Superior, MT is a small town in Missoula County, located just north of the city of Missoula. It is a rural community surrounded by mountains and forests and has a population of around 2,500 people. Politically, Superior follows the larger state trends with the majority of voters tending to vote Democrat. The local politics for Superior are based mainly on issues that affect the local community such as budgeting for infrastructure projects, providing services to residents, and protecting natural resources. During elections, voters from Superior will typically see two or three candidates representing different parties running for local offices such as Mayor or Town Council Member. The campaigns for these positions tend to be cordial with candidates focusing on their stances on specific issues instead of attacking each other personally.
The political climate in Zip 59872 (Superior, MT) is very conservative.
Mineral County, MT is very conservative. In Mineral County, MT 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mineral county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.3% to 26.8%.
Mineral county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59872 (Superior, MT) is very conservative.
Superior, Montana is very conservative.
Mineral 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.
Superior, 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 59872 (Superior)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 796 contributions totaling $14,770 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $10,844 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)