59344 is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.
About 71% of adults in 59344 typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in 59344, ~8% vote Democratic, ~64% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How 59344 compares
59344 sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable zip codes nearby.
59344 runs about 58 points more Republican than Montana as a whole.
Why 59344 leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per zip code to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for 59344, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 74% of households in 59344 are family households, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and 59344 sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 95% of zip codes).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; 59344, MT sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in 59344 looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. More than 99% of adults in 59344 have completed high school, about 6 points above the Montana average of 94%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Montana Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.