Yellowstone County Elections Office
Bret Rutherford, Elections Administrator

County Courthouse, 217 N. 27th Street Rm. 101
P O Box 35002
Billings, MT 59107-5002
(406) 256-2740
(406) 254-7940 (fax)


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Voting Trends

Year
Election
Date
Registered Voters
Total Votes Cast
1964 Primary (Presidential) June 2, 1964
33,322
23,260 (69.8%)
General (Presidential) Nov. 3, 1964
39,226
34,401 (87.7%)
1966 Primary Aug. 16, 1966
37,027
16,427 (44.3%)
General Nov. 8, 1966
40,298
30,696 (76.17%)
1968 Primary (Presidential) June 4, 1968
35,317
22,212 (62.89%)
General (Presidential) Nov. 5, 1968
40,523
34,677 (85.5%)
1970 Primary June 2, 1970
38,215
17,316 (45.31%)
General Nov. 3, 1970
41,623
30,600 (73.51%)
1972 Primary (Presidential) June 6, 1972
41,375
25,413 (61.4%)
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%)
Special General Apr. 5, 1977
46,479
22,902 (49%)
1978 Primary June 6, 1978
50,725
21,876 (43%)
General Nov. 7, 1978
55,399
36,985 (67%)
1980 Primary (Presidential) June 3, 1980
62,424
27,816 (56%)
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%)
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

 

 

 

 

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