59065 Pray, Montana is a small rural town in the western part of the state. The politics in this area are typically focused on local issues like schools, infrastructure, and land use. The majority of residents here tend to lean conservative and are strongly supportive of keeping taxes low and protecting local businesses. Candidates running for office in Pray have to be very mindful of these particular political views when making decisions. When it comes to state-level issues, Pray residents are usually split between the Republican and Democratic Parties. In general, the people of Pray prioritize individual liberty, small government, and responsible spending. Overall, the politics in 59065 Pray, Montana largely reflects that found within most rural areas throughout the United States.
The political climate in Zip 59065 (Pray, MT) is somewhat conservative.
Park County, MT is leaning conservative. In Park County, MT 45.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Park county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.6%.
Park county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 59065 (Pray, MT) is somewhat conservative.
Pray, Montana is somewhat conservative.
Park County, Montana is leaning 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.
Pray, 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 59065 (Pray)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $38,807 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $29,720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $901 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)