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1876–2024
Cascade County, Montana
Cascade County·Montana

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

Great Falls anchors a plains county that votes reliably Republican by wide margins

18762024·38 elections
Cascade County, Montana · Aualliso · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+22
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
84,606
2024 ACS
Most similar
Nelson County
ND · similarity 0.97
26 precincts · 37,452 votes cast
Trump · R+22
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−22.3%
13,97122,34137,452
2020R
−19.7%
15,45623,31539,885
2016R
−21.6%
12,17519,63234,571
2012R
−9.0%
15,23218,34534,576
2008D
+2.3%
17,66416,85735,388
2004R
−15.9%
13,70119,02833,459
2000R
−15.1%
13,13718,16433,317
1996D
+4.0%
15,70714,29135,006
1992D
+6.1%
14,71912,49436,578
1988R
−0.7%
15,71815,94632,124
1984R
−16.2%
14,25219,84634,505
1980R
−20.3%
11,10517,66432,234
1976R
−2.0%
14,67815,28930,511
1972R
−10.6%
12,89916,15930,836
1968D
+7.2%
13,50711,58826,803
1964D
+32.3%
17,6098,98626,714
1960D
+8.4%
14,11711,92826,090
1956R
−5.8%
11,09812,45523,553
1952R
−4.8%
11,05112,17623,373
1948D
+26.5%
12,0826,83019,817
1944D
+26.1%
10,9246,37217,437
1940D
+35.4%
13,6376,44320,324
1936D
+52.0%
13,3254,07717,789
1932D
+25.2%
10,0475,80016,823
1928R
−11.1%
6,5408,18314,856
1924R
−24.4%
2,2205,08111,706
1920R
−24.8%
3,9386,80811,572
1916D
+31.6%
6,6123,25310,641
1912D
+12.2%
1,6331,0794,549
1908R
−1.1%
1,8881,9354,313
1904R
−23.5%
1,3852,4054,346
1900D
+12.2%
2,5641,9974,648
1896D
+50.6%
2,9209533,888
1892R
−3.9%
1,1841,2952,864
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%
African American
1.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
20.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.2%
Mainline Protestant
5.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.9%
Methodist
1.0%
Baptist
0.7%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Malmstrom Air Force Base and a substantial military population, Cascade County delivered a 22-point Republican margin in 2024 despite being one of Montana's more urbanized counties by Great Plains standards.

The Republican margin in Cascade County reached its widest at twenty-five points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was twenty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Cascade County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,690, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 84,606 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 Nelson County and Spencer County.