United States presidential election in Montana, 2016

United States presidential election in Montana, 2016
Montana
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Gary Johnson
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Home state New York New York New Mexico
Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine William Weld
Electoral vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 279,240 177,709 28,036
Percentage 56.5% 35.9% 5.7%

County Results
  Clinton—60-70%
  Clinton—50-60%
  Clinton—<50%
  Trump—50-60%
  Trump—60-70%
  Trump—70-80%
  Trump—80-90%
  Trump—>90%
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

The 2016 United States presidential election in Montana was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Montana voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

On June 7, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Montana voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties' respective nominees for President. Registered members of each party may only vote in their party's primary, while voters who are unaffiliated may choose any one primary in which to vote.

Donald Trump won the election in Montana with 56.5% of the vote. Hillary Clinton received 36.0% of the vote.[1] Trump won here by 20.5% of the vote.

Primary Elections

Democratic primary

Four candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:

Montana Democratic primary, June 7, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Bernie Sanders 65,156 51.56% 11 1 12
Hillary Clinton 55,805 44.16% 10 5 15
No Preference 5,415 4.28% 0 0 0
Uncommitted N/A 0 0 0
Total 126,376 100% 21 6 27
Source: The Green Papers, Montana Secretary of State - Official Primary Results

Republican primary

Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:

Montana Republican primary, June 7, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 115,594 73.68% 27 0 27
Ted Cruz (withdrawn) 14,682 9.36% 0 0 0
John Kasich (withdrawn) 10,777 6.87% 0 0 0
No preference 7,369 4.70% 0 0 0
Marco Rubio (withdrawn) 5,192 3.31% 0 0 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 3,274 2.09% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 156,888 100.00% 27 0 27
Source: The Green Papers

Analysis

Like every Republican nominee since 1996, Donald Trump carried Montana's three electoral votes by a comfortable margin. He swept most of the plains counties in eastern Montana, traditionally the most conservative part of the state, by staggering margins sometimes exceeding 60 points. The eastern part of the state has benefitted from the recent energy boom in neighboring North Dakota, and its populace is suspect of the environmental movement championed by Democrats in recent elections.

Counties in the western part of the state are also traditionally Republican, with a ranching-based economy heavily dependent on the raising and production of cattle and hay, particularly in the counties bordering Idaho such as Beaverhead County and Revalli County. However, an influx of retirees from the West Coast have made the western region more competitive in recent elections.[2]

The only significant counties won by Clinton were Missoula County where the city of Missoula is located, and Big Horn County and Glacier County, which are both majority Native American. While sweeping most of the rural, majority white conservative counties of the state, Trump also won in Lewis and Clarke County where the capital city of Helena is located, in neighboring Cascade County where Great Falls is located, and in Yellowstone County where the city of Billings is located.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Montana Election Results 2016 – The New York Times". Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Cohen, Micah (2012-06-21). "Presidential Geography: Montana". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  3. ↑ "Montana Election Results 2016". Retrieved 2016-11-26.
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