The small town of Sula, Montana (59871) is nestled in the depths of the beautiful Bitterroot Valley. With a population just over 200, it is a close-knit, rural community that values its independence and local traditions. As such, there is an active political involvement among the citizens of Sula. Local elections often bring out many prospective candidates who are eager to make their voices heard and serve their neighbours. Although many issues facing Sula involve county or state-wide topics like taxes or regulations, those residing in Sula still have a say on how their own community develops and grows. From time to time, special interest groups also become involved in local politics and help to sway public opinion on certain issues. Consequently, politics in Sula can be quite lively and engaged – all thanks to the citizens who take an interest in their own future.
The political climate in Zip 59871 (Sula, MT) is strongly conservative.
Ravalli County, MT is very conservative. In Ravalli County, MT 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ravalli county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.7%.
Ravalli county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59871 (Sula, MT) is strongly conservative.
Sula, Montana is strongly conservative.
Ravalli 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.
Sula, 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 59871 (Sula)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $2,680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)