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Election 1992 Results

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1992 presidential election in Montana

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat George H. W. Bush (Republican) in Montana in 1992, 37.6% to 35.1%, a margin of 2.5 points and 10,300 votes.

Montana changed party: in 1988 it went Republican, for George H. W. Bush.

Republicans led in 38 of the 56 counties and Democrats in 17 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Yellowstone, cast 56,450 votes and went to the Republican by 4.7 points. The closest was Carbon, where 13 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bill Clinton won Democratic 154,507 37.6%
George H. W. Bush Republican 144,207 35.1%
Ross Perot Independent 107,225 26.1%
All other candidates 4,672 1.1%
Total410,611

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Yellowstone 20,163 35.7% 22,822 40.4% 13,465 56,450 R+4.7
Missoula 20,347 47.0% 12,898 29.8% 10,054 43,299 D+17.2
Cascade 14,719 40.2% 12,494 34.2% 9,365 36,578 D+6.1
Flathead 9,746 31.0% 11,699 37.2% 9,971 31,416 R+6.2
Gallatin 9,535 33.1% 11,109 38.6% 8,135 28,779 R+5.5
Lewis and Clark 11,117 42.5% 9,351 35.7% 5,711 26,179 D+6.7
Silver Bow 9,960 54.9% 3,491 19.2% 4,695 18,146 D+35.6
Ravalli 4,644 30.9% 5,392 35.9% 4,983 15,019 R+5.0
Lake 3,938 37.3% 3,596 34.1% 3,018 10,552 D+3.2
Lincoln 2,765 33.0% 2,799 33.4% 2,814 8,378 Others
Hill 3,618 44.8% 2,408 29.8% 2,056 8,082 D+15.0
Park 2,258 30.2% 2,846 38.0% 2,378 7,482 R+7.9
Fergus 1,615 24.9% 2,736 42.2% 2,139 6,490 R+17.3
Custer 1,968 35.1% 2,105 37.5% 1,538 5,611 R+2.4
Deer Lodge 3,174 60.2% 832 15.8% 1,263 5,269 D+44.4
Dawson 1,785 36.8% 1,679 34.6% 1,386 4,850 D+2.2
Richland 1,440 30.3% 1,760 37.1% 1,548 4,748 R+6.7
Carbon 1,549 33.5% 1,562 33.8% 1,509 4,620 R+0.3
Valley 1,715 37.5% 1,497 32.8% 1,356 4,568 D+4.8
Sanders 1,689 37.5% 1,361 30.2% 1,456 4,506 D+7.3
Big Horn 2,154 49.0% 1,377 31.3% 863 4,394 D+17.7
Glacier 2,076 48.0% 1,222 28.3% 1,025 4,323 D+19.8
Jefferson 1,415 33.5% 1,541 36.5% 1,269 4,225 R+3.0
Roosevelt 1,827 43.6% 1,212 28.9% 1,154 4,193 D+14.7
Beaverhead 1,098 26.4% 1,746 42.0% 1,316 4,160 R+15.6
Rosebud 1,669 42.6% 1,130 28.8% 1,119 3,918 D+13.8
Stillwater 1,178 32.4% 1,390 38.2% 1,072 3,640 R+5.8
Teton 1,043 30.6% 1,364 40.1% 998 3,405 R+9.4
Madison 779 23.6% 1,415 42.9% 1,105 3,299 R+19.3
Chouteau 959 29.6% 1,380 42.6% 897 3,236 R+13.0
Pondera 1,046 33.0% 1,252 39.6% 867 3,165 R+6.5
Blaine 1,355 44.5% 971 31.9% 720 3,046 D+12.6
Powell 989 33.7% 1,058 36.0% 891 2,938 R+2.3
Toole 854 31.4% 943 34.7% 920 2,717 R+3.3
Sheridan 1,077 40.4% 795 29.9% 791 2,663 D+10.6
Phillips 634 24.2% 1,026 39.1% 965 2,625 R+14.9
Musselshell 648 29.1% 876 39.3% 704 2,228 R+10.2
Broadwater 491 26.7% 830 45.1% 521 1,842 R+18.4
Sweet Grass 395 21.9% 880 48.9% 526 1,801 R+26.9
Mineral 664 40.6% 403 24.6% 568 1,635 D+16.0
Fallon 446 27.7% 731 45.5% 431 1,608 R+17.7
Judith Basin 409 28.3% 610 42.2% 428 1,447 R+13.9
Daniels 457 33.5% 496 36.4% 410 1,363 R+2.9
McCone 424 31.3% 528 39.0% 402 1,354 R+7.7
Granite 358 27.1% 556 42.1% 408 1,322 R+15.0
Liberty 321 26.5% 512 42.3% 378 1,211 R+15.8
Powder River 258 22.3% 547 47.3% 351 1,156 R+25.0
Wheatland 384 33.4% 478 41.6% 288 1,150 R+8.2
Meagher 260 25.9% 422 42.1% 320 1,002 R+16.2
Carter 154 17.6% 497 56.9% 223 874 R+39.2
Prairie 260 30.4% 412 48.1% 184 856 R+17.8
Garfield 125 15.3% 403 49.2% 291 819 R+33.9
Wibaux 195 32.1% 234 38.6% 178 607 R+6.4
Treasure 157 28.7% 206 37.7% 184 547 R+9.0
Golden Valley 142 28.6% 192 38.7% 162 496 R+10.1
Petroleum 61 20.6% 135 45.6% 100 296 R+25.0

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