Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana
Akashic| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 51.5% | 9,386 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 44.5% | 8,110 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr.We The People | 4.0% | 730 |
County-level results (1 county) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Bow County, MT | Democratic | D+7.0 |
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 51.5%Harris9,386 | 44.5%Trump8,110 | 4.0%Kennedy730 | 18,226 | ||
| D | 55.7%Biden10,392 | 41.5%Trump7,745 | 2.8%Jorgensen521 | 18,658 | ||
| D | 52.4%Clinton8,619 | 38.8%Trump6,376 | 8.9%Johnson1,457 | 16,452 | ||
| D | 64.8%Obama10,857 | 32.4%Romney5,430 | 2.8%Johnson469 | 16,756 | ||
| D | 68.8%Obama11,676 | 28.4%McCain4,818 | 2.8%Paul471 | 16,965 | ||
| D | 57.9%Kerry9,307 | 39.7%Bush6,381 | 2.5%Nader396 | 16,084 | ||
| D | 53.7%Gore8,967 | 37.7%Bush6,299 | 8.6%Nader1,437 | 16,703 | ||
| D | 63.4%Clinton11,199 | 22.1%Dole3,909 | 14.5%Perot2,569 | 17,677 | ||
| D | 54.9%Clinton9,960 | 19.2%Bush3,491 | 25.9%Perot4,695 | 18,146 | ||
| D | 68.4%Dukakis11,422 | 30.2%Bush5,043 | 1.3%Paul222 | 16,687 | ||
| D | 61.6%Mondale11,095 | 36.9%Reagan6,637 | 1.5%Bergland278 | 18,010 | ||
| D | 50.2%Carter9,721 | 37.7%Reagan7,301 | 12.2%Anderson2,355 | 19,377 | ||
| D | 59.5%Carter11,377 | 39.3%Ford7,506 | 1.2%Anderson227 | 19,110 | ||
| D | 57.4%McGovern11,704 | 39.0%Nixon7,967 | 3.6%Schmitz733 | 20,404 | ||
| D | 64.4%Humphrey12,626 | 28.0%Nixon5,488 | 7.7%Wallace1,503 | 19,617 | ||
| D | 74.2%Johnson15,751 | 22.9%Goldwater4,873 | 2.9%Hass615 | 21,239 | ||
| D | 64.9%Kennedy13,754 | 34.4%Nixon7,290 | 0.7%Byrd146 | 21,190 | ||
| R | 49.7%Stevenson11,475 | 50.3%Eisenhower11,619 | 0.0% | 23,094 | ||
| D | 55.9%Stevenson13,114 | 43.5%Eisenhower10,196 | 0.6%Hallinan148 | 23,458 | ||
| D | 59.6%Truman12,715 | 34.2%Dewey7,305 | 6.2%Thurmond1,315 | 21,335 | ||
| D | 62.9%Roosevelt13,228 | 36.2%Dewey7,610 | 1.0%Thomas202 | 21,040 | ||
| D | 67.9%Roosevelt17,467 | 30.8%Willkie7,932 | 1.3%Thomas335 | 25,734 | ||
| D | 78.2%Roosevelt17,697 | 20.0%Landon4,528 | 1.8%Lemke398 | 22,623 | ||
| D | 62.4%Roosevelt13,626 | 31.1%Hoover6,792 | 6.5%Thomas1,416 | 21,834 | ||
| D | 53.2%Smith11,228 | 44.8%Hoover9,456 | 2.0%Thomas419 | 21,103 | ||
| O | 28.7%Davis5,393 | 34.7%Coolidge6,520 | 36.7%La Follette6,901 | 18,814 | ||
| R | 35.1%Cox6,394 | 55.4%Harding10,074 | 9.5%Debs1,730 | 18,198 | ||
| D | 60.7%Wilson13,084 | 31.4%Hughes6,757 | 7.9%Benson1,706 | 21,547 | ||
| O | 38.2%Wilson4,542 | 18.8%Taft2,232 | 43.1%Roosevelt5,122 | 11,896 | ||
| D | 45.8%Bryan6,255 | 33.8%Taft4,618 | 20.4%Debs2,783 | 13,656 | ||
| D | 39.8%Parker5,686 | 36.1%Roosevelt5,149 | 24.1%Debs3,439 | 14,274 | ||
| D | 74.2%Bryan12,101 | 23.7%McKinley3,873 | 2.1%Woolley336 | 16,310 | ||
| D | 88.5%Bryan9,992 | 11.3%McKinley1,275 | 0.3%Palmer29 | 11,296 | ||
| R | 31.4%Cleveland2,648 | 38.6%Harrison3,251 | 30.0%Weaver2,527 | 8,426 |
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −7.2% |
| 1896 | +77.2% |
| 1900 | +50.4% |
| 1904 | +3.8% |
| 1908 | +12.0% |
| 1912 | +19.4% |
| 1916 | +29.4% |
| 1920 | −20.2% |
| 1924 | −6.0% |
| 1928 | +8.4% |
| 1932 | +31.3% |
| 1936 | +58.2% |
| 1940 | +37.1% |
| 1944 | +26.7% |
| 1948 | +25.4% |
| 1952 | +12.4% |
| 1956 | −0.6% |
| 1960 | +30.5% |
| 1964 | +51.2% |
| 1968 | +36.4% |
| 1972 | +18.3% |
| 1976 | +20.3% |
| 1980 | +12.5% |
| 1984 | +24.8% |
| 1988 | +38.2% |
| 1992 | +35.6% |
| 1996 | +41.2% |
| 2000 | +16.0% |
| 2004 | +18.2% |
| 2008 | +40.4% |
| 2012 | +32.4% |
| 2016 | +13.6% |
| 2020 | +14.2% |
| 2024 | +7.0% |
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 21,950 |
| 2018 | 22,764 |
| 2020 | 23,251 |
| 2022 | 23,280 |
| 2024 | 23,375 |
Butte-Silver Bow is a rare blue enclave in rural Montana, its consolidated city-county government and strong union roots producing Democratic margins that have outlasted the party's broader collapse across the state's working-class interior.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.2 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 20.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 7.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.0 points.
A population of 35,785, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,754 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Plattsburgh, NY and Baraboo, WI.
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