Garfield County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.
One of the most lopsided presidential margins of any U.S. county
1876 — 2024·38 elections
18762024
Garfield County, Montana · J.B. Chandler · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+90
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
1,094
2024 ACS
Most similar
Chase County
NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
4 precincts · 800 votes cast
Trump · R+90
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
Year
Won
Margin
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
−89.6%
39
756
800
2020
R
−88.9%
41
764
813
2016
R
−86.2%
34
653
718
2012
R
−79.3%
66
622
701
2008
R
−67.1%
110
598
727
2004
R
−82.1%
52
590
655
2000
R
−79.3%
61
651
744
1996
R
−61.0%
107
562
746
1992
R
−33.9%
125
403
819
1988
R
−51.1%
196
631
851
1984
R
−69.8%
134
770
911
1980
R
−60.7%
169
760
974
1976
R
−38.2%
273
625
922
1972
R
−58.5%
173
695
893
1968
R
−41.7%
190
542
844
1964
R
−14.0%
384
509
896
1960
R
−17.3%
363
515
880
1956
R
−13.6%
424
558
982
1952
R
−45.7%
269
723
994
1948
R
−5.1%
451
501
973
1944
R
−7.3%
478
553
1,033
1940
D
+1.5%
644
625
1,271
1936
D
+28.1%
991
548
1,577
1932
D
+20.5%
1,044
678
1,785
1928
R
−40.1%
499
1,176
1,688
1924
R
−30.1%
355
876
1,733
1920
R
−41.3%
484
1,226
1,798
1916
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1912
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1908
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1904
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1900
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1896
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1892
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1888
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1884
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1880
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1876
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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.
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: 43.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.8%
85+
1.6%
3.7%
75–84
5.9%
6.6%
65–74
6.9%
4.8%
55–64
6.1%
6.1%
45–54
4.9%
7.4%
35–44
4.7%
4.6%
25–34
5.6%
1.5%
18–24
3.1%
7.9%
5–17
8.6%
5.8%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$69,583
Garfield County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Garfield County$69,583
Montana$72,509
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.4%
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
18.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
8.4%
Mainline Protestant
6.7%
Baptist
3.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Garfield County's roughly 1,300 residents make it one of Montana's least-populated counties, yet it consistently records presidential margins above 85 points Republican — a product of its vast ranch economy and extreme geographic isolation east of the Missouri Breaks.
The Republican margin in Garfield County reached its widest at ninety points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was ninety points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.
Garfield County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $69,583, a 97% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,094 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 Chase County and Perkins County.