Shelby, Montana is a small city located in the northern part of the state. It is a small town with a population of around 5,000 people. In terms of politics, Shelby has traditionally leaned towards conservative values and policies. The local government is made up of five commissioners who are elected by residents every four years. Currently, Shelby is represented in the Montana Legislature by Republican Senator Steve Daines and Republican Representative Matt Rosendale. At the national level, Shelby is represented by Republican Senator Steve Daines and Congressman Greg Gianforte. The 59474 zip code also includes two smaller towns, Sunburst and Loma, whose residents have similar political views to those living in Shelby. Overall, politics in 59474 Shelby typically lean towards conservative principles and policies.
The political climate in Zip 59474 (Shelby, MT) is strongly conservative.
Toole County, MT is very conservative. In Toole County, MT 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Toole county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.3% to 22.0%.
Toole county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59474 (Shelby, MT) is strongly conservative.
Shelby, Montana is strongly conservative.
Toole 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.
Shelby, 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 59474 (Shelby)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 147 contributions totaling $6,803 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $20,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)