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State record · MT

Montana

4 electoral votes in 202456 counties on record

The Margin, Cycle by Cycle

Two-party margin from county-summed returns · split EV counts annotated from 1976
D+20R+20D+40R+40D+60R+60·1868·····18881892: R+3.2 two-party · 44,461 votes1896: D+60.6 two-party · 53,330 votes1900: D+19.0 two-party · 63,856 votes1904: R+21.8 two-party · 63,568 votes1908: R+4.8 two-party · 69,233 votes19081912: D+20.5 two-party · 80,256 votes1916: D+20.4 two-party · 177,679 votes1920: R+31.0 two-party · 179,709 votes1924: R+37.3 two-party · 174,734 votes1928: R+18.1 two-party · 194,377 votes19281932: D+24.0 two-party · 216,774 votes1936: D+43.0 two-party · 230,502 votes1940: D+18.8 two-party · 247,873 votes1944: D+9.4 two-party · 207,365 votes1948: D+10.3 two-party · 224,272 votes19481952: R+19.4 two-party · 265,037 votes1956: R+14.3 two-party · 271,171 votes1960: R+2.5 two-party · 277,579 votes1964: D+18.5 two-party · 278,628 votes1968: R+9.8 two-party · 274,404 votes19681972: R+21.0 two-party · 317,603 votes1976: R+7.6 two-party · 328,734 votes · 4 EV1980: R+27.3 two-party · 363,952 votes · 4 EV1984: R+22.6 two-party · 384,377 votes · 4 EV1988: R+6.0 two-party · 365,674 votes · 4 EV19881992: D+3.4 two-party · 410,583 votes · 3 EV1996: R+3.4 two-party · 407,083 votes · 3 EV2000: R+27.3 two-party · 410,986 votes · 3 EV2004: R+21.0 two-party · 450,434 votes · 3 EV2008: R+2.3 two-party · 490,109 votes · 3 EV20082012: R+14.1 two-party · 484,048 votes · 3 EV2016: R+22.2 two-party · 494,526 votes · 3 EV2020: R+16.8 two-party · 603,674 votes · 3 EV2024: R+20.6 two-party · 602,963 votes · 4 EV2024

Bars clip at ±70 two-party points. Click a bar to open that election. Per-state electoral-vote detail is staged from 1976; the dot rows mark cycles with no returns (e.g. unreconstructed Southern states, 1868–72).

Every County, the Long Way

Two-party Democratic share, 1868–2024 · dashed line = 50%
BeaverheadR+44.9
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Big HornR+1.8
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BlaineR+6.2
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BroadwaterR+62.0
32 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CarbonR+33.5
33 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CarterR+82.0
27 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CascadeR+23.0
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ChouteauR+33.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CusterR+50.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DanielsR+67.0
27 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DawsonR+60.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Deer LodgeD+1.0
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
FallonR+77.8
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FergusR+53.1
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FlatheadR+34.7
33 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GallatinD+3.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
GarfieldR+90.2
27 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GlacierD+20.4
27 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
Golden ValleyR+73.6
27 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GraniteR+45.3
33 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HillR+19.0
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JeffersonR+37.6
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Judith BasinR+59.7
26 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LakeR+20.6
26 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Lewis and ClarkR+5.9
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LibertyR+55.7
27 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LincolnR+54.6
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MadisonR+46.4
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
McConeR+75.7
27 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MeagherR+55.2
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MineralR+49.7
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MissoulaD+22.2
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
MusselshellR+73.1
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ParkR+8.0
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PetroleumR+76.9
25 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PhillipsR+64.0
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PonderaR+43.2
27 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Powder RiverR+76.1
27 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PowellR+55.3
31 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PrairieR+63.5
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RavalliR+41.7
33 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RichlandR+69.9
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RooseveltR+10.0
27 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RosebudR+38.5
31 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SandersR+56.6
30 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SheridanR+44.4
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Silver BowD+7.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
StillwaterR+63.3
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Sweet GrassR+54.6
33 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TetonR+46.4
33 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TooleR+58.2
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TreasureR+73.1
27 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ValleyR+52.7
33 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WheatlandR+60.3
27 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WibauxR+73.4
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
YellowstoneR+28.0
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican