Yellowstone County, Montana - Elections Voting Trends

Elections Administrator
Kevin Gillen
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 35002 Billings, MT 59107
Email
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Phone
406-256-2740

406-256-2740
Fax
406-254-7940
Physical Address
217 N. 27th St./Rm 101 Billings, MT 59101

Year	Election	Date	Registered Voters	Total Votes Cast
1964	Primary (Presidential)	June 2, 1964	33,322	23,260 (69.8%)
1964	General (Presidential)	Nov. 3, 1964	39,226	34,401 (87.7%)
1966	Primary	Aug. 16, 1966	37,027	16,427 (44.3%)
1966	General	Nov. 8, 1966	40,298	30,696 (76.17%)
1968	Primary (Presidential)	June 4, 1968	35,317	22,212 (62.89%)
1968	General (Presidential)	Nov. 5, 1968	40,523	34,677 (85.5%)
1970	Primary	June 2, 1970	38,215	17,316 (45.31%)
1970	General	Nov. 3, 1970	41,623	30,600 (73.51%)
1972	Primary (Presidential)	June 6, 1972	41,375	25,413 (61.4%)
1972	General (Presidential)	Nov. 7, 1972	50, 735	41,132 (81.07%)
1974	Primary	June 4, 1974	42,843	15,441 (36%)
	General	Nov. 5, 1974	47,581	29,091 (61.14%)
	Study Commissioner Special	Nov. 5, 1974	34,785	20,154 (57.94%)
1976	Primary (Presidential)	June 1, 1976	54,178	24,208 (44.6%)
	Alternate Form of Government	Sept. 14, 1976	City: 42,146 County: 56,636	City: 14,756 (35%) County: 19,709 (34.8%)
	General (Presidential)	Nov. 2, 1976	62,052	44,763 (72.14%)
1977	Special Primary	Feb. 8, 1977	45,580	15,499 (33.69%)
1977	Special General	Apr. 5, 1977	46,479	22,902 (49%)
1978	Primary	June 6, 1978	50,725	21,876 (43%)
1978	General	Nov. 7, 1978	55,399	36,985 (67%)
1980	Primary (Presidential)	June 3, 1980	62,424	27,816 (56%)
1980	General (Presidential)	Nov. 4, 1980	67,669	48,906 (72%)
1981	Primary (City - Billings)	Sept. 15, 1981	33,446	4,662 (14%)
	Primary (City - Laurel)	Sept. 15, 1981	2,564	1,041 (40%)
	General (City - Billings)	Nov. 3, 1981	33,623	11,353 (34%)
	General (City - Laurel)	Nov. 3, 1981	2,605	955 (37%)
1982	Primary	June 8, 1982	54,002	23,072 (43%)
1982	General	Nov. 2, 1982	59,519	40,691 (68%)
1983	Primary (City - Billings)	Sept. 13, 1983	39,965	2,827 (7%)
	General (City - Billings)	Nov. 8, 1983	39,961	12,251 (31%)
	General (City - Laurel)	Nov. 8, 1983	3,026	1,115 (36%)
1984	School Dist. #2	May 15, 1984	55,767	12,901 (24%)
	Primary (Presidential)	June 5, 1984	64,660	25,834 (40%) Absentee: 1,288
	General (Presidential)	Nov. 6, 1984	72,449	54,796 (76%) Absentee: 5,906
1985	School Dist. #2	April 2, 1985	43,398	16,153 (38%) Absentee: 385
	School Dist. #2	May 21, 1985	48,250	13,014 (27%) Absentee: 283
	School Dist. #2	July 16, 1985	48,801	25,428 (52%) Absentee: 2,054
	Primary (City - Billings)	Sep. 10, 1985	40,146	1,594 (4%) Absentee: 70
	General (City - Billings)	Nov. 5, 1985	40,267	12,339 (31%) Absentee: 328
	General (City - Laurel)	Nov. 5, 1985	2,855	1,086 (38%)
1986	School Dist. #2	April 1, 1986	49,625	14,721 (33%) Absentee: 319
	Primary	June 3, 1986	57,467	12,027 (21%) Absentee: 425
	General	Nov. 4, 1986	61,640	43,807 (71%) Absentee: 3,144
1987	School Dist. #2	April 7, 1987	48,156	6,369 (14%) Absentee: 125
	School Dist. #2	June 2, 1987	53,804	9,337 (18%) Absentee: 118
	Primary (City - Billings)	Sep. 15, 1987	45,152	4,141 (9%) Absentee: 159
	General (City - Billings)	Nov. 3, 1987	45,347	7,995 (18%) Absentee: 264
1988	School Dist. #2	April 5, 1988	54,898	9,539 (18%) Absentee: 109
	Primary (Presidential)	June 7, 1988	64,799	24,520 (38%) Absentee: 1,528
	General (Presidential)	Nov. 8, 1988	69,868	51,754 (74%) Absentee: 6,115
1989	School Dist. #2	April 4, 1989	45,439	7,587 (17%) Absentee: 67
	Primary (City - Billings)	Sept. 12, 1989	38,450	9,929 (26%) Absentee: 289
	General (City - Billings)	Nov. 7, 1989	39,420	15,316 (39%) Absentee: 586
	General (City - Laurel)	Nov. 7, 1989	2,844	1,140 (40%)
1990	School Dist. #2	April 3, 1990	41,816	3,436 (8%) Absentee: 49
	Primary	June 5, 1990	54,926	18,391 (33.5%) Absentee: 816
	General	Nov. 6, 1990	60,507	43,864 (72%) Absentee: 3,426
1991	City of Billings Special	Jan. 29, 1991	44,473	9,604 (22%) Absentee: 266
	School Dist. #2	April 2, 1991	52,960	15,564 (30%) Absentee: 312
	Primary (City - Billings)	Sept. 10, 1991	44,772	2,015 (5%) Absentee: 108
	General (City - Billings)	Nov. 5, 1991	45,084	3,636 (8%) Absentee: 180
	General (City - Laurel)	Nov. 5, 1991	3,199	330 (11%)
1992	School Dist. #2	April 7, 1992	49,876	17,132 (35%)
	Primary (Presidential)	June 2, 1992	66,138	28,652 (44%) Absentee: 1,450
	General (Presidential)	Nov. 3, 1992	73,024	57,628 (78%) Absentee: 6,828
1993	School Dist. #2 - Trustee	April 6, 1993	45,578	7,110 (15%) Absentee: 165
	Special - Sales Tax	June 8, 1993	60,178	40,307 (67%) Absentee: 2,938
	Special - Metra Bond (Mail Ballot)	Oct. 26, 1993	62,619	33,244 (53%)
	General (City - Billings)	Nov. 2, 1993	45,366	5,871 (12%) Absentee: 214
	General (City - Laurel)	Nov. 2, 1993	3,227	637 (19%)
1994	School Dist. #2	April 5, 1994	49,771	18,044 (36%) Absentee: 299
	Primary	June 7, 1994	65,204	25,860 (39%) Absentee: 1,319
	General	Nov. 8, 1994	70,018	47,872 (68.37%) Absentee: 4,889
1995	School Dist. #2 Elementary	April 4, 1995	55,104	29,559 (17.8%) Absentee: 203
	High School #2		61,182	10,808 (17.6%)
	School Dist. #26		3,052	590 (9.6%)
	School Dist. #2 Special Levy	June 6, 1995	61,881	13,308 (21.5%) Absentee: 306
	General (City - Billings)	Nov. 7, 1995	53,278	4,154 (7.7%) Absentee: 143
	General (City - Laurel)	Nov. 7, 1995	3,862	525 (13.6%) Absentee: 13
	General (Town - Broadview)	Nov. 7, 1995	95	49 (51.5%) Absentee: 1
1996	School Dist. #2 Elementary	April 2, 1996	58,261	22,650 (19.4%) Absentee: 226
	High School #2		64,916	12,770 (9.6%)
	School Dist. #26		3,354	886 (13.2%)
	School Dist. #2 Special Levy	May 21, 1996	65,454	14,044 (22.6%) Absentee: 339
	Primary - Presidential	June 4, 1996	76,401	26,342 (34.47%) Absentee: 1,526
	General - Presidential	Nov. 5, 1996	80,134	56,886 (70.98%) Absentee: 7,510
1997	School Dist. #2 Elementary	April 1, 1997	44,000	6,188 (7%) Absentee: 103
	High School #2 (A)		2,620	353 (13.4%)
	School Dist. #2 Special Levy	May 13, 1997	50,457	12,489 (24.75%) Absentee: 243
	Primary (City - Billings)	Sept. 9, 1997	42,528	6,862 (16.1%) Absentee: 242
	Primary (City - Laurel)	Sept. 9, 1997	3,216	1,012 (31%) Absentee: 31
	General (City - Billings)	Nov. 4, 1997	43,975	13,276 (30.19%) Absentee: 594
	General (City - Laurel)	Nov. 4, 1997	3,303	1,340 (40.57%) Absentee: 50
	General (Town - Broadview)	Nov. 4, 1997	87	37 (43%) Absentee: 0
1998	School Dist. #2 Elementary	April 7, 1998	47,306	9,572 (21%)
	High School Levy		53,905	11,121 (21%) Absentee: 1,488
	High School #2 (B) Trustee		3,753	876 (24%)
	Primary	June 2, 1998	63,853	13,449 (21.06%) Absentee: 775
	General	Nov. 3, 1998	67,565	44,363 (65.66%) Absentee: 4,070
1999	School Dist. #2 Elementary	April 6, 1999	52,204	4,500 (8.6%) Absentee: 130
	School Dist. #26		3,151	132 (4.19%)
	School Dist. #2 Elementary Levy		52,599	7,011 (13.3%) Absentee: 89
	School Dist. #2 High School Levy		56,886	7,608 (13.4%)
	School Dist. #26 Special Levy		3,187	375 (11.77%)
	General (City - Billings)	Nov. 2, 1999	50,883	14,624 (28.74%) Absentee: 459
	General (City - Laurel)	Nov. 2, 1999	3,958	507 (12.81%) Absentee: 13
	General (Town- Broadview)	Nov. 2, 1999	98	24 (24.49%) Absentee: 0
2000	Cedar Park Sub Water/Sewer	Mar. 15, 2000	145	84 (57.9%) Absentee: 0
	School Dist #2	May 2, 2000	51,978	9,075 (17.5%) Absentee: 176
	Primary (Presidential)	June 6, 2000	61,955	25,089 (40.5%) Absentee: 1,878
	General (Presidential)	Nov. 7, 2000	68,097	57,975 (60.52%) Absentee: 12,163
2001	Lockwood Water/Sewer	Feb. 7, 2001	2,575	1,046 (40.62%)
	School Dist. #2	May 8, 2001	51,933	12,001 (23.11%) Absentee: 326
	City General	Nov. 6, 2001	48,525	15,775 (32.3%) Absentee: 1085
2002	School Dist. #2	May 7, 2002	68,046	13,729 (23.59%) Absentee: 436
	Primary	June 4, 2002	85,097	18,023 (21.18%) Absentee: 1300
	General	Nov. 5, 2002	88,162	48,097 (54.56%) Absentee: 10,565
2003	School	May 6, 2003	64,885	15,276 (21.8%) Absentee: 469
	Lockwood Water/Sewer (Mail Ballot)	May 22, 2003	2,739	1,334 (48.7%)
	City Primary	Sept. 9, 2003	45,925	4,846 (11.26%) Absentee: 321
	City General	Nov. 4, 2003	49,814	11,688 (26.07%) Absentee: 1,041
	Laurel City Primary		2,945	297 (10.08%)
	Town of Broadview		78	14 (17.9%)
	Lockwood Water/Sewer		2,318	990 (42.71%)
2004	Lockwood Water/Sewer	Feb. 4, 2004	2,377	1,644 (69.2%)
	School Dist. 2 (Mail Ballot)	Mar. 24, 2004	55,013	34,728 (63.13%)
	School Dist. 2	May 4, 2004	61,041	10,714 (17.55%) Absentee: 541
	Primary	June 8, 2004	85,477	31,293 (36.61%) Absentee: 3,246
	General	Nov. 2, 2004	91,652	66,769 (72.85%) Absentee: 18,331
	Lockwood Water/Sewer (Mail Ballot)	Dec. 16, 2004	2,985	1,228 (41%)
	Custer Water/Sewer (Mail Ballot)		80	49 (61%)
2005	School	May 3, 2005	20,730	1,112 (5.36% Absentee: 34
	School (Elementary & High School)	August 2, 2005	52,057	8,661 (15.69%) Absentee: 556
	City Primary	September 13, 2005	50,268	11,161 (20.20%) Absentee: 1,179
	City General	November 8, 2005	66,895	21,875 (32.70%) Absentee: 2,989
2006	School	May 2, 2006	75,798	16,577 (21.87%) Absentee: 1,972
	Primary	June 6, 2006	89,008	29,918 (33.61%) Absentee: 5,866
	General	November 7, 2006	92,179	59,616 (64.67%) Absentee: 22,269
2007	School	May 8, 2007	87,118	25,147 (28.87%) Absentee: 11,006
	City Primary	September 11, 2007	No Primary	No Primary
	City General (Mail Ballot)	November 6, 2007	54,370	28,396 (52.23%)
	Lockwood Water/Sewer	November 6, 2007	3,780	357 (9.4%)
2008	School (Mail Ballot)	May 6, 2008	59,152	28,059 (47.44%)
	Primary	June 8, 2008	94,485	37,187 (39.36%) Absentee: 21,819
	General	November 4, 2008	98,833	71,204 (72.04%) Absentee: 37,970
2009	School (Mail Ballot)	May 9, 2009	18,224	7,202 (39.5%)
	Primary (Mail Ballot)	September 15, 2009	54,211	20,966 (38.673%)
	General (Mail Ballot)	November 3, 2009	57,696	24,832 (43.04%)
2010	School (Mail Ballot)	May 4, 2010	66,427	35,378 (53.26%)
	Primary	June 8, 2010	76,680	33,209 (43.31%) Absentee: 28,912
	School District #2 (special)	September 7, 2010	67,347	30,427 (45.18%)
	General	November 2, 2010	79,100	52,451 (66.31%) Absentee: 38,924
2011	School (Mail Ballot)	May 3, 2011	17,276	8,002 (46.32%)
	Primary	Cancelled
	General (Mail Ballot)	November 8, 2011	49,526	31,406 (63.41%)
2012	School	May 8, 2012	64,149	38,518 (60.04%)
	Primary	June 5, 2012	90,138	35,115 (38.96%) Absentee: 33,799
	General	November 6, 2012	95,589	69,923 (73.15%) Absentee: 56,044
2013	School (Mail Ballot)	May 7, 2013	75,719	41,617 (54.96%
2013	City General (Mail Ballot)	November 5, 2013	65,757	36,745 (55.88%)
2014	School (Mail Ballot)	May 6, 2014	25,896	9,408 (36.33%)
	Primary	June 3, 2014	94,416	34,261 (36.29%) Absentee: 33,185
	General	November 4, 2014	95,808	52,741 (55.05%)
2015	School (Mail Ballot)	May 5, 2015	20,508	7,516 (36.65%)
	Special Jail Levy (Mail Ballot)	June 9, 2015	64,417	34,207 (53.10%)
	Municipal Primary (Mail Ballot)	September 15, 2015	43,573	18,707 (42.93%)
	Municipal General ( Mail Ballot)	November 3, 2015	47,718	24,666 (51.69%)
2016	School (Mail Ballot)	May 3, 2016	57,899	35,417 (61.17%)
	Primary	June 7, 2016	90,890	43,081 (47.40%) Absentee: 40,036
	General	November 8, 2016	96,465	71,871 (74.50%) Absentee: 59,693
2017	School (Mail Ballot)	May 2, 2017	84,098	41,275 (49.08%)
	Special Congressional	May 25, 2017	97,061	54,066 (55.70%) Absentee: 49,462
	Municipal Primary (Mail Ballot)	September 12, 2017	55,840	24,242 (43.41%)
	Municipal General (Mail Ballot)	November 7, 2017	78,792	42,056 (53.38%)
	Elder Grove School Bond (Mail Ballot)	December 12, 2017	2,259	1,363 (60.34)
2018	School (Mail Ballot)	May 8, 2018	14,971	7,393 (49.38%)
	Primary	June 5, 2018	94,846	40,945 (43.17%) Absentee: 40,045
	General	November 6, 2018	98,922	69,925 (70.69%) Absentee: 61,771
2019	School (Mail Ballot)	May 7, 2019	90,258	40,839 (45.25%)
	Primary	September 10, 2019	56,161	18,160 (32.34%)
	General	November 5, 2019	73, 457	28,035 (38.17%)
2020	Primary (Mail Ballot)	June 2, 2020	96,228	52,864 (54.94%)
	School (Mail Ballot)	July 7, 2020	71,632	31,786 (44.37%)
	City Special Election (Mail Ballot)	September 15, 2020	69,603	31,365 (45.06%)
	General (Mail Ballot)	November 3, 2020	104,277	84,969 (81.48%)
2021	School & Special Election (Mail Ballot)	May 4, 2021	28,650	8,469 (29.56%)
	School Special Election Pioneer School (Mail Ballot)	September 14, 2021	720	347 (48.19%)
	General (Mail Ballot)	November 2, 2021	101,017	48,709 (48.22%)
2022	School (Mail Ballot)	May 3, 2022	99,775	39,864 (39.95%)
	Primary	June 7, 2022	103,382	46,895 (45.365%)
	General	November 8, 2022	105,803	61,272 (57.92)
2024
	Primary	June 4, 2024	103,452	42,934 (41.50%)
	General	November 5, 2024	110,397	82,575 (74.80%)