Silver Bow County, Montana
Precinct data
Results by precinct
31 precincts · 18,226 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -PREC_1.1PREC_1.1 | 1,062 | 739 | 63 | 1,864 | 57.0% | 39.6% | D+17.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -PREC_2.1PREC_2.1 | 844 | 633 | 71 | 1,548 | 54.5% | 40.9% | D+13.6 |
| Precinct -PREC_5.4PREC_5.4 | 697 | 772 | 45 | 1,514 | 46.0% | 51.0% | R+5.0 |
| Precinct -PREC_7.1PREC_7.1 | 623 | 656 | 59 | 1,338 | 46.6% | 49.0% | R+2.5 |
| Precinct -PREC_9.1PREC_9.1 | 844 | 448 | 40 | 1,332 | 63.4% | 33.6% | D+29.7 |
| Precinct -PREC_6.1PREC_6.1 | 589 | 648 | 73 | 1,310 | 45.0% | 49.5% | R+4.5 |
| Precinct -PREC_11.2PREC_11.2 | 678 | 443 | 50 | 1,171 | 57.9% | 37.8% | D+20.1 |
| Precinct -PREC_8.1PREC_8.1 | 639 | 466 | 45 | 1,150 | 55.6% | 40.5% | D+15.0 |
| Precinct -PREC_3.2PREC_3.2 | 491 | 402 | 35 | 928 | 52.9% | 43.3% | D+9.6 |
| Precinct -PREC_4.1PREC_4.1 | 459 | 398 | 47 | 904 | 50.8% | 44.0% | D+6.7 |
| Precinct -PREC_10.1PREC_10.1 | 387 | 267 | 34 | 688 | 56.3% | 38.8% | D+17.4 |
| Precinct -PREC_12.3PREC_12.3 | 236 | 413 | 24 | 673 | 35.1% | 61.4% | R+26.3 |
| Precinct -PREC_3.1PREC_3.1 | 334 | 300 | 25 | 659 | 50.7% | 45.5% | D+5.2 |
| Precinct -PREC_4.2PREC_4.2 | 231 | 194 | 21 | 446 | 51.8% | 43.5% | D+8.3 |
| Precinct -PREC_12.5PREC_12.5 | 202 | 190 | 17 | 409 | 49.4% | 46.5% | D+2.9 |
| Precinct -PREC_5.3PREC_5.3 | 161 | 136 | 17 | 314 | 51.3% | 43.3% | D+8.0 |
| Precinct -PREC_5.2PREC_5.2 | 108 | 176 | 7 | 291 | 37.1% | 60.5% | R+23.4 |
| Precinct -PREC_10.2PREC_10.2 | 118 | 95 | 12 | 225 | 52.4% | 42.2% | D+10.2 |
| Precinct -PREC_12.4PREC_12.4 | 45 | 134 | 5 | 184 | 24.5% | 72.8% | R+48.4 |
| Precinct -PREC_12.10SPREC_12.10S | 103 | 69 | 6 | 178 | 57.9% | 38.8% | D+19.1 |
| Precinct -PREC_2.2PREC_2.2 | 93 | 66 | 3 | 162 | 57.4% | 40.7% | D+16.7 |
| Precinct -PREC_12.10NPREC_12.10N | 76 | 75 | 7 | 158 | 48.1% | 47.5% | D+0.6 |
| Precinct -PREC_9.2PREC_9.2 | 67 | 67 | 4 | 138 | 48.6% | 48.6% | Even |
| Precinct -PREC_12.2PREC_12.2 | 41 | 89 | 4 | 134 | 30.6% | 66.4% | R+35.8 |
| Precinct -PREC_6.2PREC_6.2 | 49 | 31 | 4 | 84 | 58.3% | 36.9% | D+21.4 |
| Precinct -PREC_12.6PREC_12.6 | 48 | 34 | 1 | 83 | 57.8% | 41.0% | D+16.9 |
| Precinct -PREC_9.3PREC_9.3 | 47 | 34 | 2 | 83 | 56.6% | 41.0% | D+15.7 |
| Precinct -PREC_11.4PREC_11.4 | 54 | 23 | 4 | 81 | 66.7% | 28.4% | D+38.3 |
| Precinct -PREC_12.1PREC_12.1 | 30 | 51 | 0 | 81 | 37.0% | 63.0% | R+25.9 |
| Precinct -PREC_5.1PREC_5.1 | 17 | 47 | 4 | 68 | 25.0% | 69.1% | R+44.1 |
| Precinct -PREC_8.2PREC_8.2 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 46.4% | 50.0% | R+3.6 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −7.2% |
| 1896 | +77.2% |
| 1900 | +50.4% |
| 1904 | +3.8% |
| 1908 | +12.0% |
| 1912 | +19.4% |
| 1916 | +29.4% |
| 1920 | −20.2% |
| 1924 | −6.0% |
| 1928 | +8.4% |
| 1932 | +31.3% |
| 1936 | +58.2% |
| 1940 | +37.1% |
| 1944 | +26.7% |
| 1948 | +25.4% |
| 1952 | +12.4% |
| 1956 | −0.6% |
| 1960 | +30.5% |
| 1964 | +51.2% |
| 1968 | +36.4% |
| 1972 | +18.3% |
| 1976 | +20.3% |
| 1980 | +12.5% |
| 1984 | +24.8% |
| 1988 | +38.2% |
| 1992 | +35.6% |
| 1996 | +41.2% |
| 2000 | +16.0% |
| 2004 | +18.2% |
| 2008 | +40.4% |
| 2012 | +32.4% |
| 2016 | +13.6% |
| 2020 | +14.2% |
| 2024 | +7.0% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 21,950 |
| 2018 | 22,764 |
| 2020 | 23,251 |
| 2022 | 23,280 |
| 2024 | 23,375 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+159 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +1,865 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $55,019 in average income, against $74,110 for residents who stayed — 26% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+6.3 on average — 13 points more Republican-leaning than Silver Bow County, MT itself (D+7.0).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Gallatin County, MT70D+3.2
- Deer Lodge County, MT67D+1.0
- Missoula County, MT54D+21.4
- Lewis and Clark County, MT51R+5.7
- Yellowstone County, MT37R+27.1
- Jefferson County, MT29R+36.5
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Missoula County, MT76
- Deer Lodge County, MT60
- Lewis and Clark County, MT53
- Gallatin County, MT52
- Yellowstone County, MT46
- Beaverhead County, MT25
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 | +140 |
| 2012 | +37 |
| 2013 | −41 |
| 2014 | +121 |
| 2015 | −160 |
| 2016 | −56 |
| 2017 | +87 |
| 2018 | −47 |
| 2019 | +181 |
| 2021 | +433 |
| 2022 | +448 |
| 2023 | +470 |
| 2024 | +93 |
| 2025 | +159 |
One of Montana's few reliably Democratic counties, Silver Bow anchors its leftward lean in Butte's century-old labor movement and a working-class Irish Catholic demographic identity that has proven durable even as rural Montana has trended sharply Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.2 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 20.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 7.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.0 points.
A population of 35,785, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,754 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Deer Lodge County and Iowa County.
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Silver Bow County, Montana. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/30093/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.