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1876–2024
Wibaux County, Montana
Wibaux County·Montana

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

One of Montana's least-populated counties, and among its most lopsided

18762024·38 elections
Wibaux County, Montana · J.B. Chandler · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+72
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
1,193
2024 ACS
Most similar
Richland County
MT · similarity 1.00
1 precincts · 546 votes cast
Trump · R+72
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−71.8%
71463546
2020R
−73.4%
77516598
2016R
−75.4%
55463541
2012R
−59.4%
98421544
2008R
−41.5%
146379561
2004R
−47.0%
144407560
2000R
−47.9%
121369518
1996R
−14.2%
197284613
1992R
−6.4%
195234607
1988R
−15.9%
258358629
1984R
−31.8%
216423651
1980R
−31.6%
219450731
1976D
+6.4%
352308691
1972R
−15.2%
283390703
1968R
−14.5%
252347655
1964D
+16.1%
427308737
1960D
+4.0%
419387806
1956R
−5.0%
390431821
1952R
−26.2%
324556885
1948D
+5.5%
471421905
1944R
−0.8%
425432859
1940D
+11.0%
5764611,043
1936D
+36.9%
7903621,161
1932D
+28.2%
7984451,252
1928R
−13.0%
4485831,036
1924R
−35.6%
189505887
1920R
−48.6%
223692966
1916D
+10.8%
5854661,106
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%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
27.7%
Other Christian
12.8%
Mainline Protestant
10.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wibaux sits in Montana's eastern plains near the North Dakota border, with a cattle-ranching economy and a population under 1,100. Its 2024 presidential margin of R+71.8 ranks among the widest in the state.

The Republican margin in Wibaux County reached its widest at seventy-five points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was seventy-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Wibaux County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,462, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,193 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 Richland County and Williams County.