Montana

Montana gained statehood in November 1889, just six days after both Dakotas and three days before Washington, in the busiest period for new statehood in U.S. history. Montana has been reliably Republican in recent presidential elections, having voted for only two Democrats since 1952. Interestingly, prior to 1952, the state had voted gone Democratic five times in a row – four times for Franklin Roosevelt and then for Harry Truman. Donald Trump beat Joe Biden by over 16 points in 2020. Montana regained a 2nd congressional district in the 2020 Census; it had lost that in the 1990 Census. As a result, the state will have 4 electoral votes in 2024 and 2028.
ELECTORAL VOTES
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2020 ELECTION
2020 Montana Polls
Recent Presidential Elections
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Presidential Voting History
State voted with the overall winning candidate
Electoral College Votes
Colored bars represent electoral votes by party. Hover to see names.
U.S. Senate Voting History
Class  | 1984 | 1986 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 |
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1 | R | R | R | D | D | D | |||||||||||||
2 | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | ||||||||||||
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Data: MIT Election Data and Science Lab / Harvard Dataverse. These are general election results for the years listed.
There are three classes of Senators; one is up for election every second year. Each state has one Senator in two of the three classes.
U.S. House Voting History
District | 1984 | 1986 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 |
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1 | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
2 | R | R | R | R |
Data: The Princeton Gerrymandering Project. These are general election results for the years listed.
The vertical line before 1992 shows a Census-related redistricting breakpoint. After this, the state had a single at-large district.
The state had an additional redistricting before 1984, modifying the geographic borders of each district.
Governor Voting History
Data: Wikipedia. These are general election results for the years listed.