59486 Valier, MT is a small town in Pondera County with a population of about 500 people. It is located in the heart of Montana and is an agricultural community with a long history of farming and ranching. The local politics in Valier are led by the Mayor, who is elected every four years. The current mayor is John Smith, who has been in office since 2017. Valier also has three city council members who are elected to serve staggered terms of two and four years. These council members oversee the day-to-day operations of the town and work together to make decisions that benefit all citizens. Valier also sends two representatives to the Pondera County government, where they help shape laws affecting rural communities across the county.
The political climate in Zip 59486 (Valier, MT) is strongly conservative.
Pondera County, MT is very conservative. In Pondera County, MT 30.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pondera county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.2%.
Pondera county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59486 (Valier, MT) is strongly conservative.
Valier, Montana is strongly conservative.
Pondera 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.
Valier, 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 59486 (Valier)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $315 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $10,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $808 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)