Billings, MT · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Billings, MT, by party and cycle.
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Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Billings, MT
Year
Total registered
2016
110,292
2018
111,224
2020
117,878
2022
120,006
2024
127,479
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+843 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +17,314 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Billings, MT in Billings, MT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+821
2012
+1,250
2013
+1,772
2014
+928
2015
+791
2016
+913
2017
+1,080
2018
+517
2019
+1,061
2021
+2,711
2022
+2,762
2023
+977
2024
+888
2025
+843
The Billings metro anchors Yellowstone County, a reliable Republican stronghold where oil, gas, and refinery employment concentrate enough working-class voters to consistently widen statewide margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.6 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 40.1 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.7 points.
A population of 189,255, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,183 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kalispell, MT and Great Falls, MT.
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In 2024, Billings, MT, Montana voted Republican by 29.7 points (R+29.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 94,594 votes cast, 31,801 went Democratic and 59,878 went Republican.
When did Billings, MT, Montana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Billings, MT, Montana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Billings, MT, Montana?
Billings, MT, Montana has a population of 189,255 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Billings, MT, Montana?
Median household income in Billings, MT, Montana is $77,183 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Billings, MT, Montana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Billings, MT, Montana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.
