Who won Montana in the 1912 presidential election?

Wilson (Democratic) carried Montana in 1912, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Montana have in 1912?

Montana cast 4 electoral votes in the 1912 presidential election.

Did Montana vote for the national winner in 1912?

Yes. Montana backed Woodrow Wilson, who won the presidency that year.

Progressive EraMT · 4 EV

1912

Montana: Wilson carries 4 EV.

Montana cast its 4 electoral votes for Wilson (Democratic). National winner: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) — Montana voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Montana, 1912

In 1912, Montana awarded its 4 electoral votes to Wilson of the Democratic party. Montana ended up on the winning side — Woodrow Wilson captured the White House that year.

Wilson's win closed out Montana's 2-election run of voting Republican. Montana did not move alone — neighboring Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota, and North Dakota broke the same way in 1912. Across the 34 presidential elections Montana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (22 times). The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.

In the national count, Woodrow Wilson took 435 of the 531 electoral votes, against Theodore Roosevelt's 88. Woodrow Wilson led the national popular vote with 41.84% of the ballots cast.

The 1912 national map

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