Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana: Heartland Swing metro. In 2024, voted D+7%. Democratic peak: D+77 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+7MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Heartland SwingAkashic typology
- Population
- 35,7852024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,7542024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+20 in 1920MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Butte-Silver Bow, MT
HarrisD+7
Constituent county margins for Butte-Silver Bow, MT, MTOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 51.5% | 9,386 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 44.5% | 8,110 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.0% | 730 |
D+60R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 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% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 9,386 | 8,110 | 18,226 | ||
| D | 10,392 | 7,745 | 18,658 | ||
| D | 8,619 | 6,376 | 16,452 | ||
| D | 10,857 | 5,430 | 16,756 | ||
| D | 11,676 | 4,818 | 16,965 | ||
| D | 9,307 | 6,381 | 16,084 | ||
| D | 8,967 | 6,299 | 16,703 | ||
| D | 11,199 | 3,909 | 17,677 | ||
| D | 9,960 | 3,491 | 18,146 | ||
| D | 11,422 | 5,043 | 16,687 | ||
| D | 11,095 | 6,637 | 18,010 | ||
| D | 9,721 | 7,301 | 19,377 | ||
| D | 11,377 | 7,506 | 19,110 | ||
| D | 11,704 | 7,967 | 20,404 | ||
| D | 12,626 | 5,488 | 19,617 | ||
| D | 15,751 | 4,873 | 21,239 | ||
| D | 13,754 | 7,290 | 21,190 | ||
| R | 11,475 | 11,619 | 23,094 | ||
| D | 13,114 | 10,196 | 23,458 | ||
| D | 12,715 | 7,305 | 21,335 | ||
| D | 13,228 | 7,610 | 21,040 | ||
| D | 17,467 | 7,932 | 25,734 | ||
| D | 17,697 | 4,528 | 22,623 | ||
| D | 13,626 | 6,792 | 21,834 | ||
| D | 11,228 | 9,456 | 21,103 | ||
| O | 5,393 | 6,520 | 18,814 | ||
| R | 6,394 | 10,074 | 18,198 | ||
| D | 13,084 | 6,757 | 21,547 | ||
| O | 4,542 | 2,232 | 11,896 | ||
| D | 6,255 | 4,618 | 13,656 | ||
| D | 5,686 | 5,149 | 14,274 | ||
| D | 12,101 | 3,873 | 16,310 | ||
| D | 9,992 | 1,275 | 11,296 | ||
| R | 2,648 | 3,251 | 8,426 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
24.8%
German
19.8%
English
11.8%
Italian
5.9%
American
4.7%
French
2.7%
Scottish
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$61,754
Butte-Silver Bow, MT ranks near the middle of US counties.
Butte-Silver Bow, MT$61,754
Montana$72,509
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.2%
Working age (18–64)14.9%
Seniors (65+)12.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.6%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander1.3%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Spanish0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Butte-Silver Bow is a rare blue enclave in rural Montana, its consolidated city-county government and strong union roots producing Democratic margins that have outlasted the party's broader collapse across the state's working-class interior.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of seventy-seven points in 1896 and a Republican high of twenty points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved seven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seven points.
A population of 35,785, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,754 describe the metro.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana voted Democratic by 7.0 points (D+7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 18,226 votes cast, 9,386 went Democratic and 8,110 went Republican.
What is Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana's political typology?
Akashic places Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana in the "Heartland Swing" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 29 times, Republican 3 times, and other 2 times.
When did Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana voted Republican was 1956.
How many people live in Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana?
Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana has a population of 35,785 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana?
Median household income in Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana is $61,754 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 29 went Democratic and 3 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Heartland Swing" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.