The small town of Proctor, MT (59929) is a rural area with a population of approximately 1,100 people according to the 2019 census. Politically, the town leans heavily to the Republican Party and has a long history of supporting conservative candidates in state and local elections. In recent years, Proctor has been represented by Representative Steve Daines who was first elected to Montana’s lone congressional seat in 2014. School Board Trustees in Proctor are also typically from the Republican Party and currently include long-time residents such as Liz Minkema and Mike Davis. The Town Council is composed of five elected officials who are responsible for handling local government matters and making decisions about town ordinances. All five current council members are affiliated with the Republican Party as well. Despite its small size, Proctor is an active participant in American politics on both sides of the aisle and its citizens take pride in their role in shaping local policies that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 59929 (Proctor, MT) is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, MT is somewhat conservative. In Lake County, MT 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.6%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59929 (Proctor, MT) is somewhat conservative.
Proctor, Montana is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, Montana is somewhat 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.
Proctor, Montana: R R d 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 59929 (Proctor)
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)