United States presidential elections in Montana

Presidential elections in Montana
Map of the United States with Montana highlighted
Number of elections34
Voted Democratic11
Voted Republican23
Voted other0
Voted for winning candidate25
Voted for losing candidate9

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Montana, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1889, Montana has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[a] 		Votes Percent Electoral
Votes 		Notes
2020[1] Joe Biden 244,786 40.55 Donald Trump 343,602 56.92 — 3
2016[2] Donald Trump[b] 279,240 55.65 Hillary Clinton 177,709 35.41 — 3
2012[3] Barack Obama 201,839 41.70 Mitt Romney 267,928 55.35 — 3
2008[4] Barack Obama 231,667 47.25 John McCain 242,763 49.51 — 3
2004[5] George W. Bush 266,063 59.07 John Kerry 173,710 38.56 — 3
2000[6] George W. Bush[b] 240,178 58.44 Al Gore 137,126 33.36 — 3
1996[7] Bill Clinton 167,922 41.23 Bob Dole 179,652 44.11 Ross Perot 55,229 13.56 3
1992 Bill Clinton 154,507 37.63 George H. W. Bush 144,207 35.12 Ross Perot 107,225 26.12 3
1988 George H. W. Bush 190,412 52.07 Michael Dukakis 168,936 46.20 — 4
1984 Ronald Reagan 232,450 60.47 Walter Mondale 146,742 38.18 — 4
1980 Ronald Reagan 206,814 56.82 Jimmy Carter 118,032 32.43 John B. Anderson 29,281 8.05 4
1976 Jimmy Carter 149,259 45.40 Gerald Ford 173,703 52.84 — 4
1972 Richard Nixon 183,976 57.93 George McGovern 120,197 37.85 — 4
1968 Richard Nixon 138,835 50.60 Hubert Humphrey 114,117 41.59 George Wallace 20,015 7.29 4
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 164,246 58.95 Barry Goldwater 113,032 40.57 — 4
1960 John F. Kennedy 134,891 48.60 Richard Nixon 141,841 51.10 — 4
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 154,933 57.13 Adlai Stevenson II 116,238 42.87 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[c]		 — — 4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 157,394 59.39 Adlai Stevenson II 106,213 40.07 — 4
1948 Harry S. Truman 119,071 53.09 Thomas E. Dewey 96,770 43.15 Strom Thurmond — — 4
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 112,556 54.28 Thomas E. Dewey 93,163 44.93 — 4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 145,698 58.78 Wendell Willkie 99,579 40.17 — 4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 159,690 69.28 Alf Landon 63,598 27.59 — 4
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 127,286 58.80 Herbert Hoover 78,078 36.07 — 4
1928 Herbert Hoover 113,300 58.37 Al Smith 78,578 40.48 — 4
1924 Calvin Coolidge 74,138 42.50 John W. Davis 33,805 19.38 Robert M. La Follette 66,123 37.91 4
1920 Warren G. Harding 109,430 61.13 James M. Cox 57,372 32.05 Parley P. Christensen 12,204 6.82 4
1916 Woodrow Wilson 101,063 56.88 Charles E. Hughes 66,750 37.57 — 4
1912 Woodrow Wilson 27,941 35.00 Theodore Roosevelt 22,456 28.13 William H. Taft 18,512 23.19 4
1908 William H. Taft 32,333 46.98 William Jennings Bryan 29,326 42.61 — 3
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 34,932 54.21 Alton B. Parker 21,773 33.79 — 3
1900 William McKinley 25,409 39.79 William Jennings Bryan 37,311 58.43 — 3
1896 William McKinley 10,509 19.71 William Jennings Bryan 42,628 79.93 — 3
1892 Grover Cleveland 17,690 39.79 Benjamin Harrison 18,871 42.44 James B. Weaver 7,338 16.50 3

See also

Notes

  1. ^ For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  2. ^ a b Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  3. ^ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

References

  1. ^ "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  2. ^ 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
  3. ^ 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  4. ^ 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
  5. ^ "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
  6. ^ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. ^ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.