Silver Gate leans slightly Republican by roughly 8 points: about 46% of voters vote Democratic and 54% Republican.
About 72% of adults in Silver Gate typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Silver Gate, ~33% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Silver Gate compares
Silver Gate runs about 11 points more Democratic than Montana as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Silver Gate. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+34) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+4), a spread of about 29 points.
Why Silver Gate 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 Silver Gate, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. Fewer than 1% of residents in Silver Gate live in densely developed areas, about 12 points below the Montana average of 13%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Silver Gate, 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 Silver Gate looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. More than 99% of adults in Silver Gate 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.
Nearby Cities
- Jardine, MT R+6
- Limestone, MT R+49
- Fishtail, MT R+40
- Yellowstone National Park, WY R+46
- Roscoe, MT R+39
- Gardiner, MT R+6
- Nye, MT R+40
- Luther, MT R+35
- Washoe, MT R+19
Cities with Similar Populations
- Yosemite Junction, CA D+16
- Leaf, MS R+61
- Marion Forks, OR D+2
- Taylorsville, OH R+68
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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.