Turner, MT (59542) is a community in Cascade County, Montana. Although the city itself does not have any local political candidates, the county does have an active political landscape. The Cascade County Board of Commissioners governs the county and is made up of five elected members from various districts within the county. Other elected offices include a Sheriff, Clerk and Recorder, Assessor, Coroner and Surveyor. As with most counties in Montana and across the US, there are party affiliations among these officeholders. In Cascade County there tends to be a larger percentage of Republican-leaning candidates than Democratic-leaning candidates who are voted into office. This reflects an overall preference for Republican policies among Turner’s residents. Therefore when citizens of Turner vote in elections at either local or national levels they are likely to cast their ballots for candidates who reflect their own conservative values.
The political climate in Zip 59542 (Turner, MT) is leaning conservative.
Blaine County, MT is leaning liberal. In Blaine County, MT 51.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blaine county flipped Democratic, 51.0% to 47.1%.
Blaine county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59542 (Turner, MT) is leaning conservative.
Turner, Montana is leaning conservative.
Blaine County, Montana is leaning liberal.
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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.
Turner, Montana: r r D D r d
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 59542 (Turner)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)