Montana
Local government
As of 2002, Montana had 54 counties, 129 municipalities, 592 special districts, and 352 public school districts. Typical elected county officials are three county commissioners (or a city manager), attorney, sheriff, clerk and recorder, school superintendent, treasurer, assessor, and coroner. Unified city-county governments include Anaconda-Deer Lodge and Butte-Silver Bow.
Montana Presidential Vote by Major Political Parties,
1948–2000
Montana Presidential Vote by Major Political Parties, 1948–2000
| YEAR | ELECTORAL VOTE | MONTANA WINNER | DEMOCRAT | REPUBLICAN |
| *Won US presidential election. | ||||
| ** Independent candidate Ross Perot received 107,225 votes in 1992 and 55,229 votes in 1996. | ||||
| 1948 | 4 | *Truman (D) | 119,071 | 96,770 |
| 1952 | 4 | *Eisenhower (R) | 106,213 | 157,394 |
| 1956 | 4 | *Eisenhower (R) | 116,238 | 154,933 |
| 1960 | 4 | Nixon (R) | 134,891 | 141,841 |
| 1964 | 4 | *Johnson (D) | 164,246 | 113,032 |
| 1968 | 4 | *Nixon (R) | 114,117 | 138,835 |
| 1972 | 4 | *Nixon (R) | 120,197 | 183,976 |
| 1976 | 4 | Ford (R) | 149,259 | 173,703 |
| 1980 | 4 | *Reagan (R) | 118,032 | 206,814 |
| 1984 | 4 | *Reagan (R) | 146,742 | 232,450 |
| 1988 | 4 | *Bush (R) | 168,936 | 190,412 |
| 1992** | 3 | *Clinton (D) | 154,507 | 144,207 |
| 1996** | 3 | Dole (R) | 167,922 | 179,652 |
| 2000 | 3 | *Bush, G. W. (R) | 137,126 | 240,178 |