The small town of Wise River, MT (59762) is home to a population of just over 350 people. It is located in Beaverhead County and the politics of the area are largely driven by local issues that are important to the community. The county's elections for local offices like county commissioner, sheriff and district attorney are often very competitive and hotly contested. Candidates typically hold public forums and debates in order to reach out to constituents who share their values and beliefs so that they may be elected. Local issues such as land conservation, infrastructure development, education funding, healthcare access, and economic development are often at the forefront of discussions during election cycles. Residents take part in the democratic process by voting for candidates they believe will best serve their interests and those of their community.
The political climate in Zip 59762 (Wise River, MT) is very conservative.
Beaverhead County, MT is very conservative. In Beaverhead County, MT 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaverhead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.4%.
Beaverhead county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59762 (Wise River, MT) is very conservative.
Wise River, Montana is very conservative.
Beaverhead 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.
Wise River, 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 59762 (Wise River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $2,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)