Broadwater County, Montana

2024 results by precinct

5 precincts · 4,810 votes cast

Trump · R+60

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−60.0%	885	3,770	4,810
2020	R	−57.1%	835	3,173	4,097
2016	R	−56.7%	573	2,348	3,133
2012	R	−46.1%	764	2,152	3,011
2008	R	−36.3%	857	1,875	2,807
2004	R	−52.8%	533	1,778	2,356
2000	R	−49.5%	462	1,488	2,074
1996	R	−21.7%	603	1,029	1,966
1992	R	−18.4%	491	830	1,842
1988	R	−27.5%	592	1,054	1,683
1984	R	−48.5%	458	1,345	1,830
1980	R	−41.6%	401	1,052	1,564
1976	R	−18.9%	557	820	1,389
1972	R	−36.7%	411	916	1,376
1968	R	−18.8%	439	671	1,236
1964	R	−1.2%	595	609	1,204
1960	R	−3.7%	631	680	1,311
1956	R	−31.9%	449	869	1,318
1952	R	−37.7%	435	962	1,397
1948	R	−13.3%	536	704	1,266
1944	R	−15.3%	558	760	1,323
1940	D	+6.1%	854	755	1,613
1936	D	+35.6%	1,071	502	1,597
1932	D	+31.3%	988	512	1,519
1928	R	−5.7%	663	743	1,415
1924	R	−3.2%	486	531	1,408
1920	R	−7.2%	622	723	1,404
1916	D	+29.6%	1,100	584	1,746
1912	D	+26.4%	451	205	933
1908	D	+19.6%	495	326	861
1904	D	+1.3%	403	392	873
1900	D	+28.2%	572	318	901
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 45.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

0.2%

3.8%

75–84

4.2%

7.7%

65–74

6.6%

7.6%

55–64

8.5%

5.8%

45–54

5.9%

6.0%

35–44

5.5%

9.0%

25–34

3.3%

0.9%

18–24

4.4%

6.8%

5–17

7.8%

1.5%

3.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$70,374

Broadwater County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Broadwater County$70,374

Montana$72,509

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.7%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

6.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

4.3%

Mainline Protestant

2.5%

Methodist

0.6%

Baptist

0.5%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 85.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With fewer than 4,500 residents spread across ranchland east of the Continental Divide, Broadwater County delivered a 60-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, consistent with its decades-long pattern of lopsided rural-conservative voting.

The Republican margin in Broadwater County reached its widest at sixty points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Broadwater County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $70,374, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 7,668 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 Washington County and Payette County.

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