Montana Voter Turnout

Montana consistently has had one of the highest voter turnout rates in the nation.

The chart below shows voter registration and turnout for Primary and General Elections since 1920.

	Primary			General
Year	Registered	Votes Cast	%	Registered	Votes Cast	%

1920	230,221	102,971	44.7%	261,257	178,968	68.5%
1922	224,142	108,643	48.5%	243,936	158,737	65.1%
1924	211,450	109,688	51.9%	240,800	174,415	72.4%
1926	205,822	103,106	50.1%	227,118	153,442	67.6%
1928	203,193	117,300	57.7%	241,096	194,840	80.8%
1930	220,671	100,157	45.4%	240,086	176,161	73.4%
1932	232,545	146,038	62.8%	265,181	216,381	81.6%
1934	247,248	133,098	53.8%	268,482	203,626	75.8%
1936	251,807	155,781	61.9%	283,695	226,353	79.8%
1938	248,443	151,620	61.0%	269,963	208,710	77.3%
1940	253,138	146,354	57.8%	295,237	240,694	81.5%
1942	258,749	118,478	45.8%	271,773	170,514	62.7%
1944	203,749	85,546	42.0%	248,392	197,217	79.4%
1946	241,550	127,889	52.9%	263,422	190,566	72.3%
1948	236,236	133,742	56.6%	269,779	221,003	81.9%
1950	250,374	128,058	51.1%	272,103	210,527	77.4%
1952	274,929	146,252	53.2%	304,053	260,469	85.7%
1954	283,651	136,466	48.1%	296,611	227,454	76.7%
1956	273,236	136,081	49.8%	316,444	263,204	83.2%
1958	289,851	145,462	50.2%	305,614	229,483	75.1%
1960	279,685	196,210	70.2%	322,876	276,612	85.7%
1962	301,003	152,422	50.6%	318,721	248,441	77.9%
1964	290,109	185,102	63.8%	327,477	280,975	85.8%
1966	306,852	156,042	50.9%	330,182	264,971	80.2%
1968	299,818	203,353	67.8%	331,078	285,892	86.4%
1970	304,328	166,126	54.6%	325,315	254,790	78.3%
1972	336,913	238,215	70.7%	386,867	327,176	84.6%
1974	352,244	179,153	50.9%	373,889	260,496	69.7%
1976	411,087	208,346	50.7%	454,924	339,346	74.6%
1978	381,769	207,903	54.5%	410,046	296,521	72.3%
1980	452,510	228,750	50.6%	496,402	371,976	74.9%
1982	412,841	198,840	48.2%	445,888	328,082	73.6%
1984	482,429	192,226	39.8%	526,841	395,006	75.0%
1986	421,264	166,622	39.6%	443,935	326,436	73.5%
1988	471,352	224,217	47.6%	505,541	378,981	75.0%
1990	408,354	201,118	49.3%	435,900	326,652	74.9%
1992	479,578	247,158	51.5%	529,299	417,564	78.9%
1994	485,629	228,603	47.1%	514,051	359,455	69.9%
1996	562,579	228,040	40.5%	590,751	417,232	70.6%
1998	602,716	161,568	26.8%	639,241	338,733	53.0%
2000	671,325	223,419	33.3%	698,260	417,916	59.9%
2002	606,147	174,730	29.0%	624,548	340,272	54.5%
2004	595,668	220,210	37.0%	638,474	456,096	71.4%
2006	626,853	214,840	34.3%	649,436	411,061	63.3%

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