Elections in Montana

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Elections in Montana" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

United States presidential election results for Montana^[1]

Year	Republican		Democratic		Third party
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
2020	343,602	56.92%	244,786	40.55%	15,286	2.53%
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 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 2016 2018 2020 2022 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 2024 Senate elections 2016 2018 2020 2022 House of Representatives elections 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
Ballot measures 1894 Capital referendum 2004 Initiative 96 2012 Referendum 121 2016 Initiative 182 2020 Initiative 190
v t e

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

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

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

1892 elections

• United States presidential election in Montana, 1892

1896 elections

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

• United States presidential election in Montana, 1896

1900s

1900 elections

First election to include Broadwater County

• United States presidential election in Montana, 1900

1904 elections

First election to include Powell and Rosebud counties.

• United States presidential election in Montana, 1904

1908 elections

First election to include Sanders County

• United States presidential election in Montana, 1908

1910s

1912 elections

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

• United States presidential election in Montana, 1912

1916 elections

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

• United States Senate election in Montana, 1918

1920s

1920 elections

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

• United States presidential election in Montana, 1920

1922 elections

• United States Senate election in Montana, 1922

1924 elections

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

First election to include Petroleum County.

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

1930s

• United States Senate election in Montana, 1930

1932 elections

• United States presidential election in Montana, 1932

1934 elections

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

1936 elections

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

1940s

1940 elections

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

1942 elections

• United States Senate election in Montana, 1942

1944 elections

• United States presidential election in Montana, 1944

1946 elections

• United States Senate election in Montana, 1946

1948 elections

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

1950s

1952 elections

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

1954 elections

• United States Senate election in Montana, 1954

1956 elections

• United States presidential election in Montana, 1956

1958 elections

• United States Senate election in Montana, 1958

1960s

1960 elections

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

1964 elections

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

1966 elections

• United States Senate election in Montana, 1966

1968 elections

• United States presidential election in Montana, 1968

1970s

1970 elections

• United States Senate election in Montana, 1970

1972 elections

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

1976 elections

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

1978 elections

• United States Senate election in Montana, 1978

1980s

1980 elections

• United States presidential election in Montana, 1980

1982 elections

• United States Senate election in Montana, 1982

1984 elections

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

1988 elections

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

1990s

1990 elections

• United States Senate election in Montana, 1990

1992 elections

• United States presidential election in Montana, 1992

1994 elections

• United States Senate election in Montana, 1994

1996 elections

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

2000s

2000 elections

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

2002 elections

• United States Senate election in Montana, 2002

2004 elections

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

2006 elections

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

2008 elections

• 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

2010 elections

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

2012 elections

• 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

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

2016 elections

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

2018 elections

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

2020s

2020 elections

• 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

• 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Montana

2024 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

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

References

Works cited

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

External links

• 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