Montana · 2020 presidential election
Montana presidential election results 2020
Donald J. Trump carried Montana by 16.37 points (98,816 votes), winning 3 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 3
- Votes counted
- 603,640
- MT result
- R+16.4
- Compared with the nation
- 20.8 pts more Republican
- Swing since 2016
- 4.2 pts to D
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J. Trump | Republican | 343,602 | 56.92% | 3 | |
| Joseph R. Biden | Democratic | 244,786 | 40.55% | — | |
| Others | Others | 15,252 | 2.53% | — | |
| Total votes | 603,640 | ||||
Sources: mt-2020.pdf · 2020
Certified state documentCertified
Every ticket on the ballot, as printed in the certified document (the statewide table above groups minor candidates as “Others” when the source does).
All 3 tickets as printed in the document
| Ticket (as printed) | Code | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONALD J. TRUMP AND MICHAEL R. PENCE | — | 343,602 | 56.92% |
| JOSEPH R. BIDEN AND KAMALA D. HARRIS | — | 244,786 | 40.55% |
| JO JORGENSEN AND JEREMY "SPIKE" COHEN | — | 15,252 | 2.53% |
| Total as printed | 603,640 | ||
Notes on how this document was read
- Ticket names wrap over two lines on the page; labels join both lines.
Method: page image read by Apple Vision (lines), Tesseract (words) and RapidOCR (lines); a number is kept when two engines read the same digits in the same place
County resultsMedia count
Download CSV| County | Joseph R. Biden | Donald J. Trump | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverhead County | 1,608 | 3,923 | 130 | 5,661 | 40.9 |
| Big Horn County | 2,491 | 2,207 | 86 | 4,784 | 5.9 |
| Blaine County | 1,589 | 1,469 | 59 | 3,117 | 3.8 |
| Broadwater County | 835 | 3,173 | 89 | 4,097 | 57.1 |
| Carbon County | 2,421 | 4,468 | 212 | 7,101 | 28.8 |
| Carter County | 74 | 775 | 15 | 864 | 81.1 |
| Cascade County | 15,456 | 23,315 | 1,114 | 39,885 | 19.7 |
| Chouteau County | 991 | 1,891 | 92 | 2,974 | 30.3 |
| Custer County | 1,514 | 4,205 | 164 | 5,883 | 45.7 |
| Daniels County | 195 | 799 | 20 | 1,014 | 59.6 |
| Dawson County | 962 | 3,758 | 117 | 4,837 | 57.8 |
| Deer Lodge County | 2,562 | 2,186 | 143 | 4,891 | 7.7 |
| Fallon County | 172 | 1,375 | 28 | 1,575 | 76.4 |
| Fergus County | 1,496 | 4,869 | 166 | 6,531 | 51.6 |
| Flathead County | 20,274 | 38,321 | 1,663 | 60,258 | 29.9 |
| Gallatin County | 37,044 | 31,696 | 2,767 | 71,507 | 7.5 |
| Garfield County | 41 | 764 | 8 | 813 | 88.9 |
| Glacier County | 3,610 | 1,884 | 145 | 5,639 | 30.6 |
| Golden Valley County | 78 | 414 | 11 | 503 | 66.8 |
| Granite County | 638 | 1,419 | 45 | 2,102 | 37.2 |
| Hill County | 2,981 | 3,957 | 244 | 7,182 | 13.6 |
| Jefferson County | 2,625 | 5,345 | 221 | 8,191 | 33.2 |
| Judith Basin County | 275 | 1,040 | 29 | 1,344 | 56.9 |
| Lake County | 6,916 | 9,322 | 388 | 16,626 | 14.5 |
| Lewis and Clark County | 19,743 | 21,409 | 1,333 | 42,485 | 3.9 |
| Liberty County | 249 | 821 | 13 | 1,083 | 52.8 |
| Lincoln County | 2,835 | 8,672 | 240 | 11,747 | 49.7 |
| Madison County | 1,771 | 4,191 | 151 | 6,113 | 39.6 |
| McCone County | 155 | 956 | 17 | 1,128 | 71.0 |
| Meagher County | 258 | 833 | 19 | 1,110 | 51.8 |
| Mineral County | 686 | 1,828 | 49 | 2,563 | 44.6 |
| Missoula County | 43,357 | 26,347 | 2,282 | 71,986 | 23.6 |
| Musselshell County | 413 | 2,423 | 45 | 2,881 | 69.8 |
| Park County | 5,280 | 6,025 | 313 | 11,618 | 6.4 |
| Petroleum County | 39 | 298 | 14 | 351 | 73.8 |
| Phillips County | 416 | 1,936 | 34 | 2,386 | 63.7 |
| Pondera County | 903 | 2,031 | 61 | 2,995 | 37.7 |
| Powder River County | 154 | 970 | 12 | 1,136 | 71.8 |
| Powell County | 752 | 2,355 | 88 | 3,195 | 50.2 |
| Prairie County | 126 | 603 | 15 | 744 | 64.1 |
| Ravalli County | 8,763 | 19,114 | 630 | 28,507 | 36.3 |
| Richland County | 875 | 4,800 | 123 | 5,798 | 67.7 |
| Roosevelt County | 1,910 | 1,996 | 122 | 4,028 | 2.1 |
| Rosebud County | 1,199 | 2,486 | 99 | 3,784 | 34.0 |
| Sanders County | 1,820 | 5,660 | 172 | 7,652 | 50.2 |
| Sheridan County | 574 | 1,403 | 53 | 2,030 | 40.8 |
| Silver Bow County | 10,392 | 7,745 | 690 | 18,827 | 14.1 |
| Stillwater County | 1,156 | 4,462 | 123 | 5,741 | 57.6 |
| Sweet Grass County | 549 | 1,840 | 57 | 2,446 | 52.8 |
| Teton County | 1,007 | 2,608 | 80 | 3,695 | 43.3 |
| Toole County | 467 | 1,596 | 60 | 2,123 | 53.2 |
| Treasure County | 78 | 373 | 9 | 460 | 64.1 |
| Valley County | 1,030 | 3,135 | 107 | 4,272 | 49.3 |
| Wheatland County | 225 | 823 | 20 | 1,068 | 56.0 |
| Wibaux County | 77 | 516 | 5 | 598 | 73.4 |
| Yellowstone County | 30,679 | 50,772 | 2,370 | 83,821 | 24.0 |
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: County results compiled by Tony McGovern from news-media election-night tallies (Fox News, Politico, The New York Times); not a certified state document.
Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).
Certificate of Ascertainment
The governor’s certificate naming Montana’s electors. Open the certificate (PDF, 1 page)
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Questions and answers
Who won Montana in 2020?
Donald J. Trump won Montana by 16.37 percentage points (98,816 votes).
How many electoral votes did Montana have in 2020?
Montana cast 3 electoral votes in 2020.
How many people voted for president in Montana in 2020?
603,640 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in Montana in 2020?
Donald J. Trump 49, Joseph R. Biden 7 (out of 56 counties with results).
How did Montana change from 2016 to 2020?
The margin moved 4.2 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 20.5 points to Republican by 16.4 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data