Simms, MT is located in Valley County and is home to a diverse population of people with a variety of political leanings. While the town does not have any local political candidates, many residents are passionate about their views and actively engage in political discourse. There are often heated debates among the community on various national issues, from healthcare to foreign policy. Many people take a stance on each issue depending on their personal experiences and beliefs. Residents also come together for local events such as town hall meetings where they can speak up and voice their opinions. Simms is known as an area of lively discussion about politics even though there are no local candidates, and it is evident that the people here care deeply about the well-being of their community and country.
The political climate in Zip 59477 (Simms, MT) is moderately conservative.
Cascade County, MT is moderately conservative. In Cascade County, MT 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cascade county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 38.8%.
Cascade county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59477 (Simms, MT) is moderately conservative.
Simms, Montana is moderately conservative.
Cascade County, Montana is moderately conservative.
Great Falls Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Simms, 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 59477 (Simms)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $158 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $3,284 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)