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Montana 2000 vs 2004: county swing

12 of 56 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Cascade County: swing R+0.9Golden Valley County: swing D+6.6Jefferson County: swing D+1.4Liberty County: swing D+4.8Meagher County: swing D+9.6Petroleum County: swing D+11.9Silver Bow County: swing D+2.2Teton County: swing D+8.4Wheatland County: swing EvenMcCone County: swing D+7.5Madison County: swing D+4.0Missoula County: swing D+14.8Musselshell County: swing R+1.6Phillips County: swing D+2.2Powell County: swing D+3.6Richland County: swing R+0.5Rosebud County: swing R+0.3Sheridan County: swing D+8.7Sweet Grass County: swing D+8.3Toole County: swing D+3.8Wibaux County: swing D+0.8Big Horn County: swing R+12.3Blaine County: swing D+1.5Carbon County: swing D+4.8Chouteau County: swing D+13.8Daniels County: swing D+1.1Deer Lodge County: swing R+4.6Flathead County: swing D+4.6Glacier County: swing D+5.6Hill County: swing D+1.9Broadwater County: swing R+3.5Dawson County: swing D+0.9Gallatin County: swing D+12.6Lake County: swing D+4.2Lewis and Clark County: swing D+6.0Lincoln County: swing D+8.1Powder River County: swing D+5.7Roosevelt County: swing R+1.1Park County: swing D+12.8Pondera County: swing D+8.6Prairie County: swing D+0.9Ravalli County: swing D+3.5Sanders County: swing D+3.8Stillwater County: swing R+2.0Treasure County: swing D+2.6Valley County: swing D+5.0Yellowstone County: swing R+1.7Beaverhead County: swing D+8.9Carter County: swing D+3.4Custer County: swing D+0.7Fallon County: swing R+0.8Fergus County: swing D+3.6Garfield County: swing R+2.9Granite County: swing D+9.6Judith Basin County: swing D+7.5Mineral County: swing D+4.4
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002004SwingVotes 2000Votes 2004
Big Horn County D+16.7 D+4.4 R+12.3 4,161 4,311
Deer Lodge County D+26.0 D+21.4 R+4.6 4,534 4,543
Broadwater County R+49.4 R+52.9 R+3.5 2,074 2,353
Garfield County R+79.3 R+82.2 R+2.9 744 655
Stillwater County R+47.0 R+49.0 R+2.0 3,918 4,213
Yellowstone County R+23.6 R+25.3 R+1.7 57,499 66,286
Musselshell County R+48.5 R+50.1 R+1.6 2,207 2,247
Roosevelt County D+11.9 D+10.8 R+1.1 3,813 4,028
Cascade County R+15.1 R+16.0 R+0.9 33,317 33,459
Fallon County R+58.8 R+59.6 R+0.8 1,369 1,491
Richland County R+45.7 R+46.2 R+0.5 4,033 4,308
Rosebud County R+12.6 R+12.9 R+0.3 3,423 3,585
Wheatland County R+46.6 R+46.6 Even 999 979
Custer County R+33.7 R+33.0 D+0.7 4,905 5,048
Wibaux County R+47.8 R+47.0 D+0.8 518 560
Dawson County R+31.9 R+31.0 D+0.9 4,271 4,484
Prairie County R+50.5 R+49.6 D+0.9 746 736
Daniels County R+40.3 R+39.2 D+1.1 1,110 1,119
Jefferson County R+34.8 R+33.4 D+1.4 5,163 5,868
Blaine County R+5.9 R+4.4 D+1.5 2,759 2,768
Hill County R+9.6 R+7.7 D+1.9 6,558 6,657
Phillips County R+58.5 R+56.3 D+2.2 2,228 2,170
Silver Bow County D+16.0 D+18.2 D+2.2 16,703 16,084
Treasure County R+49.7 R+47.1 D+2.6 479 482
Carter County R+80.6 R+77.2 D+3.4 645 709
Ravalli County R+39.4 R+35.9 D+3.5 17,238 19,866
Fergus County R+50.0 R+46.4 D+3.6 5,994 6,127
Powell County R+47.1 R+43.5 D+3.6 2,832 2,830
Sanders County R+41.9 R+38.1 D+3.8 4,721 5,153
Toole County R+42.4 R+38.6 D+3.8 2,378 2,311
Madison County R+51.9 R+47.9 D+4.0 3,656 3,933
Lake County R+22.4 R+18.2 D+4.2 11,448 12,576
Mineral County R+42.5 R+38.1 D+4.4 1,639 1,837
Flathead County R+41.9 R+37.3 D+4.6 33,839 38,678
Carbon County R+32.9 R+28.1 D+4.8 4,789 5,321
Liberty County R+48.7 R+43.9 D+4.8 1,044 1,033
Valley County R+31.0 R+26.0 D+5.0 3,963 4,018
Glacier County D+12.2 D+17.8 D+5.6 4,124 4,562
Powder River County R+73.9 R+68.2 D+5.7 1,008 1,029
Lewis and Clark County R+18.7 R+12.7 D+6.0 27,269 29,842
Golden Valley County R+59.7 R+53.1 D+6.6 531 522
Judith Basin County R+55.9 R+48.4 D+7.5 1,394 1,286
McCone County R+49.0 R+41.5 D+7.5 1,142 1,137
Lincoln County R+50.3 R+42.2 D+8.1 7,846 8,447
Sweet Grass County R+62.0 R+53.7 D+8.3 1,846 1,983
Teton County R+43.6 R+35.2 D+8.4 3,314 3,359
Pondera County R+40.0 R+31.4 D+8.6 2,896 2,860
Sheridan County R+24.1 R+15.4 D+8.7 1,965 2,038
Beaverhead County R+55.2 R+46.3 D+8.9 4,196 4,242
Granite County R+55.7 R+46.1 D+9.6 1,590 1,605
Meagher County R+55.9 R+46.3 D+9.6 935 973
Petroleum County R+71.2 R+59.3 D+11.9 306 292
Gallatin County R+27.6 R+15.0 D+12.6 32,040 39,841
Park County R+32.0 R+19.2 D+12.8 7,406 8,217
Chouteau County R+46.9 R+33.1 D+13.8 2,885 2,921
Missoula County flipped R+9.1 D+5.7 D+14.8 46,576 52,452

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data