Philipsburg, MT 59858 is a small town located in Granite County with a population of around 1,000. Despite its small size, Philipsburg is an active and engaged community when it comes to politics. The town has electeds officials representing the local government, with the mayor and city council members leading the way. Members of the Philipsburg community regularly attend meetings and vote on local issues that affect their daily lives. Political elections are also held each year to determine who will represent Phillipsburg at the county, state and federal levels. The people of Philipsburg take part in meaningful conversations about local issues such as taxes, education and public safety. By participating in these conversations, they help to shape their hometown's future.
The political climate in Zip 59858 (Philipsburg, MT) is strongly conservative.
Granite County, MT is very conservative. In Granite County, MT 30.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Granite county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.4%.
Granite county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59858 (Philipsburg, MT) is strongly conservative.
Philipsburg, Montana is strongly conservative.
Granite 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.
Philipsburg, 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 59858 (Philipsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $6,319 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $3,562 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)