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1876–2024
Madison County, Montana
Madison County·Montana

Madison County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Montana's most lopsided rural counties by presidential margin

18762024·38 elections
Madison County, Montana · Aualliso · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+45
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
9,223
2024 ACS
Most similar
Beaverhead County
MT · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 6,461 votes cast
Trump · R+45
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−45.3%
1,6894,6156,461
2020R
−39.8%
1,7714,1916,087
2016R
−44.6%
1,1803,2974,743
2012R
−40.6%
1,2893,1304,532
2008R
−26.6%
1,6072,8224,568
2004R
−47.9%
9832,8683,933
2000R
−51.9%
7582,6563,656
1996R
−29.4%
9551,9843,495
1992R
−19.3%
7791,4153,299
1988R
−39.2%
8782,0452,980
1984R
−52.1%
7082,3083,069
1980R
−49.1%
6762,2203,145
1976R
−31.3%
8701,6882,610
1972R
−42.9%
6691,7802,588
1968R
−24.3%
7341,2892,286
1964R
−6.3%
1,1251,2762,403
1960R
−18.1%
1,0101,4562,469
1956R
−28.5%
9251,6622,587
1952R
−45.1%
7511,9932,752
1948R
−12.5%
1,0061,3002,357
1944R
−11.1%
1,0221,2782,313
1940D
+3.6%
1,6741,5573,256
1936D
+28.1%
1,8191,0062,890
1932D
+22.4%
1,7641,0972,976
1928R
−37.3%
8121,7852,611
1924R
−18.8%
6721,1372,480
1920R
−30.0%
8771,6722,646
1916D
+13.0%
1,6721,2793,018
1912D
+17.0%
8225061,863
1908D
+3.1%
1,0299642,065
1904R
−14.4%
9711,3142,382
1900D
+11.4%
1,2981,0302,348
1896D
+67.3%
1,6333151,958
1892R
−8.2%
6347621,561
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
10.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.0%
Mainline Protestant
3.0%
Baptist
1.8%
Methodist
1.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 75.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Madison County's 2024 presidential margin of R+45.3 reflects a pattern common to Montana's sparsely populated ranching counties, where Republican candidates have dominated by wide margins across successive election cycles.

The Republican margin in Madison County reached its widest at fifty-two points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was forty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Madison County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,250, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 9,223 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Beaverhead County and Glenn County.