# Elections in Montana

United States presidential election results for Montana :
| Year | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Third party(ies) | Third party(ies) |
| Year | 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
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State government
General elections
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Gubernatorial elections
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Secretary of State elections
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Attorney General elections
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State Auditor elections
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Senate elections
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House of Representatives elections
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Ballot measures
1894Capital referendum
2004Initiative 96
2012Referendum 121
2016Initiative 182
2020Initiative 190
2022Referendum 131
2024Initiative 128 :
Billings
Mayoral elections
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Missoula
Mayoral elections
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Great Falls
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Bozeman
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Helena
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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. 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.

## 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 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