59758 West Yellowstone, MT is a small town in Montana with a population of around 1,200 people. The small size of the town has allowed for small town politics and local government to take effect. The mayor of West Yellowstone is Bill Bronson who has been in office since 2007 and has been actice in the community through his involvement with the local Chamber of Commerce and other community initiatives. There are several other members of the local government like City Council Members, Fire Chief, Police Captain and more. These individuals work hard to ensure that any issues or concerns of residents are addressed and that the community remains safe and prosperous. With such a tight-knit community, local politics makes sure that West Yellowstone remains an ideal place to live.
The political climate in Zip 59758 (West Yellowstone, MT) is leaning liberal.
Gallatin County, MT is leaning liberal. In Gallatin County, MT 52.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gallatin county remained moderately Democratic, 52.2% to 44.6%.
Gallatin county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59758 (West Yellowstone, MT) is leaning liberal.
West Yellowstone, Montana is leaning liberal.
Gallatin County, Montana is leaning liberal.
Bozeman Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
West Yellowstone, Montana: R R d r d 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 59758 (West Yellowstone)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 331 contributions totaling $23,691 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)