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1900 presidential election in Montana

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William McKinley (Republican) in Montana in 1900, 58.4% to 39.8%, a margin of 18.6 points and 11,902 votes.

Montana voted 24.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+6.2.

The Democratic hold continued from 1896, when William Jennings Bryan also won.

Democrats led in 13 of the 24 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 11. The largest, Silver Bow, cast 16,311 votes and went to the Democrat by 50.4 points. The closest was Park, where 3 votes separated the two parties.

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Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
William Jennings Bryan won Democratic 37,311 58.4%
William McKinley Republican 25,409 39.8%
All other candidates 1,136 1.8%
Total63,856

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Silver Bow 12,101 74.2% 3,873 23.7% 337 16,311 D+50.4
Deer Lodge 3,395 65.4% 1,636 31.5% 163 5,194 D+33.9
Lewis And Clark 2,763 56.7% 2,053 42.1% 56 4,872 D+14.6
Cascade 2,564 55.1% 1,997 42.9% 89 4,650 D+12.2
Missoula 1,893 56.9% 1,392 41.9% 41 3,326 D+15.1
Gallatin 1,297 51.5% 1,146 45.5% 75 2,518 D+6.0
Madison 1,298 55.3% 1,030 43.8% 21 2,349 D+11.4
Flathead 1,201 51.2% 1,104 47.0% 42 2,347 D+4.1
Fergus 917 42.2% 1,242 57.1% 16 2,175 R+14.9
Ravalli 1,052 52.8% 892 44.8% 49 1,993 D+8.0
Park 900 47.7% 903 47.9% 83 1,886 R+0.2
Carbon 907 48.6% 930 49.8% 29 1,866 R+1.2
Choteau 629 36.1% 1,098 63.1% 14 1,741 R+26.9
Beaverhead 937 54.7% 767 44.8% 8 1,712 D+9.9
Custer 610 38.2% 980 61.3% 8 1,598 R+23.2
Yellowstone 654 43.4% 827 54.8% 27 1,508 R+11.5
Jefferson 980 65.4% 488 32.6% 30 1,498 D+32.8
Granite 1,020 71.1% 401 27.9% 14 1,435 D+43.1
Teton 457 43.9% 574 55.1% 10 1,041 R+11.2
Broadwater 572 63.5% 318 35.3% 11 901 D+28.2
Meagher 406 49.4% 414 50.4% 2 822 R+1.0
Dawson 237 31.0% 521 68.1% 7 765 R+37.1
Sweet Grass 287 38.4% 460 61.5% 1 748 R+23.1
Valley 234 39.0% 363 60.5% 3 600 R+21.5

Counties as they stood in 1900; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Montana in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+19.9
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+16.4
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+20.4
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+13.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+2.3
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+20.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+25.1
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+2.9
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.4
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.0
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+18.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.5
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+14.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+19.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+9.9
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+18.6
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+22.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+17.9
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+23.1
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+29.1
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+19.3
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+11.8
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+4.4
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+20.4
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+18.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+60.6
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.7