United States presidential elections in Montana

Presidential elections in Montana

Number of elections	32
Voted Democrat	11
Voted Republican	21
Voted other	0
Voted for winning candidate	24
Voted for losing candidate	8

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.

Winners of the state are in bold.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates[1]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
2016	Donald Trump	274,120	56.5	Hillary Clinton	174,521	36.0	-	-		3
2012	Barack Obama	201,839	41.7	Mitt Romney	267,928	55.35	-			3
2008	Barack Obama	231,667	47.25	John McCain	242,763	49.51	-			3
2004	George W. Bush	266,063	59.07	John Kerry	173,710	38.56	-			3
2000	George W. Bush	240,178	58.44	Al Gore	137,126	33.36	-			3
1996	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	46.2	-			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	45.4	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	50.6	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	48.6	Richard Nixon	141,841	51.1	-			4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	154,933	57.13	Adlai Stevenson II	116,238	42.87	-			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	58.8	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	42.5	John W. Davis	33,805	19.38	Robert M. La Follette Sr.	66,123	37.91	4
1920	Warren G. Harding	109,430	61.13	James M. Cox	57,372	32.05	-			4
1916	Woodrow Wilson	101,063	56.88	Charles E. Hughes	66,750	37.57	-			4
1912	Woodrow Wilson	27,941	35	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	16.5	3

References

1. For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.