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1876–2024
Beaverhead County, Montana
Beaverhead County·Montana

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

Montana's largest county by area tilts decisively in statewide contests

18762024·38 elections
Beaverhead County, Montana · Aualliso · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+43
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
9,713
2024 ACS
Most similar
Madison County
MT · similarity 1.00
16 precincts · 5,794 votes cast
Trump · R+43
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−43.4%
1,5434,0585,794
2020R
−40.9%
1,6083,9235,661
2016R
−45.6%
1,1433,3534,849
2012R
−39.9%
1,3713,2894,812
2008R
−29.2%
1,6173,0084,763
2004R
−46.3%
1,1033,0674,242
2000R
−55.1%
7993,1134,196
1996R
−31.1%
1,1642,4144,019
1992R
−15.6%
1,0981,7464,160
1988R
−34.9%
1,2742,6683,998
1984R
−52.1%
9423,0444,035
1980R
−51.5%
8422,9554,103
1976R
−40.9%
1,0132,4613,543
1972R
−49.3%
7752,4603,417
1968R
−33.6%
8531,8963,106
1964R
−8.8%
1,4691,7543,231
1960R
−13.9%
1,3071,7313,043
1956R
−31.0%
1,0291,9552,984
1952R
−40.8%
9202,1963,128
1948R
−7.6%
1,3561,5833,005
1944R
−10.3%
1,2631,5562,832
1940R
−2.8%
1,6321,7253,371
1936D
+24.0%
2,1531,3043,538
1932D
+12.6%
1,8341,4183,291
1928R
−24.9%
1,1441,9063,064
1924R
−22.6%
7661,3862,742
1920R
−40.8%
8332,0492,978
1916D
+0.3%
1,4631,4553,007
1912D
+0.3%
7137081,852
1908R
−8.2%
7398781,690
1904R
−21.7%
6501,0211,707
1900D
+9.9%
9377671,712
1896D
+77.6%
1,2461541,407
1892R
−19.5%
4637291,367
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
32.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.8%
Mainline Protestant
2.9%
Baptist
2.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Methodist
0.5%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Beaverhead spans more than 5,500 square miles of ranching and mining country in southwestern Montana, producing presidential margins that have exceeded 40 points Republican in recent cycles. Its sparse, rural population punches above its weight in shaping statewide totals.

The Republican margin in Beaverhead County reached its widest at fifty-five points in 2000. The margin in 2024 was forty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Beaverhead County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,268, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 9,713 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 Madison County and Glenn County.