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.
Number of elections | 33 |
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Voted Democratic | 11 |
Voted Republican | 22 |
Voted other | 0 |
Voted for winning candidate | 24 |
Voted for losing candidate | 9 |
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 |
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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 |