Don't know where you get your info from but North Western Montana is solid red, except for the Indian reservations, tiny areas of blue. While there are some pockets that are very liberal (Whitefish), NW Montana continues to be a conservative stronghold.
Kalispell was nice and your right, huge Indian reservation to the east and unfortuntely there is much poverty
Yes, most rural Montana is quite red, thank goodness. BTW the Yak river has some BIG fish in it.
But since Missoula, Helena, and Bozeman are full of liberal pukes, its good to see the biggest city in the state, Billings, full of good old boys and gals.