The politics in 59483 Sun River, MT are heavily influenced by the unique rural landscape of the area. This small town is part of Lewis and Clark County, which is represented at the state level by Senate Majority Leader Bob Brown and House Minority Leader Casey Schreiner. The town itself has a mayor, Pat Jansen, who was elected in 2017. Jansen has been instrumental in leading numerous initiatives to better the lives of Sun River’s residents. Despite its small size, 59483 Sun River still plays an important role in Montana's politics and has an outsized voice relative to its population.
The political climate in Zip 59483 (Sun River, 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 59483 (Sun River, MT) is moderately conservative.
Sun River, 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.
Sun River, 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 59483 (Sun River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $3,850 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $7,063 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $642 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)