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2024 presidential election in Montana

Donald Trump (Republican) beat Kamala Harris (Democrat) in Montana in 2024, 58.4% to 38.5%, a margin of 19.9 points and 120,173 votes.

Montana voted 18.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+1.5.

The Republican hold continued from 2020, when Donald Trump also won.

Republicans led in 51 of the 56 counties and Democrats in 5. The largest, Yellowstone, cast 81,409 votes and went to the Republican by 27.1 points. The closest was Deer Lodge, where 47 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
Donald Trump won Republican 352,079 58.4%
Kamala Harris Democratic 231,906 38.5%
All other candidates 19,005 3.2%
Total602,990

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Yellowstone 28,398 34.9% 50,471 62.0% 2,540 81,409 R+27.1
Missoula 42,912 59.0% 27,312 37.5% 2,565 72,789 D+21.4
Gallatin 34,946 50.0% 32,702 46.8% 2,264 69,912 D+3.2
Flathead 20,066 31.8% 41,399 65.6% 1,689 63,154 R+33.8
Lewis and Clark 19,089 45.4% 21,484 51.1% 1,459 42,032 R+5.7
Cascade 13,974 37.3% 22,346 59.7% 1,140 37,460 R+22.3
Ravalli 8,487 28.4% 20,622 68.9% 801 29,910 R+40.6
Silver Bow 9,388 51.5% 8,112 44.5% 730 18,230 D+7.0
Lake 6,511 38.5% 9,882 58.4% 521 16,914 R+19.9
Lincoln 2,616 22.2% 8,911 75.6% 265 11,792 R+53.4
Park 5,225 44.6% 6,129 52.3% 366 11,720 R+7.7
Jefferson 2,517 30.4% 5,545 66.9% 231 8,293 R+36.5
Sanders 1,705 21.1% 6,151 76.2% 215 8,071 R+55.1
Carbon 2,354 32.3% 4,720 64.7% 225 7,299 R+32.4
Hill 2,635 38.7% 3,872 56.9% 298 6,805 R+18.2
Fergus 1,522 22.7% 4,966 74.0% 225 6,713 R+51.3
Madison 1,689 26.1% 4,616 71.4% 157 6,462 R+45.3
Stillwater 1,056 17.9% 4,700 79.6% 151 5,907 R+61.7
Custer 1,385 23.9% 4,209 72.6% 204 5,798 R+48.7
Beaverhead 1,543 26.6% 4,059 70.0% 193 5,795 R+43.4
Richland 778 14.7% 4,388 82.6% 144 5,310 R+68.0
Glacier 2,934 57.8% 1,939 38.2% 206 5,079 D+19.6
Deer Lodge 2,377 48.8% 2,330 47.8% 164 4,871 D+1.0
Broadwater 885 18.4% 3,771 78.4% 155 4,811 R+60.0
Dawson 894 19.3% 3,628 78.2% 117 4,639 R+58.9
Big Horn 2,112 47.2% 2,188 48.9% 171 4,471 R+1.7
Valley 935 22.9% 3,020 74.0% 125 4,080 R+51.1
Roosevelt 1,680 42.9% 2,055 52.5% 180 3,915 R+9.6
Rosebud 1,095 29.6% 2,467 66.8% 132 3,694 R+37.1
Teton 927 26.0% 2,534 71.0% 108 3,569 R+45.0
Powell 710 21.6% 2,467 75.1% 106 3,283 R+53.5
Blaine 1,348 44.6% 1,526 50.5% 146 3,020 R+5.9
Musselshell 396 13.1% 2,551 84.7% 66 3,013 R+71.5
Chouteau 940 32.0% 1,885 64.2% 110 2,935 R+32.2
Pondera 782 27.4% 1,972 69.1% 99 2,853 R+41.7
Mineral 689 24.3% 2,049 72.3% 96 2,834 R+48.0
Sweet Grass 525 22.0% 1,789 75.1% 68 2,382 R+53.1
Phillips 385 17.6% 1,753 80.1% 51 2,189 R+62.5
Granite 579 26.6% 1,537 70.6% 60 2,176 R+44.0
Toole 415 20.3% 1,571 76.8% 60 2,046 R+56.5
Sheridan 509 26.6% 1,321 69.1% 82 1,912 R+42.5
Fallon 163 10.8% 1,303 86.5% 41 1,507 R+75.6
Judith Basin 265 19.6% 1,051 77.7% 37 1,353 R+58.1
Meagher 256 21.8% 888 75.8% 28 1,172 R+53.9
Powder River 131 11.8% 963 87.1% 12 1,106 R+75.2
Wheatland 209 19.2% 843 77.6% 34 1,086 R+58.4
McCone 129 11.9% 931 86.0% 22 1,082 R+74.1
Liberty 214 21.7% 752 76.1% 22 988 R+54.5
Daniels 154 16.2% 778 81.8% 19 951 R+65.6
Carter 75 8.8% 760 89.0% 19 854 R+80.2
Garfield 39 4.9% 756 94.5% 5 800 R+89.6
Prairie 122 17.7% 546 79.4% 20 688 R+61.6
Wibaux 71 13.0% 463 84.8% 12 546 R+71.8
Golden Valley 67 13.0% 440 85.4% 8 515 R+72.4
Treasure 57 12.9% 367 83.0% 18 442 R+70.1
Petroleum 37 11.4% 284 87.7% 3 324 R+76.2

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