Bozeman Mayor Jeff Krauss says the politics of Gallatin County are like a “jelly doughnut” — Democratic blue at its core and Republican red in the outlying areas.

The “blue,” of course, is the urban core of Bozeman, where Democrats routinely get elected by comfortable margins, while the “red” is the Republican suburbs and rural areas of the county ...

Bozeman Mayor Jeff Krauss says the politics of Gallatin County are like a “jelly doughnut” – Democratic blue at its core and Republican red in the outlying areas.

On Nov. 7, 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump posted on Truth Social an image of a map showing American counties, each displaying either a red or blue color. Red — the color associated with ...

The red-blue divide in American politics extends beyond culture and mask-wearing habits, but also to health. Indeed, residents of Democrat-leaning counties are seeing fewer premature deaths than ...

Homicide rates in red counties, on the other hand, ranged from 3.90 per 100,000 people between 2002 and 2008 to 4.16 per 100,000 people between 2014 and 2020, while in blue counties these rates ...

But Montana's road to red started in 1997, the year the state started consistently electing Republicans to the House of Representatives. NAVY SEAL OUSTS 3-TERM SEN. JON TESTER IN MONTANA SENATE RACE ...

Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a two-day series on the divided political landscape in Montana, which is neither “red” nor “blue,” but somewhere in between.