The small city of Whitefish, MT (59937) is located in the northwestern part of Montana and is situated in a rural area surrounded by forests and mountains. While it is a relatively small community, politics in the area are still an important part of the local culture. Although it does not have many local political candidates running for office, Whitefish voters still pay close attention to statewide and national election cycles. The citizens of Whitefish believe strongly in upholding their core values such as preserving natural resources, promoting sustainable growth and development, and supporting small businesses. The people of Whitefish also value maintaining the strong sense of community that exists there; participation in local government is seen as a way to ensure that these values continue to be upheld.
The political climate in Zip 59937 (Whitefish, MT) is moderately conservative.
Flathead County, MT is strongly conservative. In Flathead County, MT 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Flathead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 33.8%.
Flathead county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59937 (Whitefish, MT) is moderately conservative.
Whitefish, Montana is moderately conservative.
Flathead County, Montana is strongly conservative.
Kalispell Metro Area is strongly 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.
Whitefish, 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 59937 (Whitefish)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,876 contributions totaling $387,907 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 569 contributions totaling $340,160 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $598 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)