Zurich, Montana is a small rural community located in Liberty County. It has a population of less than 500 people, and is the county seat for Liberty County. The local politics of Zurich are largely focused on preserving the rural character of the area while also supporting growth and development. The main issues that come up in political discourse involve land use, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and protecting the environment. Local candidates running for office tend to be concerned with maintaining the quality of life in Zurich and promoting economic growth at the same time. In recent years, there have been efforts made to increase infrastructure investment in order to attract new businesses and create more jobs within the community. Additionally, many candidates prioritize preserving the natural beauty and rural charm of Zurich by limiting certain types of development or land uses that could harm its unique character.
The political climate in Zip 59547 (Zurich, 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 59547 (Zurich, MT) is leaning conservative.
Zurich, 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.
Zurich, 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 59547 (Zurich)
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 5 contributions totaling $658 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)