Glacier Colony is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 39% of adults in Glacier Colony typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Glacier Colony, ~8% vote Democratic, ~31% Republican, and ~61% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Glacier Colony compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Glacier Colony leans more Republican than 3 of 8 neighbors.
Glacier Colony runs about 40 points more Republican than Montana as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Glacier Colony. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+65) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+5), a spread of about 60 points.
Why Glacier Colony leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Glacier Colony, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 7% of adults in Glacier Colony hold a bachelor's degree, about 22 points below the Montana average of 29%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Glacier Colony sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 95% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 87% of households in Glacier Colony are family households, above 98% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Glacier Colony, MT sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Glacier Colony looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Glacier Colony is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 50%, about 12 points below the Montana average of 62%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 23% of adults in Glacier Colony report food insecurity, above 87% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Santa Rita, MT R+65
- Kevin, MT R+64
- Sweet Grass, MT R+64
- Cut Bank, MT R+24
- Sunburst, MT R+62
- Little Browning, MT D+71
- Del Bonita, MT D+8
- Oilmont, MT R+61
- Ethridge, MT R+60
- Shelby, MT R+33
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zeeland, ND R+68
- Alexandria, NE R+68
- Plantersville, VA R+43
- Ordbend, CA R+51
- West Branch, NY R+50
- Montrose, NC Even
- Crittenden, NY R+43
- Mount Hebron, CA R+23
- Vale, WV R+67
- Dillon Beach, CA D+36
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.