Missoula County, Montana
Precinct data
Results by precinct
65 precincts · 72,773 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -SPRING MEADOWS 99 ASPRING MEADOWS 99 A | 594 | 1,287 | 57 | 1,938 | 30.7% | 66.4% | R+35.8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -EAST MISSOULA 92EAST MISSOULA 92 | 1,095 | 732 | 64 | 1,891 | 57.9% | 38.7% | D+19.2 |
| Precinct -HELLGATE 98 DHELLGATE 98 D | 973 | 847 | 70 | 1,890 | 51.5% | 44.8% | D+6.7 |
| Precinct -HELLGATE 98 BHELLGATE 98 B | 930 | 897 | 46 | 1,873 | 49.7% | 47.9% | D+1.8 |
| Precinct -CS PORTER 97 BCS PORTER 97 B | 917 | 699 | 72 | 1,688 | 54.3% | 41.4% | D+12.9 |
| Precinct -COLD SPRINGS 89 ACOLD SPRINGS 89 A | 986 | 645 | 56 | 1,687 | 58.4% | 38.2% | D+20.2 |
| Precinct -COLD SPRINGS 94 ACOLD SPRINGS 94 A | 999 | 591 | 76 | 1,666 | 60.0% | 35.5% | D+24.5 |
| Precinct -COLD SPRINGS 94 BCOLD SPRINGS 94 B | 879 | 704 | 61 | 1,644 | 53.5% | 42.8% | D+10.6 |
| Precinct -COLD SPRINGS 94 CCOLD SPRINGS 94 C | 780 | 778 | 45 | 1,603 | 48.7% | 48.5% | D+0.1 |
| Precinct -CS PORTER 97 ACS PORTER 97 A | 1,014 | 472 | 72 | 1,558 | 65.1% | 30.3% | D+34.8 |
| Precinct -HELLGATE 97HELLGATE 97 | 748 | 771 | 39 | 1,558 | 48.0% | 49.5% | R+1.5 |
| Precinct -COLD SPRINGS 89 BCOLD SPRINGS 89 B | 982 | 501 | 66 | 1,549 | 63.4% | 32.3% | D+31.1 |
| Precinct -TARGET RANGE 96 BTARGET RANGE 96 B | 767 | 705 | 58 | 1,530 | 50.1% | 46.1% | D+4.1 |
| Precinct -FRENCHTOWN 90 BFRENCHTOWN 90 B | 461 | 1,017 | 36 | 1,514 | 30.4% | 67.2% | R+36.7 |
| Precinct -LIFELONG LEARNING CENTER 95LIFELONG LEARNING CENTER 95 | 1,110 | 301 | 64 | 1,475 | 75.3% | 20.4% | D+54.8 |
| Precinct -LIFELONG LEARNING CENTER 97LIFELONG LEARNING CENTER 97 | 978 | 431 | 60 | 1,469 | 66.6% | 29.3% | D+37.2 |
| Precinct -HELLGATE 98 AHELLGATE 98 A | 878 | 526 | 49 | 1,453 | 60.4% | 36.2% | D+24.2 |
| Precinct -LIBRARY 91LIBRARY 91 | 1,125 | 283 | 32 | 1,440 | 78.1% | 19.7% | D+58.5 |
| Precinct -LOWELL 98LOWELL 98 | 892 | 457 | 74 | 1,423 | 62.7% | 32.1% | D+30.6 |
| Precinct -UC 95 BUC 95 B | 1,080 | 254 | 63 | 1,397 | 77.3% | 18.2% | D+59.1 |
| Precinct -LIBRARY 92 ALIBRARY 92 A | 1,063 | 218 | 41 | 1,322 | 80.4% | 16.5% | D+63.9 |
| Precinct -LOLO 89 ALOLO 89 A | 555 | 734 | 31 | 1,320 | 42.0% | 55.6% | R+13.6 |
| Precinct -HELLGATE 99 AHELLGATE 99 A | 806 | 467 | 33 | 1,306 | 61.7% | 35.8% | D+26.0 |
| Precinct -MCPS ADMIN 94 BMCPS ADMIN 94 B | 844 | 386 | 50 | 1,280 | 65.9% | 30.2% | D+35.8 |
| Precinct -MCPS ADMIN 96 BMCPS ADMIN 96 B | 806 | 379 | 45 | 1,230 | 65.5% | 30.8% | D+34.7 |
| Precinct -MCPS ADMIN 96 AMCPS ADMIN 96 A | 831 | 335 | 44 | 1,210 | 68.7% | 27.7% | D+41.0 |
| Precinct -UC 95 CUC 95 C | 995 | 161 | 34 | 1,190 | 83.6% | 13.5% | D+70.1 |
| Precinct -MCPS ADMIN 93 BMCPS ADMIN 93 B | 920 | 226 | 38 | 1,184 | 77.7% | 19.1% | D+58.6 |
| Precinct -HELLGATE 99 BHELLGATE 99 B | 628 | 471 | 41 | 1,140 | 55.1% | 41.3% | D+13.8 |
| Precinct -MCPS ADMIN 93 AMCPS ADMIN 93 A | 910 | 163 | 39 | 1,112 | 81.8% | 14.7% | D+67.2 |
| Precinct -SEELEY LAKE 76SEELEY LAKE 76 | 345 | 722 | 32 | 1,099 | 31.4% | 65.7% | R+34.3 |
| Precinct -UC 95 AUC 95 A | 903 | 143 | 44 | 1,090 | 82.8% | 13.1% | D+69.7 |
| Precinct -LIFELONG LEARNING CENTER 100 ALIFELONG LEARNING CENTER 100 A | 675 | 343 | 52 | 1,070 | 63.1% | 32.1% | D+31.0 |
| Precinct -LOLO 89 BLOLO 89 B | 479 | 517 | 48 | 1,044 | 45.9% | 49.5% | R+3.6 |
| Precinct -LIBRARY 100 BLIBRARY 100 B | 784 | 200 | 45 | 1,029 | 76.2% | 19.4% | D+56.8 |
| Precinct -PETTY 90PETTY 90 | 331 | 673 | 21 | 1,025 | 32.3% | 65.7% | R+33.4 |
| Precinct -LOLO 89 CLOLO 89 C | 360 | 606 | 36 | 1,002 | 35.9% | 60.5% | R+24.6 |
| Precinct -UC 95 DUC 95 D | 833 | 140 | 29 | 1,002 | 83.1% | 14.0% | D+69.2 |
| Precinct -LIBRARY 92 BLIBRARY 92 B | 786 | 163 | 49 | 998 | 78.8% | 16.3% | D+62.4 |
| Precinct -UC 93UC 93 | 807 | 148 | 42 | 997 | 80.9% | 14.8% | D+66.1 |
| Precinct -LOWELL 100 BLOWELL 100 B | 780 | 169 | 42 | 991 | 78.7% | 17.1% | D+61.7 |
| Precinct -LIFELONG LEARNING CENTER 100 BLIFELONG LEARNING CENTER 100 B | 681 | 271 | 37 | 989 | 68.9% | 27.4% | D+41.5 |
| Precinct -MCPS ADMIN 94 AMCPS ADMIN 94 A | 670 | 287 | 30 | 987 | 67.9% | 29.1% | D+38.8 |
| Precinct -POTOMAC 92POTOMAC 92 | 346 | 592 | 27 | 965 | 35.9% | 61.3% | R+25.5 |
| Precinct -LIBRARY 100 ALIBRARY 100 A | 770 | 143 | 38 | 951 | 81.0% | 15.0% | D+65.9 |
| Precinct -LOWELL 100 ALOWELL 100 A | 780 | 125 | 37 | 942 | 82.8% | 13.3% | D+69.5 |
| Precinct -LIBRARY 99LIBRARY 99 | 734 | 151 | 16 | 901 | 81.5% | 16.8% | D+64.7 |
| Precinct -CLINTON 93CLINTON 93 | 304 | 547 | 44 | 895 | 34.0% | 61.1% | R+27.2 |
| Precinct -BONNER 92BONNER 92 | 461 | 408 | 23 | 892 | 51.7% | 45.7% | D+5.9 |
| Precinct -BONNER 93BONNER 93 | 372 | 459 | 34 | 865 | 43.0% | 53.1% | R+10.1 |
| Precinct -LOWELL 99LOWELL 99 | 564 | 256 | 39 | 859 | 65.7% | 29.8% | D+35.9 |
| Precinct -TARGET RANGE 96 ATARGET RANGE 96 A | 459 | 350 | 37 | 846 | 54.3% | 41.4% | D+12.9 |
| Precinct -LOLO 93LOLO 93 | 276 | 491 | 17 | 784 | 35.2% | 62.6% | R+27.4 |
| Precinct -HELLGATE 96HELLGATE 96 | 286 | 463 | 18 | 767 | 37.3% | 60.4% | R+23.1 |
| Precinct -SPRING MEADOWS 99 BSPRING MEADOWS 99 B | 406 | 322 | 30 | 758 | 53.6% | 42.5% | D+11.1 |
| Precinct -CS PORTER 96CS PORTER 96 | 424 | 258 | 27 | 709 | 59.8% | 36.4% | D+23.4 |
| Precinct -FRENCHTOWN 90 AFRENCHTOWN 90 A | 217 | 389 | 17 | 623 | 34.8% | 62.4% | R+27.6 |
| Precinct -UC 95 EUC 95 E | 443 | 153 | 24 | 620 | 71.5% | 24.7% | D+46.8 |
| Precinct -COLD SPRINGS 93COLD SPRINGS 93 | 250 | 292 | 21 | 563 | 44.4% | 51.9% | R+7.5 |
| Precinct -GRAY WOLF 91GRAY WOLF 91 | 271 | 258 | 28 | 557 | 48.7% | 46.3% | D+2.3 |
| Precinct -SWAN 92SWAN 92 | 116 | 311 | 9 | 436 | 26.6% | 71.3% | R+44.7 |
| Precinct -SEELEY LAKE 92SEELEY LAKE 92 | 118 | 210 | 3 | 331 | 35.6% | 63.4% | R+27.8 |
| Precinct -MCPS ADMIN 93 CMCPS ADMIN 93 C | 215 | 93 | 6 | 314 | 68.5% | 29.6% | D+38.9 |
| Precinct -LOLO 90LOLO 90 | 77 | 173 | 3 | 253 | 30.4% | 68.4% | R+37.9 |
| Precinct -HELLGATE 98 CHELLGATE 98 C | 34 | 42 | 3 | 79 | 43.0% | 53.2% | R+10.1 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +5.7% |
| 1896 | +72.0% |
| 1900 | +15.1% |
| 1904 | −33.3% |
| 1908 | −1.9% |
| 1912 | +20.1% |
| 1916 | +15.1% |
| 1920 | −13.0% |
| 1924 | −17.0% |
| 1928 | −20.8% |
| 1932 | +14.8% |
| 1936 | +46.2% |
| 1940 | +15.6% |
| 1944 | +1.7% |
| 1948 | +4.2% |
| 1952 | −18.5% |
| 1956 | −22.2% |
| 1960 | −7.9% |
| 1964 | +23.0% |
| 1968 | −6.6% |
| 1972 | −5.9% |
| 1976 | −3.9% |
| 1980 | −8.8% |
| 1984 | −8.8% |
| 1988 | +9.0% |
| 1992 | +17.2% |
| 1996 | +13.2% |
| 2000 | −9.1% |
| 2004 | +5.7% |
| 2008 | +26.7% |
| 2012 | +17.8% |
| 2016 | +15.3% |
| 2020 | +23.8% |
| 2024 | +21.4% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 83,745 |
| 2018 | 85,786 |
| 2020 | 90,511 |
| 2022 | 90,261 |
| 2024 | 95,347 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+765 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +9,951 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $62,072 in average income, against $94,230 for residents who stayed — 34% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+9.3 on average — 31 points more Republican-leaning than Missoula County, MT itself (D+21.4).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Ravalli County, MT322R+40.6
- Gallatin County, MT167D+3.2
- Flathead County, MT166R+33.8
- Lewis and Clark County, MT142R+5.7
- Lake County, MT125R+19.9
- Yellowstone County, MT113R+27.1
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Ravalli County, MT326
- Flathead County, MT164
- Lake County, MT152
- Gallatin County, MT139
- Lewis and Clark County, MT133
- Cascade County, MT109
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 | +292 |
| 2012 | +330 |
| 2013 | +123 |
| 2014 | +407 |
| 2015 | +850 |
| 2016 | +1,648 |
| 2017 | +1,084 |
| 2018 | +477 |
| 2019 | +603 |
| 2021 | +1,360 |
| 2022 | +873 |
| 2023 | +541 |
| 2024 | +598 |
| 2025 | +765 |
Home to the University of Montana, Missoula County posts the state's largest Democratic presidential margins — running more than 20 points left of center in a state that otherwise tilts sharply Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 72.0 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 33.3 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.4 points.
A population of 120,672, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,598 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Douglas County and Benton County.
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Missoula County, Montana. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/30063/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.