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United States presidential election results for Montana[1] Year  | Republican | Democratic | Third party(ies)

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No.  | % | No.  | % | No.  | %
2024 | 352,079  | 58.27% | 231,906  | 38.38%  | 20,196  | 3.34%
2020 | 343,602  | 56.74% | 244,786  | 40.42%  | 17,182  | 2.84%
2016 | 279,240  | 55.65% | 177,709  | 35.41%  | 44,873  | 8.94%
2012 | 267,928  | 55.30% | 201,839  | 41.66%  | 14,717  | 3.04%
2008 | 243,882  | 49.49% | 232,159  | 47.11%  | 16,709  | 3.39%
2004 | 266,063  | 59.07% | 173,710  | 38.56%  | 10,672  | 2.37%
2000 | 240,178  | 58.44% | 137,126  | 33.36%  | 33,693  | 8.20%
1996 | 179,652  | 44.11% | 167,922  | 41.23%  | 59,687  | 14.66%
1992 | 144,207  | 35.12%  | 154,507  | 37.63% | 111,897  | 27.25%
1988 | 190,412  | 52.07% | 168,936  | 46.20%  | 6,326  | 1.73%
1984 | 232,450  | 60.47% | 146,742  | 38.18%  | 5,185  | 1.35%
1980 | 206,814  | 56.82% | 118,032  | 32.43%  | 39,106  | 10.74%
1976 | 173,703  | 52.84% | 149,259  | 45.40%  | 5,772  | 1.76%
1972 | 183,976  | 57.93% | 120,197  | 37.85%  | 13,430  | 4.23%
1968 | 138,835  | 50.60% | 114,117  | 41.59%  | 21,452  | 7.82%
1964 | 113,032  | 40.57%  | 164,246  | 58.95% | 1,350  | 0.48%
1960 | 141,841  | 51.10% | 134,891  | 48.60%  | 847  | 0.31%
1956 | 154,933  | 57.13% | 116,238  | 42.87%  | 0  | 0.00%
1952 | 157,394  | 59.39% | 106,213  | 40.07%  | 1,430  | 0.54%
1948 | 96,770  | 43.15%  | 119,071  | 53.09% | 8,437  | 3.76%
1944 | 93,163  | 44.93%  | 112,556  | 54.28% | 1,636  | 0.79%
1940 | 99,579  | 40.17%  | 145,698  | 58.78% | 2,596  | 1.05%
1936 | 63,598  | 27.59%  | 159,690  | 69.28% | 7,224  | 3.13%
1932 | 78,078  | 36.07%  | 127,286  | 58.80% | 11,115  | 5.13%
1928 | 113,300  | 58.37% | 78,578  | 40.48%  | 2,230  | 1.15%
1924 | 74,138  | 42.50% | 33,805  | 19.38%  | 66,480  | 38.11%
1920 | 109,430  | 61.13% | 57,372  | 32.05%  | 12,204  | 6.82%
1916 | 66,750  | 37.57%  | 101,063  | 56.88% | 9,866  | 5.55%
1912 | 18,512  | 23.19%  | 27,941  | 35.00% | 33,373  | 41.81%
1908 | 32,333  | 46.98% | 29,326  | 42.61%  | 7,163  | 10.41%
1904 | 34,932  | 54.21% | 21,773  | 33.79%  | 7,739  | 12.01%
1900 | 25,409  | 39.79%  | 37,311  | 58.43% | 1,136  | 1.78%
1896 | 10,509  | 19.71%  | 42,628  | 79.93% | 193  | 0.36%
1892 | 18,871  | 42.44% | 17,690  | 39.79%  | 7,900  | 17.77%
Elections in Montana

Federal government

|  Presidential elections

* 1892
* 1896
* 1900
* 1904
* 1908
* 1912
* 1916
* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1940
* 1944
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Presidential primaries

Democratic
2000
2004
2008
2016
2020
2024

Republican
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
U.S. Senate elections

* 1890
* 1895
* 1895 sp
* 1899
* 1901
* 1901 sp
* 1905
* 1907
* 1911
* 1913
* 1916
* 1918
* 1922
* 1924
* 1928
* 1930
* 1934
* 1934 sp
* 1936
* 1940
* 1942
* 1946
* 1948
* 1952
* 1954
* 1958
* 1960
* 1964
* 1966
* 1970
* 1972
* 1976
* 1978
* 1982
* 1984
* 1988
* 1990
* 1994
* 1996
* 2000
* 2002
* 2006
* 2008
* 2012
* 2014
* 2018
* 2020
* 2024
* 2026

U.S. House of Representatives elections

* 1889
* 1890
* 1892
* 1894
* 1896
* 1898
* 1900
* 1902
* 1904
* 1906
* 1908
* 1910
* 1912
* 1914
* 1916
* 1918
* 1920
* 1922
* 1924
* 1926
* 1928
* 1930
* 1932
* 1934
* 1936
* 1938
* 1940
* 1942
* 1944
* 1945
* 2nd sp
* 1946
* 1948
* 1950
* 1952
* 1954
* 1956
* 1958
* 1960
* 1962
* 1964
* 1966
* 1968
* 1969
* 2nd sp
* 1970
* 1972
* 1974
* 1976
* 1978
* 1980
* 1982
* 1984
* 1986
* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2017
* AL sp
* 2018
* 2020
* 2022
* 2024

State government

|  General elections

* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2020
* 2022
* 2024

Gubernatorial elections

* 1889
* 1892
* 1896
* 1900
* 1904
* 1908
* 1912
* 1916
* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1940
* 1944
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Secretary of State elections

* 2020
* 2024

Attorney General elections

* 2020
* 2024

State Auditor elections

* 2020
* 2024

Senate elections

* 2016
* 2018
* 2020
* 2022
* 2024

House of Representatives elections

* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2020
* 2022
* 2024

Ballot measures

1894
Capital referendum
2004
Initiative 96
2012
Referendum 121
2016
Initiative 182
2020
Initiative 190
2022
Referendum 131
2024
Initiative 128

Billings

|  Mayoral elections

* 2001
* 2005
* 2009
* 2013
* 2017
* 2021
* 2025

Missoula

|  Mayoral elections

* 2001
* 2005
* 2009
* 2013
* 2017
* 2021
* 2023 sp
* 2025

Great Falls

|  Mayoral elections

* 2001
* 2005
* 2009
* 2013
* 2017
* 2021
* 2025

Bozeman

|  Mayoral elections

* 2001
* 2005
* 2009
* 2013
* 2017
* 2021
* 2025

Helena

|  Mayoral elections

* 2001
* 2005
* 2009
* 2013
* 2017
* 2021
* 2025

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Original 9 Montana counties

Montana became a territory May 28, 1864 and the first delegation created nine counties: Beaverhead, Big Horn (renamed Custer in 1877), Chouteau, Deer Lodge, Gallatin, Jefferson, Edgerton (renamed Lewis and Clark in 1867), Madison, and Missoula. Montana became a state on November 8, 1889.

Montana has a history of voters splitting their tickets and filling elected offices with individuals from both parties. Through the mid-20th century, the state had a tradition of "sending the liberals to Washington and the conservatives to Helena". Between 1988 and 2006, the pattern flipped, with voters more likely to elect conservatives to federal offices. There have also been long-term shifts in party control. From 1968 through 1988, the state was dominated by the Democratic Party, with Democratic governors for a 20-year period, and a Democratic majority of both the national congressional delegation and during many sessions of the state legislature. This pattern shifted, beginning with the 1988 election when Montana elected a Republican governor for the first time since 1964 and sent a Republican to the U.S. Senate for the first time since 1948. This shift continued with the reapportionment of the state's legislative districts that took effect in 1994, when the Republican Party took control of both chambers of the state legislature, consolidating a Republican party dominance that lasted until the 2004 reapportionment produced more swing districts and a brief period of Democratic legislative majorities in the mid-2000s.

Montana has voted for the Republican nominee in all but two presidential elections since 1952.[2] The state last supported a Democrat for president in 1992, when Bill Clinton won a plurality victory. However, since 1889 the state has voted for Democratic governors 60 percent of the time, and Republican governors 40 percent of the time. In the 2008 presidential election, Montana was considered a swing state and was ultimately won by Republican John McCain by a narrow margin of two percent.

In a 2020 study, Montana was ranked as the 21st easiest state for citizens to vote in.[3]

## 1890s

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Included representatives from additional territorial counties: Meagher (1866), Dawson (1869), Silver Bow (1881), Yellowstone (1883), Fergus (1885), Park (1887), and Cascade (1887)

Montana county map 1890

### 1892 elections

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* United States presidential election in Montana, 1892

### 1896 elections

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First election to include Flathead, Valley, Teton, Ravalli, Granite, Carbon, and Sweet Grass counties.

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1896

## 1900s

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Montana county map 1900

### 1900 elections

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First election to include Broadwater County

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1900

### 1904 elections

[edit]

First election to include Powell and Rosebud counties.

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1904

### 1908 elections

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First election to include Sanders County

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1908

## 1910s

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Montana county map 1910

### 1912 elections

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First election to include Lincoln, Musselshell, Hill and Blaine counties.

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1912

### 1916 elections

[edit]

First election to include Big Horn, Stillwater, Sheridan, Fallon, Toole, Richland, Mineral, Wibaux, Phillips, and Prairie counties.

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1916

### 1918 elections

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* United States Senate election in Montana, 1918

## 1920s

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Montana county map 1920

### 1920 elections

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First election to include Liberty, Golden Valley, and Daniels counties.

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1920

### 1922 elections

[edit]

* United States Senate election in Montana, 1922

### 1924 elections

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First election to include Judith Basin and Lake counties.

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1924
* United States Senate election in Montana, 1924

### 1928 elections

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First election to include Petroleum County.

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1928
* United States Senate election in Montana, 1928

## 1930s

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Montana county map 1930 (current)

* United States Senate election in Montana, 1930

### 1932 elections

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* United States presidential election in Montana, 1932

### 1934 elections

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* United States Senate election in Montana, 1934
* United States Senate special election in Montana, 1934

### 1936 elections

[edit]

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1936
* United States Senate election in Montana, 1936

## 1940s

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### 1940 elections

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* United States presidential election in Montana, 1940
* United States Senate election in Montana, 1940

### 1942 elections

[edit]

* United States Senate election in Montana, 1942

### 1944 elections

[edit]

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1944

### 1946 elections

[edit]

* United States Senate election in Montana, 1946

### 1948 elections

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* United States presidential election in Montana, 1948
* United States Senate election in Montana, 1948

## 1950s

[edit]

### 1952 elections

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* United States presidential election in Montana, 1952
* United States Senate election in Montana, 1952

### 1954 elections

[edit]

* United States Senate election in Montana, 1954

### 1956 elections

[edit]

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1956

### 1958 elections

[edit]

* United States Senate election in Montana, 1958

## 1960s

[edit]

### 1960 elections

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* United States presidential election in Montana, 1960
* United States Senate election in Montana, 1960

### 1964 elections

[edit]

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1964
* United States Senate election in Montana, 1964

### 1966 elections

[edit]

* United States Senate election in Montana, 1966

### 1968 elections

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* United States presidential election in Montana, 1968

## 1970s

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### 1970 elections

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* United States Senate election in Montana, 1970

### 1972 elections

[edit]

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1972
* United States Senate election in Montana, 1972

### 1976 elections

[edit]

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1976
* United States Senate election in Montana, 1976

### 1978 elections

[edit]

* United States Senate election in Montana, 1978

## 1980s

[edit]

### 1980 elections

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* United States presidential election in Montana, 1980

### 1982 elections

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* United States Senate election in Montana, 1982

### 1984 elections

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* United States presidential election in Montana, 1984
* United States Senate election in Montana, 1984

### 1988 elections

[edit]

* United States presidential election in Montana, 1988
* United States Senate election in Montana, 1988

## 1990s

[edit]

### 1990 elections

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* United States Senate election in Montana, 1990

### 1992 elections

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* United States presidential election in Montana, 1992

### 1994 elections

[edit]

* United States Senate election in Montana, 1994

### 1996 elections

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* United States presidential election in Montana, 1996
* United States Senate election in Montana, 1996

## 2000s

[edit]

### 2000 elections

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* United States presidential election in Montana, 2000
* United States Senate election in Montana, 2000

### 2002 elections

[edit]

* United States Senate election in Montana, 2002

### 2004 elections

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* United States presidential election in Montana, 2004
* Montana gubernatorial election, 2004

### 2006 elections

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* United States Senate election in Montana, 2006
* United States House of Representatives election in Montana, 2006

### 2008 elections

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* United States presidential election in Montana, 2008
* United States Senate election in Montana, 2008
* United States House of Representatives election in Montana, 2008
* Montana Democratic primary, 2008
* Montana Republican caucuses, 2008
* Montana gubernatorial election, 2008

## 2010s

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### 2010 elections

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* 2010 Montana elections
* 2010 United States House of Representatives election in Montana

### 2012 elections

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* 2012 United States presidential election in Montana
* 2012 United States Senate election in Montana
* 2012 United States House of Representatives election in Montana
* Montana Republican caucuses, 2012
* 2012 Montana gubernatorial election

### 2014 elections

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* 2014 United States Senate election in Montana
* 2014 Montana judicial elections

### 2016 elections

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* 2016 United States presidential election in Montana
* 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Montana
* 2016 Montana gubernatorial election

### 2018 elections

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* 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Montana
* 2018 United States Senate election in Montana

## 2020s

[edit]

### 2020 elections

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* 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Montana
* 2020 United States Senate election in Montana
* 2020 Montana gubernatorial election
* 2020 United States presidential election in Montana

### 2022 elections

[edit]

* 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Montana

### 2024 elections

[edit]

* 2024 Montana elections
* 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Montana
* 2024 United States Senate election in Montana
* 2024 Montana gubernatorial election
* 2024 United States presidential election in Montana

## See also

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* Political party strength in Montana
* United States presidential elections in Montana
* Women's suffrage in Montana

## References

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1. ^ Leip, David. "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Montana". US Election Atlas. Archived from the original on January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
2. ^ Montana 2012 Election 2013.
3. ^ J. Pomante II, Michael; Li, Quan (December 15, 2020). "Cost of Voting in the American States: 2020". Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy. 19 (4): 503–509\. doi:10.1089/elj.2020.0666. S2CID 225139517. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

### Works cited

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* "Montana 2012 Election". 270towin. 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.

## External links

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* Counties History
* Montana at Ballotpedia
* Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Montana", Voting & Elections Toolkits
* "Montana: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
* "League of Women Voters of Montana". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
* "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, "State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020"

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State of Montana

Helena (capital)

Topics|

* Index
* Climate change
* Congressional delegations
* Geography
* Government
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* History
* bibliography
* People
* Protected areas
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Society|

* Abortion
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* Culture
* Demographics
* Economy
* Education
* Gun laws
* Politics
* LGBT rights

Regions|

* Eastern Montana
* The Flathead
* Glacier National Park
* Regional designations of Montana
* Western Montana
* Yellowstone

Largest cities|

* Anaconda
* Belgrade
* Billings
* Bozeman
* Butte
* Columbia Falls
* Dillon
* Glendive
* Great Falls
* Hamilton
* Havre
* Helena
* Kalispell
* Laurel
* Lewistown
* Livingston
* Miles City
* Missoula
* Polson
* Sidney
* Whitefish

Counties|

* Beaverhead
* Big Horn
* Blaine
* Broadwater
* Carbon
* Carter
* Cascade
* Chouteau
* Custer
* Daniels
* Dawson
* Deer Lodge
* Fallon
* Fergus
* Flathead
* Gallatin
* Garfield
* Glacier
* Golden Valley
* Granite
* Hill
* Jefferson
* Judith Basin
* Lake
* Lewis and Clark
* Liberty
* Lincoln
* Madison
* McCone
* Meagher
* Mineral
* Missoula
* Musselshell
* Park
* Petroleum
* Phillips
* Pondera
* Powder River
* Powell
* Prairie
* Ravalli
* Richland
* Roosevelt
* Rosebud
* Sanders
* Sheridan
* Silver Bow
* Stillwater
* Sweet Grass
* Teton
* Toole
* Treasure
* Valley
* Wheatland
* Wibaux
* Yellowstone

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