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1876–2024
Fallon County, Montana
Fallon County·Montana

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

One of Montana's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Fallon County, Montana · J.B. Chandler · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+76
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,760
2024 ACS
Most similar
Prairie County
MT · similarity 1.00
1 precincts · 1,507 votes cast
Trump · R+76
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−75.6%
1631,3031,507
2020R
−76.4%
1721,3751,575
2016R
−75.8%
1541,2791,484
2012R
−63.4%
2371,1281,406
2008R
−52.1%
3181,0641,432
2004R
−59.6%
2891,1781,491
2000R
−58.8%
2561,0611,369
1996R
−21.5%
4527781,516
1992R
−17.7%
4467311,608
1988R
−23.8%
6121,0021,636
1984R
−36.5%
5691,2371,829
1980R
−40.3%
5121,2861,920
1976R
−4.8%
8479341,797
1972R
−31.4%
5311,0341,604
1968R
−32.8%
4779901,565
1964R
−3.9%
7658271,595
1960R
−21.2%
5979181,516
1956R
−22.5%
6129671,579
1952R
−40.6%
4401,0461,494
1948R
−4.1%
6236781,329
1944R
−27.4%
4948701,371
1940R
−14.7%
6869251,624
1936D
+25.1%
1,0155981,661
1932D
+16.3%
9736901,734
1928R
−38.8%
4541,0361,500
1924R
−38.9%
2207311,314
1920R
−45.8%
3811,0641,491
1916D
+21.7%
1,8451,1693,114
1912
No data
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
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%
Irish
0.8%
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.
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
Mainline Protestant
32.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
14.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
6.6%
Baptist
2.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Fallon County, anchored by the small city of Baker, returned an R+75.7 margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state. Its sparse, ranch-dominated eastern plains economy has produced consistently decisive Republican performance across recent election cycles.

The Republican margin in Fallon County reached its widest at seventy-six points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was seventy-six points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Fallon County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $76,250, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,760 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 Prairie County and Lincoln County.