population of 300 people. It has two main political parties, the Republican and Democratic parties. The local elected officials are Mayor Nathan Larson and Town Council Members Kelsi Peterson, Joe Smith, and Kevin Davis. As a rural community, Moccasin generally leans conservative on most issues but all residents here share a strong sense of community and support their local leaders regardless of party affiliation. Residents are actively involved in the town's political process and many take advantage of opportunities to voice their opinions in person or through letters to the council members or mayor. The town also holds regular meetings for anyone interested in discussing current political topics or proposing new ideas to improve the quality of life in Moccasin.
The political climate in Zip 59462 (Moccasin, MT) is strongly conservative.
Judith Basin County, MT is very conservative. In Judith Basin County, MT 20.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Judith Basin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 20.5%.
Judith Basin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59462 (Moccasin, MT) is strongly conservative.
Moccasin, Montana is strongly conservative.
Judith Basin 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.
Moccasin, 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 59462 (Moccasin)
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 4 contributions totaling $1,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)