Galata, MT is a small rural town located in the northwestern part of the state. With a population of just over 600 people, Galata is home to a tight-knit community full of hardworking folks passionate about their local area. Politically, the residents of Galata are largely conservative and tend to support candidates from the Republican Party. Although there are no current local political candidates in the area, many of the citizens actively participate in politics at the state and national level as well as have opinions on current issues. As one of Montana's smaller communities, Galata enjoys having access to local government officials and staying up to date with topics that affect their hometown.
The political climate in Zip 59444 (Galata, MT) is very conservative.
Toole County, MT is very conservative. In Toole County, MT 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Toole county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.3% to 22.0%.
Toole county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59444 (Galata, MT) is very conservative.
Galata, Montana is very conservative.
Toole 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.
Galata, 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 59444 (Galata)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $750 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)