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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Montana

Bob Dole (Republican) beat Bill Clinton (Democrat) in Montana in 1996, 44.1% to 41.2%, a margin of 2.9 points and 11,730 votes.

Montana changed party: in 1992 it went Democratic, for Bill Clinton.

Republicans led in 43 of the 56 counties and Democrats in 13. The largest, Yellowstone, cast 55,882 votes and went to the Republican by 6.0 points. The closest was Dawson, where 13 votes separated the two parties.

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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
Bob Dole won Republican 179,652 44.1%
Bill Clinton Democratic 167,922 41.2%
Ross Perot Reform 55,229 13.6%
All other candidates 4,458 1.1%
Total407,261

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Yellowstone 22,992 41.1% 26,367 47.2% 6,523 55,882 R+6.0
Missoula 21,874 49.3% 16,034 36.1% 6,474 44,382 D+13.2
Cascade 15,707 44.9% 14,291 40.8% 5,008 35,006 D+4.0
Flathead 10,452 32.4% 16,542 51.3% 5,231 32,225 R+18.9
Gallatin 10,972 37.7% 14,559 50.1% 3,547 29,078 R+12.3
Lewis and Clark 11,535 43.5% 11,665 43.9% 3,347 26,547 R+0.5
Silver Bow 11,199 63.4% 3,909 22.1% 2,569 17,677 D+41.2
Ravalli 5,200 32.0% 8,138 50.1% 2,902 16,240 R+18.1
Lake 4,195 38.7% 4,723 43.6% 1,922 10,840 R+4.9
Lincoln 2,705 34.4% 3,552 45.2% 1,609 7,866 R+10.8
Park 2,564 34.4% 3,837 51.5% 1,047 7,448 R+17.1
Hill 3,517 49.5% 2,601 36.6% 993 7,111 D+12.9
Fergus 1,866 30.1% 3,671 59.3% 657 6,194 R+29.1
Custer 2,115 39.7% 2,467 46.3% 747 5,329 R+6.6
Deer Lodge 3,331 66.5% 883 17.6% 796 5,010 D+48.9
Jefferson 1,775 37.0% 2,248 46.8% 778 4,801 R+9.9
Carbon 1,854 38.9% 2,147 45.1% 761 4,762 R+6.2
Dawson 1,903 40.7% 1,890 40.4% 880 4,673 D+0.3
Sanders 1,573 33.7% 2,043 43.8% 1,045 4,661 R+10.1
Richland 1,614 35.3% 2,021 44.2% 933 4,568 R+8.9
Big Horn 2,453 57.9% 1,336 31.5% 450 4,239 D+26.4
Valley 1,674 39.8% 1,838 43.7% 695 4,207 R+3.9
Glacier 2,292 56.0% 1,270 31.0% 533 4,095 D+25.0
Beaverhead 1,164 29.0% 2,414 60.1% 441 4,019 R+31.1
Roosevelt 2,118 53.0% 1,209 30.2% 670 3,997 D+22.7
Stillwater 1,282 33.7% 1,871 49.2% 647 3,800 R+15.5
Rosebud 1,681 45.6% 1,413 38.4% 589 3,683 D+7.3
Madison 955 27.3% 1,984 56.8% 556 3,495 R+29.4
Teton 1,188 35.7% 1,701 51.1% 437 3,326 R+15.4
Chouteau 1,039 32.9% 1,660 52.6% 458 3,157 R+19.7
Pondera 1,123 37.9% 1,438 48.5% 402 2,963 R+10.6
Blaine 1,316 45.5% 1,127 39.0% 450 2,893 D+6.5
Powell 952 34.0% 1,274 45.5% 576 2,802 R+11.5
Phillips 705 28.1% 1,392 55.4% 414 2,511 R+27.4
Toole 874 35.2% 1,203 48.5% 405 2,482 R+13.3
Sheridan 1,187 48.7% 832 34.2% 416 2,435 D+14.6
Musselshell 652 31.4% 1,121 54.0% 303 2,076 R+22.6
Broadwater 603 30.7% 1,029 52.3% 334 1,966 R+21.7
Sweet Grass 469 26.3% 1,109 62.2% 204 1,782 R+35.9
Mineral 658 40.7% 549 34.0% 408 1,615 D+6.7
Fallon 452 29.8% 778 51.3% 286 1,516 R+21.5
Granite 429 30.5% 733 52.1% 245 1,407 R+21.6
Judith Basin 452 33.8% 753 56.3% 133 1,338 R+22.5
Daniels 510 38.9% 558 42.5% 244 1,312 R+3.7
McCone 390 31.1% 615 49.0% 251 1,256 R+17.9
Liberty 379 32.6% 634 54.6% 149 1,162 R+21.9
Wheatland 391 35.9% 563 51.7% 134 1,088 R+15.8
Powder River 236 22.6% 663 63.4% 146 1,045 R+40.9
Meagher 281 30.0% 505 54.0% 150 936 R+23.9
Prairie 259 33.2% 417 53.5% 104 780 R+20.3
Carter 150 19.6% 522 68.2% 93 765 R+48.6
Garfield 107 14.3% 562 75.3% 77 746 R+61.0
Wibaux 197 32.1% 284 46.3% 132 613 R+14.2
Treasure 171 34.3% 237 47.6% 90 498 R+13.3
Golden Valley 128 26.2% 284 58.2% 76 488 R+32.0
Petroleum 62 21.4% 186 64.1% 42 290 R+42.8

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