2020 United States presidential election in Montana

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2020 United States presidential election in Montana

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Turnout	81.33% (of registered voters) [1]
Nominee Donald Trump Joe Biden Party Republican Democratic Home state Florida Delaware Running mate Mike Pence Kamala Harris Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 343,602 244,786 Percentage 56.92% 40.55%
County Results Precinct Results Trump   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Biden   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Tie/No Data
President before election Donald Trump Republican Elected President Joe Biden Democratic

The 2020 United States presidential election in Montana was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. ^[2] Montana voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump and running mate Vice President Mike Pence, against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Montana had three electoral votes in the Electoral College for the 2020 election. ^[3]

Trump won Montana 56.92% to 40.55%, a margin of 16.4%, down from the 20.4% margin he scored four years earlier. Prior to this election, most news organizations considered this a state Trump was very likely to win, or otherwise considered a likely red state. Montana has not been won by a Democrat since 1992, and has only been competitive in two elections since then, namely in 1996 and in 2008.

Despite his loss in the state, Biden was able to flip Blaine County, a bellwether that is home to Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. He also narrowed Trump's margins in 31 other counties, including the counties of Lewis and Clark (Helena, the state capital), and to a lesser extent Roosevelt, which holds most of Fort Peck Reservation. Additionally, Biden even widened Hillary Clinton's margin of victory in every other county that she won in 2016. This is the first time since their creation in 1919 and 1912, respectively, that a Democrat has won a presidential election without carrying Roosevelt or Hill county.

Primary elections

The primary elections were held on June 2, 2020.

Republican primary

Main article: 2020 Montana Republican presidential primary

Donald Trump ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and thus received all of the state's 27 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention. ^[4]

Democratic primary

This section is an excerpt from 2020 Montana Democratic presidential primary § MTresults.[ edit ]

2020 Montana Democratic presidential primary ^[5]

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates [6]
Joe Biden	111,706	74.48	18
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)	22,033	14.69	1
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)	11,984	7.99
No Preference	4,250	2.83
Total	149,973	100%	19

Libertarian nominee

The 2020 Libertarian National Convention was held on May 22–24, 2020, selecting Jo Jorgensen, Psychology Senior Lecturer at Clemson University, as their presidential nominee.

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [7]	Likely R	September 10, 2020
Inside Elections [8]	Lean R	September 4, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball [9]	Likely R	July 14, 2020
Politico [10]	Likely R	September 8, 2020
RCP [11]	Lean R	August 3, 2020
Niskanen [12]	Likely R	July 26, 2020
CNN [13]	Safe R	August 3, 2020
The Economist [14]	Likely R	September 2, 2020
CBS News [15]	Likely R	August 16, 2020
270towin [16]	Likely R	August 2, 2020
ABC News [17]	Lean R	July 31, 2020
NPR [18]	Likely R	August 3, 2020
NBC News [19]	Likely R	August 6, 2020
538 [20]	Likely R	November 2, 2020

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	Joe Biden Democratic	Donald Trump Republican	Other/ Undecided [a]	Margin
270 to Win [21]	October 22–28, 2020	November 3, 2020	44.8%	50.2%	5.0%	Trump +5.4
FiveThirtyEight [22]	until November 2, 2020	November 3, 2020	45.4%	49.8%	4.8%	Trump +4.4
Average			45.1%	50.0%	4.9%	Trump +4.9

Polls

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [b]	Margin of error	Donald Trump Republican	Joe Biden Democratic	Jo Jorgensen Libertarian	Other	Undecided
Change Research [23]	Oct 29 – Nov 2, 2020	920 (LV)	± 3.5%	50%	45%	2%	1% [c]	1%
SurveyMonkey/Axios [24]	Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020	1,021 (LV)	± 4%	52% [d]	46%	–	–	–
SurveyMonkey/Axios [24]	Oct 1–28, 2020	1,471 (LV)	± 4.0%	50%	48%	–	–	–
Public Policy Polling/Protect Our Care [25] [A]	Oct 26–27, 2020	886 (LV)	± 3.3%	49%	47%	–	–	3%
Montana State University Billings [26]	Oct 19–24, 2020	546 (LV)	± 4.2%	52%	45%	1%	–	2%
Siena College/NYT Upshot [27]	Oct 18–20, 2020	758 (LV)	± 4.4%	49%	43%	3%	2% [e]	3% [f]
Strategies 360/NBCMT [28]	Oct 15–20, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	51%	43%	3%	–	4%
RMG Research/PoliticalIQ [29]	Oct 15–18, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	50% [g]	46%	2%	4% [h]	0%
				48% [i]	48%	2%	4% [h]	0%
				52% [j]	44%	2%	4% [h]	0%
Public Policy Polling [30]	Oct 9–10, 2020	798 (V)	± 3.5%	52%	46%	-	2% [k]	0%
Emerson College [31]	Oct 4–7, 2020	500 (LV)	± 3.7%	56%	44%	–	–	–
Data For Progress (D) [32]	Sep 30 – Oct 5, 2020	737 (LV)	± 3.6%	49%	43%	3%	0% [l]	5%
Montana State University Bozeman [33]	Sep 14 – Oct 2, 2020	1,607 (LV)	± 3.9%	51%	44%	–	4%	2%
SurveyMonkey/Axios [24]	Sep 1–30, 2020	480 (LV)	–	57%	41%	–	–	2%
Siena College/NYT Upshot [34]	Sep 14–16, 2020	625 (LV)	± 4.8%	49%	42%	2%	2% [m]	5% [f]
Fabrizio Ward/Hart Research Associates/AARP [35]	Aug 30 – Sep 5, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	50%	43%	–	0% [n]	6%
SurveyMonkey/Axios [24]	Aug 1–31, 2020	562 (LV)	–	52%	46%	–	–	1%
Expedition Strategies/House Majority PAC [36] [B]	Aug 22–27, 2020	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	48%	44%	–	–	7% [f]
Emerson College [37]	Jul 31 – Aug 2, 2020	584 (LV)	± 4.0%	54% [o]	46%	–	–	–
SurveyMonkey/Axios [24]	Jul 1–31, 2020	527 (LV)	–	53%	44%	–	–	3%
Public Policy Polling/AFSCME [38] [C]	Jul 23–24, 2020	917 (V)	–	50%	45%	–	–	5%
Spry Strategies/American Principles Project [39] [D]	Jul 11–16, 2020	700 (LV)	± 3.7%	52%	42%	–	–	6%
Civiqs/Daily Kos [40]	Jul 11–13, 2020	873 (RV)	± 4.2%	49%	45%	-	5% [p]	1%
Public Policy Polling/Election Twitter [41]	Jul 9–10, 2020	1,224 (V)	± 2.8%	51%	42%	–	–	7%
SurveyMonkey/Axios [24]	Jun 8–30, 2020	166 (LV)	–	57%	41%	–	–	2%
University of Montana [42]	Jun 17–26, 2020	517 (RV)	± 4.3%	52%	38%	–	–	10%
Montana State University Bozeman [33]	Apr 10–27, 2020	459 (LV)	± 4.6%	45%	40%	–	11%	5%
The Progress Campaign (D)	Apr 14–21, 2020	1,712 (RV)	± 4.6%	51%	42%	–	–	7% [q]
University of Montana [43]	Feb 12–22, 2020	498 (LV)	± 4.4%	56%	34%	–	–	10%
University of Montana [44]	Sep 26 – Oct 3, 2019	303 (RV)	± 5.6%	54%	47%	–	–	–

Former candidates

Donald Trump vs. Michael Bloomberg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size [b] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Michael Bloomberg (D) Undecided University of Montana [43] Feb 12–22, 2020 498 (LV) ± 4.4% 55% 31% 15% Donald Trump vs. Steve Bullock Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size [b] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Steve Bullock (D) University of Montana [44] Sep 26 – Oct 3, 2019 303 (RV) ± 5.6% 48% 52% Donald Trump vs. Pete Buttigieg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size [b] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Pete Buttigieg (D) Undecided University of Montana [43] Feb 12–22, 2020 498 (LV) ± 4.4% 52% 35% 13% Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size [b] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Kamala Harris (D) University of Montana [44] Sep 26 – Oct 3, 2019 303 (RV) ± 5.6% 55% 45% Donald Trump vs. Amy Klobuchar Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size [b] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Amy Klobuchar (D) Undecided University of Montana [43] Feb 12–22, 2020 498 (LV) ± 4.4% 53% 31% 15% Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size [b] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Bernie Sanders (D) Undecided University of Montana [43] Feb 12–22, 2020 498 (LV) ± 4.4% 56% 34% 9% University of Montana [44] Sep 26 – Oct 3, 2019 303 (RV) ± 5.6% 54% 46% – Donald Trump vs. Elizabeth Warren Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size [b] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Elizabeth Warren (D) Undecided University of Montana [43] Feb 12–22, 2020 498 (LV) ± 4.4% 57% 33% 10% University of Montana [44] Sep 26 – Oct 3, 2019 303 (RV) ± 5.6% 54% 46% – Zogby Analytics [45] Aug 17–23, 2017 403 (LV) ± 4.9% 45% 39% 17%

Hypothetical polling

Donald Trump vs. Generic Democrat Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size [b] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Generic Democrat (D) Undecided Public Policy Polling [46] Mar 12–13, 2020 903 (V) ± 3.3% 52% 44% 4% with Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, John Kasich, Beto O'Rourke, Bernie Sanders, Howard Schultz and Elizabeth Warren Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size [b] Margin of error Joe Biden (D) Bernie Sanders (D) Donald Trump (R) Other University of Montana [47] Feb 21 – Mar 1, 2019 293 (RV) ± 5.72% 14.7% 8.4% 40% 36.8% [r]

Electoral slates

These slates of electors were nominated by each party in order to vote in the Electoral College should their candidate win the state: ^[48]

Donald Trump and Mike Pence Republican Party	Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Democratic Party	Jo Jorgensen and Spike Cohen Libertarian Party
Thelma Baker Becky Stockton Brad Tschida	Jean Lemire Dahlman Katie Sullivan Cora Neumann	Francis Wendt Jacob Kitson Cher Kitson

Results

2020 United States presidential election in Montana ^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Donald Trump Mike Pence	343,602	56.92	+0.75
	Democratic	Joe Biden Kamala Harris	244,786	40.55	+4.80
	Libertarian	Jo Jorgensen Spike Cohen	15,252	2.53	−3.11
Total votes			603,640	100%
	Republican win

By county

County	Donald Trump Republican		Joe Biden Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Beaverhead	3,923	69.30%	1,608	28.40%	130	2.30%	2,315	40.90%	5,661
Big Horn	2,207	46.10%	2,491	52.04%	89	1.86%	-284	-5.94%	4,787
Blaine	1,469	47.11%	1,589	50.96%	60	1.93%	-120	-3.85%	3,118
Broadwater	3,173	77.45%	835	20.38%	89	2.17%	2,338	57.07%	4,097
Carbon	4,468	63.35%	2,421	34.33%	164	2.32%	2,047	29.02%	7,053
Carter	775	89.70%	74	8.56%	15	1.74%	701	81.14%	864
Cascade	23,315	58.46%	15,456	38.75%	1,114	2.79%	7,859	19.71%	39,885
Chouteau	1,891	63.78%	991	33.42%	83	2.80%	900	30.36%	2,965
Custer	4,205	71.76%	1,514	25.84%	141	2.40%	2,691	45.92%	5,860
Daniels	799	78.80%	195	19.23%	20	1.97%	604	59.57%	1,014
Dawson	3,758	77.89%	962	19.94%	105	2.17%	2,796	57.95%	4,825
Deer Lodge	2,186	44.69%	2,562	52.38%	143	2.93%	-376	-7.69%	4,891
Fallon	1,375	87.30%	172	10.92%	28	1.78%	1,203	76.38%	1,575
Fergus	4,869	74.83%	1,496	22.99%	142	2.18%	3,373	51.84%	6,507
Flathead	38,321	63.93%	20,274	33.82%	1,343	2.25%	18,047	30.11%	59,938
Gallatin	31,696	44.33%	37,044	51.80%	2,767	3.87%	-5,348	-7.47%	71,507
Garfield	764	93.97%	41	5.04%	8	0.99%	723	88.93%	813
Glacier	1,884	33.54%	3,610	64.27%	123	2.19%	-1,726	-30.73%	5,617
Golden Valley	414	82.31%	78	15.51%	11	2.18%	336	66.80%	503
Granite	1,419	67.51%	638	30.35%	45	2.14%	781	37.16%	2,102
Hill	3,957	55.10%	2,981	41.51%	244	3.39%	976	13.59%	7,182
Jefferson	5,345	65.57%	2,625	32.20%	181	2.23%	2,720	33.37%	8,151
Judith Basin	1,040	77.38%	275	20.46%	29	2.16%	765	56.92%	1,344
Lake	9,322	56.07%	6,916	41.60%	388	2.33%	2,406	14.47%	16,626
Lewis and Clark	21,409	50.64%	19,743	46.70%	1,121	2.66%	1,666	3.94%	42,273
Liberty	821	75.81%	249	22.99%	13	1.20%	572	52.82%	1,083
Lincoln	8,672	73.81%	2,835	24.13%	242	2.06%	5,837	49.68%	11,749
Madison	4,191	68.85%	1,771	29.09%	125	2.06%	2,420	39.76%	6,087
McCone	956	84.75%	155	13.74%	17	1.51%	801	71.01%	1,128
Meagher	833	75.05%	258	23.24%	19	1.71%	575	51.81%	1,110
Mineral	1,828	71.32%	686	26.77%	49	1.91%	1,142	44.55%	2,563
Missoula	26,347	36.57%	43,357	60.18%	2,342	3.25%	-17,010	-23.61%	72,046
Musselshell	2,423	84.10%	413	14.34%	45	1.56%	2,010	69.76%	2,881
Park	6,025	51.79%	5,280	45.39%	328	2.82%	745	6.40%	11,633
Petroleum	298	85.63%	39	11.21%	11	3.16%	259	74.42%	348
Phillips	1,936	81.28%	416	17.46%	30	1.26%	1,520	63.82%	2,382
Pondera	2,031	67.81%	903	30.15%	61	2.04%	1,128	37.66%	2,995
Powder River	970	85.39%	154	13.56%	12	1.05%	816	71.83%	1,136
Powell	2,355	74.08%	752	23.66%	72	2.26%	1,603	50.42%	3,179
Prairie	603	81.05%	126	16.94%	15	2.01%	477	64.11%	744
Ravalli	19,114	66.78%	8,763	30.62%	745	2.60%	10,351	36.16%	28,622
Richland	4,800	82.79%	875	15.09%	123	2.12%	3,925	67.70%	5,798
Roosevelt	1,996	49.69%	1,910	47.55%	111	2.76%	86	2.14%	4,017
Rosebud	2,486	65.70%	1,199	31.69%	99	2.61%	1,287	34.01%	3,784
Sanders	5,660	74.25%	1,820	23.88%	143	1.87%	3,840	50.37%	7,623
Sheridan	1,403	69.11%	574	28.28%	53	2.61%	829	40.83%	2,030
Silver Bow	7,745	41.21%	10,392	55.29%	659	3.50%	-2,647	-14.08%	18,796
Stillwater	4,462	77.72%	1,156	20.14%	123	2.14%	3,306	57.58%	5,741
Sweet Grass	1,840	75.22%	549	22.44%	57	2.34%	1,291	52.78%	2,446
Teton	2,608	70.89%	1,007	27.37%	64	1.74%	1,601	43.52%	3,679
Toole	1,596	75.32%	467	22.04%	56	2.64%	1,129	53.28%	2,119
Treasure	373	81.09%	78	16.96%	9	1.95%	295	64.13%	460
Valley	3,135	73.57%	1,030	24.17%	96	2.26%	2,105	49.40%	4,261
Wheatland	823	77.06%	225	21.07%	20	1.87%	598	55.99%	1,068
Wibaux	516	86.29%	77	12.88%	5	0.83%	439	73.41%	598
Yellowstone	50,772	60.22%	30,679	36.39%	2,855	3.39%	20,093	23.83%	84,306
Totals	343,602	56.74%	244,786	40.42%	17,182	2.84%	98,816	16.32%	605,570

Swing by county

Legend

•   Democratic — +7.5–10%
•   Democratic — +5–7.5%
•   Democratic — +2.5–5%
•   Democratic — +0–2.5%
•   Republican — +0–2.5%
•   Republican — +2.5–5%
•   Republican — +5–7.5%
•   Republican — +7.5–10%

Trend relative to the state by county

Legend

•   Democratic — +7.5–10%
•   Democratic — +5–7.5%
•   Democratic — +2.5–5%
•   Democratic — +0–2.5%
•   Republican — +0–2.5%
•   Republican — +2.5–5%
•   Republican — +5–7.5%
•   Republican — +7.5–10%

County flips

Legend

• Democratic   Hold   Gain from Republican

  Republican   Hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Blaine (largest city: Chinook)

By congressional district

Montana has one at-large district that is the same as the statewide results.

Analysis

Montana, a sparsely-populated state straddling the Mountain and Plains West, has been a red state on the presidential level from 1968 on, voting solidly Republican in the close elections of 1968, 2000, 2004, 2012, and 2016. Since 1964, it has voted Democratic only in 1992, and, aside from that, has been competitive only in 1976, 1988, ^[50] 1996, and 2008. Montana typically votes substantially to the left of its neighbors in the Mountain West (Idaho and Wyoming) and, more recently, of its neighbors in the Plains West as well (North and South Dakota). Nevertheless, Trump was able to carry the state comfortably on Election Day, although his margin was reduced with respect to 2016.

Trump's principal bases of support were in Glacier Country, southwest Montana, central Montana, and southeast Montana, where he carried the population centers of Flathead County (Kalispell), Ravalli County, Cascade County (Great Falls), and Yellowstone County (Billings), in every case with a higher vote share than he received statewide. He also performed strongly in moderate-size, more rural counties in every region of the state, such as Lincoln and Sanders in Glacier Country, Beaverhead, Madison, and Jefferson in the southwest, Stillwater and Carbon in south central Montana, Fergus in central Montana, Custer in the southeast, and Richland, Dawson, and Valley in the Missouri River Country.

However, Biden was able to keep the margin smaller than in neighboring states by breaking 60% in Missoula County, the state's third-largest county and home to the University of Montana, and winning a majority in Gallatin County, the state's second-largest county and home to Montana State University. Gallatin had been a typically Republican county as recently as 2012, when it voted for Romney. He also held Trump to a 4% margin in Lewis and Clark County, the state's sixth-largest county and home to the state capital, Helena; George W. Bush had won this county twice by double digits. Biden also held onto the traditionally Democratic strongholds of heavily unionized Silver Bow and Deer Lodge Counties, although he still fell short of the typical Democratic vote share in those counties; Trump became the first Republican to crack 40% in Silver Bow since 1956, and got the highest vote share of any Republican in Deer Lodge since 1956. In addition, Biden once again carried majority-Native American Glacier County; and furthered his margins in the city of Whitefish, located in heavily-Republican Flathead County. ^[51]

Biden flipped the swing county of Blaine; Trump flipped no counties.

Per exit polls by the Associated Press, 49% of voters favored allowing more drilling and mining for natural resources on Montana's public lands; an overwhelming 87% of them backed Trump. ^[52]

In addition to Trump's victory in Montana, Republican candidates, riding on his coattails, won three other major statewide races, which were expected to be competitive. Incumbent Senator Steve Daines defeated term-limited Governor Steve Bullock in the Montana Senate race, ^[53] Republican State Auditor Matt Rosendale defeated former state representative Kathleen Williams in the Montana House race, ^[53] and Republican Representative Greg Gianforte defeated Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney in the governor's race. ^[53] This marked the first time since 2000 that Montana Republicans have held a trifecta. ^[54] Montana Republicans also won all five state executive branch seats including the State Auditor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Superintendent of Public Instruction. ^[55]

Edison exit polls

2020 presidential election in Montana by demographic subgroup (Edison exit polling) [56] [57]
Demographic subgroup	Biden	Trump	% of total vote
Total vote	40.55	56.92	100
Ideology
Liberals	88	8	17
Moderates	64	34	36
Conservatives	7	91	47
Party
Democrats	96	3	22
Republicans	6	92	37
Independents	40	55	41
Gender
Men	33	63	50
Women	47	52	50
Race/ethnicity
White	39	58	88
Non-white	45	50	12
Age
18–24 years old	36	57	10
25–29 years old	25	64	9
30–39 years old	48	50	15
40–49 years old	28	69	15
50–64 years old	46	54	25
65 and older	44	55	25
Sexual orientation
LGBT	–	–	8
Not LGBT	38	60	92
Education
High school or less	32	65	26
Some college education	38	58	34
Associate degree	31	66	10
Bachelor's degree	45	54	18
Postgraduate degree	60	39	12
Region
Northern Rockies	37	61	17
Central Rockies	54	41	21
Southern Rockies	44	54	24
Northern Plains	37	60	18
Southern Plains	25	73	20
Area type
Urban	47	50	24
Suburban	–	–	5
Rural	38	59	70
Family's financial situation today
Better than four years ago	16	89	44
Worse than four years ago	–	–	16
About the same	61	37	39

See also

• United States presidential elections in Montana
• Presidency of Joe Biden
• 2020 United States presidential election
• 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2020 United States elections

Notes

1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
2. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
3. "Don't recall" with 1%
4. Overlapping sample with the previous SurveyMonkey/Axios poll, but more information available regarding sample size
5. "Someone else" with 2%; would not vote with 0%
6. Includes "Refused"
7. Standard VI response
8. "Someone else" with 4%
9. Results generated with high Democratic turnout model
10. Results generated with high Republican turnout model
11. "Someone else" with 2%
12. Hawkins (G) with 0%
13. Hawkins (G) and would not vote with 1%; "someone else" with 0%
14. "Refused" with 0%
15. Including voters who lean towards a given candidate
16. "Someone else" with 5%
17. Listed as "other/not sure"
18. "Someone else" with 11.6%; Warren with 5%; "none/do not plan to vote" with 4%; Kasich with 4.4%; Harris with 3.8%; O'Rourke with 3.4%; Booker with 2.4%; Gillibrand with 1% Schultz with 1.2%

Partisan clients

1. Protect Our Care is a pro-Affordable Care Act organisation
2. The House Majority PAC exclusively supports Democratic candidates
3. AFSCME endorsed Biden prior to this poll's sampling period
4. This poll's sponsor is the American Principles Project, a 501(c)(4) organization that supports the Republican Party.

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Further reading

• Summary: State Laws on Presidential Electors (PDF), Washington DC: National Association of Secretaries of State, August 2020, Montana

External links

• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Montana", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Montana: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org , Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Montana". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Montana at Ballotpedia