- Lead
- 1,665
- Total
- 4,157
- vs nation
- D+41.5
Montana 61st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,247
- Total
- 5,747
- vs nation
- D+34.6
- Lead
- 1,419
- Total
- 4,708
- vs nation
- D+28.1
- Lead
- 1,112
- Total
- 4,044
- vs nation
- D+23.6
- Lead
- 1,473
- Total
- 4,195
- vs nation
- D+27.8
- Lead
- 598
- Total
- 3,227
- vs nation
- D+21.0
- Lead
- 79
- Total
- 2,523
- vs nation
- D+2.6
- Lead
- 431
- Total
- 2,440
- vs nation
- D+9.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+40.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 10,8602024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,722 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $54,7622024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+74.4 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+11.4 in 1952MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 45, WY · twin score 93.9
presidential history
Party record book
Montana 61st State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
William J. Bryan1896
87.2%
204 votes · D+74.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 77.5%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1952
55.2%
397 votes · R+11.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 50.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
3,874votes
67.4% of the vote · D+39.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 2,839 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
1,627votes
28.3% of the vote · D+39.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 1,379 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
William J. Bryan1896
+80.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+74.4 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1900 · +49.9 pts
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1952
+0.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+11.4 · U.S. R+10.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · −2.6 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 54.4%3,370 | 45.6%2,820 | 6,190 |
| 2018 | D | 57.5%2,739 | 42.5%2,027 | 4,766 |
Montana 61st State House District sits in the Northern Rockies. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 74.4 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 11.4 points in 1952. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.1 points.
A population of 10,860, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,762 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 45 and Delegate District 79.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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