Montana presidential election results 2004

George W. Bush carried Montana by 20.50 points (92,353 votes), winning 3 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 3
Votes counted: 450,445
MT result: R+20.5
Compared with the nation: 18.1 pts more Republican
Swing since 2000: 4.6 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	266,063	59.10%	3
John Kerry	Democratic	173,710	38.60%	—
Total votes		450,445

Sources: 2004

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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County	John Kerry	George W. Bush	Others	Total	Margin
Beaverhead	1,103	3,067	72	4,242	46.3
Big Horn	2,215	2,028	68	4,311	4.3
Blaine	1,300	1,424	44	2,768	4.5
Broadwater	533	1,778	42	2,353	52.9
Carbon	1,847	3,342	132	5,321	28.1
Carter	76	623	10	709	77.2
Cascade	13,701	19,028	730	33,459	15.9
Chouteau	946	1,913	62	2,921	33.1
Custer	1,630	3,297	121	5,048	33.0
Daniels	326	764	29	1,119	39.1
Dawson	1,494	2,884	106	4,484	31.0
Deer Lodge	2,700	1,725	118	4,543	21.5
Fallon	289	1,178	24	1,491	59.6
Fergus	1,582	4,425	120	6,127	46.4
Flathead	11,587	26,019	1,072	38,678	37.3
Gallatin	16,405	22,392	1,044	39,841	15.0
Garfield	52	590	13	655	82.1
Glacier	2,641	1,828	93	4,562	17.8
Golden Valley	119	396	7	522	53.1
Granite	404	1,144	57	1,605	46.1
Hill	2,997	3,505	155	6,657	7.6
Jefferson	1,881	3,844	143	5,868	33.5
Judith Basin	322	944	20	1,286	48.4
Lake	4,960	7,245	371	12,576	18.2
Lewis and Clark	12,717	16,494	631	29,842	12.7
Liberty	281	734	18	1,033	43.9
Lincoln	2,320	5,889	238	8,447	42.3
Madison	983	2,868	82	3,933	47.9
McCone	320	791	26	1,137	41.4
Meagher	247	698	28	973	46.4
Mineral	542	1,242	53	1,837	38.1
Missoula	26,983	23,989	1,480	52,452	5.7
Musselshell	538	1,663	46	2,247	50.1
Park	3,199	4,771	247	8,217	19.1
Petroleum	55	228	9	292	59.2
Phillips	456	1,677	37	2,170	56.3
Pondera	956	1,853	51	2,860	31.4
Powder River	154	856	19	1,029	68.2
Powell	761	1,993	76	2,830	43.5
Prairie	181	546	9	736	49.6
Ravalli	6,144	13,279	443	19,866	35.9
Richland	1,120	3,110	78	4,308	46.2
Roosevelt	2,195	1,762	71	4,028	10.7
Rosebud	1,520	1,982	83	3,585	12.9
Sanders	1,502	3,461	190	5,153	38.0
Sheridan	846	1,159	33	2,038	15.4
Silver Bow	9,307	6,381	396	16,084	18.2
Stillwater	1,025	3,090	98	4,213	49.0
Sweet Grass	445	1,509	29	1,983	53.7
Teton	1,047	2,232	80	3,359	35.3
Toole	690	1,583	38	2,311	38.6
Treasure	121	348	13	482	47.1
Valley	1,431	2,476	111	4,018	26.0
Wheatland	250	706	23	979	46.6
Wibaux	144	407	9	560	47.0
Yellowstone	24,120	40,903	1,263	66,286	25.3

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Notes on how this document was read

Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).

Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).

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Questions and answers

Who won Montana in 2004?

George W. Bush won Montana by 20.50 percentage points (92,353 votes).

How many electoral votes did Montana have in 2004?

Montana cast 3 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Montana in 2004?

450,445 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Montana in 2004?

George W. Bush 50, John Kerry 6 (out of 56 counties with results).

How did Montana change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 4.6 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 25.1 points to Republican by 20.5 points.

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