59644 Townsend, MT is a small town in Montana's Broadwater County that is home to just over 900 residents. Though the population size of 59644 Townsend, MT is relatively small, it still has an active political landscape. The Town Board serves as the local government and they work hard to ensure that the small town remains economically and politically stable. Local elections are held regularly where voters can choose from a variety of candidates representing different views and backgrounds. All citizens in 59644 Townsend, MT regardless of background have an opportunity to become involved in politics by casting their votes in these local elections or running for office themselves.
The political climate in Zip 59644 (Townsend, MT) is very conservative.
Broadwater County, MT is very conservative. In Broadwater County, MT 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Broadwater county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 20.4%.
Broadwater county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59644 (Townsend, MT) is very conservative.
Townsend, Montana is very conservative.
Broadwater 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.
Townsend, 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 59644 (Townsend)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $10,845 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $13,124 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $469 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)