Gallatin County, Montana
Precinct data
Results by precinct
46 precincts · 69,897 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -59A59A | 1,229 | 874 | 70 | 2,173 | 56.6% | 40.2% | D+16.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -59B59B | 1,237 | 789 | 50 | 2,076 | 59.6% | 38.0% | D+21.6 |
| Precinct -66B66B | 1,061 | 851 | 55 | 1,967 | 53.9% | 43.3% | D+10.7 |
| Precinct -66A66A | 460 | 1,411 | 58 | 1,929 | 23.8% | 73.1% | R+49.3 |
| Precinct -65B65B | 892 | 953 | 47 | 1,892 | 47.1% | 50.4% | R+3.2 |
| Precinct -59D59D | 1,033 | 792 | 62 | 1,887 | 54.7% | 42.0% | D+12.8 |
| Precinct -59C59C | 1,364 | 461 | 50 | 1,875 | 72.7% | 24.6% | D+48.2 |
| Precinct -67A67A | 647 | 1,114 | 77 | 1,838 | 35.2% | 60.6% | R+25.4 |
| Precinct -60A60A | 703 | 1,066 | 55 | 1,824 | 38.5% | 58.4% | R+19.9 |
| Precinct -66C66C | 1,285 | 459 | 63 | 1,807 | 71.1% | 25.4% | D+45.7 |
| Precinct -65A65A | 730 | 975 | 57 | 1,762 | 41.4% | 55.3% | R+13.9 |
| Precinct -62A62A | 701 | 964 | 48 | 1,713 | 40.9% | 56.3% | R+15.4 |
| Precinct -64A64A | 766 | 887 | 56 | 1,709 | 44.8% | 51.9% | R+7.1 |
| Precinct -63B63B | 851 | 782 | 52 | 1,685 | 50.5% | 46.4% | D+4.1 |
| Precinct -60B60B | 834 | 806 | 40 | 1,680 | 49.6% | 48.0% | D+1.7 |
| Precinct -64C64C | 927 | 680 | 49 | 1,656 | 56.0% | 41.1% | D+14.9 |
| Precinct -63A63A | 670 | 925 | 41 | 1,636 | 41.0% | 56.5% | R+15.6 |
| Precinct -66D66D | 1,282 | 288 | 48 | 1,618 | 79.2% | 17.8% | D+61.4 |
| Precinct -62B62B | 809 | 683 | 79 | 1,571 | 51.5% | 43.5% | D+8.0 |
| Precinct -61B61B | 1,153 | 347 | 64 | 1,564 | 73.7% | 22.2% | D+51.5 |
| Precinct -68A68A | 254 | 1,280 | 29 | 1,563 | 16.3% | 81.9% | R+65.6 |
| Precinct -62D62D | 760 | 751 | 50 | 1,561 | 48.7% | 48.1% | D+0.6 |
| Precinct -64D64D | 895 | 599 | 58 | 1,552 | 57.7% | 38.6% | D+19.1 |
| Precinct -63D63D | 904 | 586 | 56 | 1,546 | 58.5% | 37.9% | D+20.6 |
| Precinct -63C63C | 923 | 551 | 47 | 1,521 | 60.7% | 36.2% | D+24.5 |
| Precinct -68D68D | 416 | 1,067 | 36 | 1,519 | 27.4% | 70.2% | R+42.9 |
| Precinct -68B68B | 435 | 1,031 | 50 | 1,516 | 28.7% | 68.0% | R+39.3 |
| Precinct -67D67D | 512 | 913 | 58 | 1,483 | 34.5% | 61.6% | R+27.0 |
| Precinct -67B67B | 494 | 933 | 49 | 1,476 | 33.5% | 63.2% | R+29.7 |
| Precinct -65C65C | 896 | 500 | 65 | 1,461 | 61.3% | 34.2% | D+27.1 |
| Precinct -65D65D | 997 | 347 | 68 | 1,412 | 70.6% | 24.6% | D+46.0 |
| Precinct -68C68C | 539 | 819 | 53 | 1,411 | 38.2% | 58.0% | R+19.8 |
| Precinct -61C61C | 970 | 394 | 46 | 1,410 | 68.8% | 27.9% | D+40.9 |
| Precinct -67C67C | 511 | 827 | 50 | 1,388 | 36.8% | 59.6% | R+22.8 |
| Precinct -64B64B | 741 | 582 | 43 | 1,366 | 54.2% | 42.6% | D+11.6 |
| Precinct -62C62C | 740 | 439 | 56 | 1,235 | 59.9% | 35.5% | D+24.4 |
| Precinct -57C57C | 901 | 269 | 32 | 1,202 | 75.0% | 22.4% | D+52.6 |
| Precinct -77B77B | 322 | 856 | 24 | 1,202 | 26.8% | 71.2% | R+44.4 |
| Precinct -61A61A | 717 | 434 | 34 | 1,185 | 60.5% | 36.6% | D+23.9 |
| Precinct -77A77A | 260 | 884 | 39 | 1,183 | 22.0% | 74.7% | R+52.7 |
| Precinct -69A69A | 347 | 767 | 43 | 1,157 | 30.0% | 66.3% | R+36.3 |
| Precinct -57B57B | 748 | 258 | 38 | 1,044 | 71.6% | 24.7% | D+46.9 |
| Precinct -60D60D | 622 | 315 | 40 | 977 | 63.7% | 32.2% | D+31.4 |
| Precinct -60C60C | 521 | 395 | 21 | 937 | 55.6% | 42.2% | D+13.4 |
| Precinct -60E60E | 419 | 443 | 34 | 896 | 46.8% | 49.4% | R+2.7 |
| Precinct -57A57A | 460 | 348 | 24 | 832 | 55.3% | 41.8% | D+13.5 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +6.3% |
| 1896 | +58.2% |
| 1900 | +6.0% |
| 1904 | −18.7% |
| 1908 | −1.1% |
| 1912 | +22.3% |
| 1916 | +18.0% |
| 1920 | −14.7% |
| 1924 | −16.5% |
| 1928 | −22.8% |
| 1932 | +25.5% |
| 1936 | +35.5% |
| 1940 | +15.7% |
| 1944 | +5.4% |
| 1948 | −8.5% |
| 1952 | −44.2% |
| 1956 | −34.4% |
| 1960 | −29.2% |
| 1964 | −0.2% |
| 1968 | −30.2% |
| 1972 | −34.6% |
| 1976 | −27.8% |
| 1980 | −32.2% |
| 1984 | −31.0% |
| 1988 | −15.9% |
| 1992 | −5.5% |
| 1996 | −12.3% |
| 2000 | −27.5% |
| 2004 | −15.0% |
| 2008 | +3.4% |
| 2012 | −5.0% |
| 2016 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | +7.5% |
| 2024 | +3.2% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 75,481 |
| 2018 | 79,576 |
| 2020 | 88,148 |
| 2022 | 91,056 |
| 2024 | 97,412 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+545 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +22,872 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $80,346 in average income, against $134,309 for residents who stayed — 40% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+3.7 on average — about the same lean as Gallatin County, MT (D+3.2).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Yellowstone County, MT217R+27.1
- Park County, MT155R+7.7
- Missoula County, MT139D+21.4
- Lewis and Clark County, MT120R+5.7
- King County, WA120D+51.3
- Flathead County, MT100R+33.8
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Yellowstone County, MT239
- Park County, MT184
- Missoula County, MT167
- Flathead County, MT137
- Lewis and Clark County, MT134
- King County, WA117
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +1,107 |
| 2012 | +539 |
| 2013 | +1,251 |
| 2014 | +1,765 |
| 2015 | +2,606 |
| 2016 | +2,923 |
| 2017 | +2,976 |
| 2018 | +2,297 |
| 2019 | +1,973 |
| 2021 | +2,944 |
| 2022 | +883 |
| 2023 | +639 |
| 2024 | +424 |
| 2025 | +545 |
Gallatin County's political center of gravity has tracked its rapid population growth around Bozeman, flipping from reliably Republican to a narrow Democratic lean in presidential contests over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 58.2 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 44.2 points in 1952. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.2 points.
A population of 124,074, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,528 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Larimer County and Deschutes County.
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Gallatin County, Montana. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/30031/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.