Montana’s Political Clout Rankings

March 19, 2009 in Denny Rehberg, Jon Tester, Max Baucus, Montana

by jhwygirl

While the State of Montana ranks just 41 in political clout, its congressional representation fairs fares much better.

On a clout-per-member basis, Montana ranks 6.

Capitol Hill publication Roll Call just dished out its biennial rankings, which are based on a number of things including size of delegation, positions on committees and the importance of those committees, seniority, spread of members in the majority party, and per-capita federal dollars put into the state.

Funny. We’d probably gain to 40 in the state ranking if we ditched Denny and elected a Democrat. Notice how Minnesota will drop a slot if it ends up that Norm Coleman (somehow) comes out on top.