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See Montana primary election type, who can vote in primaries, and historical 2024 Democratic and Republican delegate allocation details.
Who Can Vote
Montana is listed with an Open primary classification for Democratic State, Democratic Presidential, Republican Presidential, and Republican State. Voters can generally choose a party primary under the listed rule, subject to state and party requirements.
Open: Democratic State, Democratic Presidential, Republican Presidential, and Republican State.
Primary rules can vary by party, office, and election cycle. Confirm your current ballot eligibility with state election officials, your local election office, or the relevant political party.
The delegate totals on this page are historical 2024 presidential cycle data. They help explain the last presidential allocation cycle but should not be treated as current-cycle delegate counts.
Primary Type
Montana has an open primary. Choose and return only one party’s ballot; voting that ballot does not register you as a member of the party.
Delegates
2024 Democratic Delegates
Montana's Democratic Party will send a total of 22 Delegate Votes and 2 Alternate delegates to the Democratic National Convention. 17 of the 22 delegates are pledeged and the remaining 5 are unpledged. The party will use a proportional representation system...
2024 Republican Delegates
Montana will send a total of 31 Delegat Votes and 28 Alternate delegates to the Republican National Convention. 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Montana's Republican Party, will attend the...
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Montana is listed with the following primary type classification: Open.
Montana is listed with an Open primary classification for Democratic State, Democratic Presidential, Republican Presidential, and Republican State. Voters can generally choose a party primary under the listed rule, subject to state and party requirements.
The model lists 22 Democratic delegate votes and 31 Republican delegate votes for the 2024 presidential cycle.
The delegate totals shown for Montana are historical 2024 presidential cycle data where listed. Confirm current-cycle delegate plans with official party materials or state election sources.
Use state election materials, party materials, and selected reference links where available. This page links to Official primary participation rules and politicalpractices.mt.gov - Education-and-Resources.