Shawmut, Montana is a small rural community located in Cascade County. It has a population of around 400 residents, and it is known for its friendly atmosphere and peaceful setting. In terms of politics, Shawmut remains largely a conservative voting town. The county itself tends to lean Republican in primary elections, and local candidates usually run on traditional values such as family, faith, patriotism, and fiscal responsibility. Most recently, the 2020 election saw Shawmut voting strongly Republican with 73 percent of voters casting their ballots for President Trump. With so few registered voters in the community though, local races can often be unpredictable with many candidates running on similar platforms. The result is typically close races that truly reflect the desires of the citizens of Shawmut and not necessarily those of any broader political party.
The political climate in Zip 59078 (Shawmut, MT) is very conservative.
Wheatland County, MT is very conservative. In Wheatland County, MT 21.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wheatland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 21.1%.
Wheatland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59078 (Shawmut, MT) is very conservative.
Shawmut, Montana is very conservative.
Wheatland 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.
Shawmut, 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 59078 (Shawmut)
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 3 contributions totaling $3,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)