Between 1912 and 2016 in the state of Montana there have been 27 elections of which: 9 have been won by Democrats, 18 won by Republicans, and 0 won by "other parties".

Year Electoral Presidential Candidate Votes Population Votes Turnout Winner
1912 4
O Eugene W. Chafin (IL) 32
O Theodore Roosevelt (NY) 22,456
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 10,885
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA)
D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 27,941 4 Electoral Votes
R William Howard Taft (OH) 18,512
388,320 79,826 20.56% D
1916 4
D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 101,063 4 Electoral Votes
O Allan L. Benson (NY) 9,564
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA) 302
R Charles Evans Hughes (NY) 66,750
O Frank Hanly (IN)
412,855 177,679 43.04% D
1920 4
D James M. Cox (OH) 57,372
O Parley P. Christensen (IL) 12,204
O James E. Ferguson (TX)
R Warren G. Harding (OH) 109,430 4 Electoral Votes
O Eugene V. Debs (IN)
O Aaron S. Watkins (IN)
O Other (XX)
548,889 179,006 32.61% R
1924 4
O Other (XX)
R Calvin Coolidge (MA) 74,138 4 Electoral Votes
O Robert M. La Follette (WI) 66,123
O William Z. Foster (MA) 357
D John W. Davis (WV) 33,805
O Herman P. Faris (MO)
570,317 174,423 30.58% R
1928 4
D Al Smith (NY) 78,578
O William Z. Foster (IL) 563
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 113,300 4 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 1,667
O Verne L. Reynolds (MI)
591,745 194,108 32.8% R
1932 4
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 127,286 4 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 7,891
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 78,078
O Other (XX) 3,224
548,358 216,479 39.48% D
1936 4
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 159,690 4 Electoral Votes
O William Lemke (ND) 5,549
O Earl Browder (KS) 609
R Alfred Landon (KS) 63,598
O Norman Thomas (NY) 1,066
569,863 230,512 40.45% D
1940 4
R Wendell Willkie (NY) 99,579
O Other (XX) 1,153
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 145,698 4 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 1,443
559,456 247,873 44.31% D
1944 4
O Texas Regulars (TX)
O Other (XX) 340
R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 93,163
O Norman Thomas (NY) 1,296
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 112,556 4 Electoral Votes
581,834 207,355 35.64% D
1948 4
R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 96,770
O Henry A. Wallace (IA) 7,313
O Other (XX) 429
D Harry S. Truman (MO) 119,071 4 Electoral Votes
O Strom Thurmond (SC)
O Norman Thomas (NY) 695
604,213 224,278 37.12% D
1952 4
D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 106,213
O Stuart Hamblen (TX) 548
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 157,394 4 Electoral Votes
O Vincent Hallinan (CA) 723
O Eric Hass (NY)
602,844 264,878 43.94% R
1956 4
O Eric Hass (NY)
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 154,933 4 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX)
D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 116,238
626,485 271,171 43.28% R
1960 4
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 141,841 4 Electoral Votes
O Eric Hass (NY)
D John Fitzgerald Kennedy (MA) 134,891
O Other (XX)
674,767 276,732 41.01% R
1964 4
R Barry Morris Goldwater (AZ) 113,032
O Eric Hass (NY)
D Lyndon Baines Johnson (TX) 164,246 4 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX)
701,758 277,278 39.51% D
1968 4
D Hubert Horatio Humphrey (MN) 114,117
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 138,835 4 Electoral Votes
O George Corley Wallace (AL) 20,015
728,749 272,967 37.46% R
1972 4
O Linda Jenness (GA)
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 183,976 4 Electoral Votes
O John G. Schmitz (CA) 13,430
D George Stanley McGovern (SD) 120,197
708,297 317,603 44.84% R
1976 4
R Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (MI) 173,703 4 Electoral Votes
O Roger MacBride (VT)
D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 149,259
O Eugene McCarthy (MN)
736,074 322,962 43.88% R
1980 4
D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 118,032
O Ed Clark (CA) 9,825
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 206,814 4 Electoral Votes
O John Bayard Anderson (IL) 29,281
786,690 363,952 46.26% R
1984 4
D Walter Frederick Mondale (MN) 146,742
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 232,450 4 Electoral Votes
O David Bergland (CA) 5,185
818,158 384,377 46.98% R
1988 4
R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 190,412 4 Electoral Votes
O Ronald Ernest Paul (TX) 5,047
D Michael Stanley Dukakis (MA) 168,936
O Lenora Fulani (PA) 1,279
849,625 365,674 43.04% R
1992 3
R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 144,207
O Andre Verne Marrou (AK) 986
D William Jefferson Clinton (AR) 154,507 3 Electoral Votes
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 107,225
O Other (XX) 3,658
815,046 410,583 50.38% D
1996 3
D William Jefferson Clinton (AK) 167,922
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 55,229
O Harry Browne (TN) 2,526
R Robert Joseph Dole (KS) 179,652 3 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT)
O Other (XX) 1,932
847,009 407,261 48.08% R
2000 3
O Howard Phillips (VA) 1,155
O Other (XX) 11
R George Walker Bush (TX) 240,178 3 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT) 24,437
O Harry Browne (TN) 1,718
O John Hagelin (IA) 675
D Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (TN) 137,126
O Pat Buchanan (VA) 5,697
902,195 410,997 45.56% R
2004 3
D John Forbes Kerry (MA) 173,710
O Michael Badnarik (TX) 1,733
O David Cobb (TX) 996
R George Walker Bush (TX) 266,063 3 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT) 6,168
O Michael Peroutka (MD) 1,764
O Other (XX) 11
938,283 450,445 48.01% R
2008 3
D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 231,667
O Ralph Nader (CT) 3,686
O Charles Obadiah Baldwin (FL) 143
O Other (XX) 10,665
R John Sidney McCain (AZ) 242,763 3 Electoral Votes
O Robert Laurence Barr (GA) 1,355
O Cynthia McKinney (GA) 23
974,371 490,302 50.32% R
2012 3
D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 201,839
O Gary Johnson (NM) 14,165
O Other (XX) 116
R Mitt Romney (MA) 267,928 3 Electoral Votes
O Jill Stein (MA)
1,009,203 484,048 47.96% R
2016 3
O Evan McMullin (UT)
O Gary Johnson (NM) 28,036
D Hillary Clinton (NY) 174,281
O Jill Stein (MA) 7,868
R Donal Trump (NY) 273,879 3 Electoral Votes
1,048,780 484,064 46.15% R