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1876–2024
Meagher County, Montana
Meagher County·Montana

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

One of Montana's least-populated counties, tilting hard red

18762024·38 elections
Meagher County, Montana · Montanabw · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+54
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,007
2024 ACS
Most similar
Adams County
ID · similarity 1.00
1 precincts · 1,172 votes cast
Trump · R+54
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−53.9%
2568881,172
2020R
−51.8%
2588331,110
2016R
−54.9%
193729977
2012R
−41.3%
269670972
2008R
−33.7%
298624966
2004R
−46.4%
247698973
2000R
−55.8%
176698935
1996R
−23.9%
281505936
1992R
−16.2%
2604221,002
1988R
−31.6%
3376561,009
1984R
−45.7%
2837711,069
1980R
−44.6%
247689990
1976R
−21.4%
364565939
1972R
−47.1%
230674942
1968R
−37.7%
218543863
1964R
−11.1%
405506913
1960R
−17.4%
4316131,048
1956R
−33.5%
3557121,067
1952R
−41.6%
3267921,120
1948R
−2.0%
4975181,035
1944R
−2.7%
482509993
1940D
+8.7%
6215201,157
1936D
+21.3%
7674951,280
1932D
+14.4%
6214621,101
1928R
−36.1%
3357141,051
1924R
−35.1%
2576241,047
1920R
−39.9%
3147441,077
1916D
+12.1%
1,4821,1582,687
1912D
+12.7%
4733211,199
1908R
−21.8%
314495831
1904R
−35.2%
230485725
1900R
−1.0%
406414823
1896D
+59.3%
1,3053331,639
1892R
−5.5%
7358391,880
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
1.5%
Polish
0.7%
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
20.0%
Mainline Protestant
8.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.5%
Baptist
2.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Meagher County's cattle-ranch economy and sparse settlement across the Belt Mountains produce some of Montana's most lopsided presidential margins, with the 2024 result exceeding 50 points in the Republican column.

The Republican margin in Meagher County reached its widest at fifty-six points in 2000. The margin in 2024 was fifty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Meagher County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $71,932, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,007 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 Adams County and Fergus County.