5 June 2016

Flathead County has 7,293 more registered voters than in June, 2008

That’s a 13.2 percent increase (download XLS spreadsheet), and is matched by the 13.0 percent increase in Gallatin County. Montana has 16,020 more registered voters than in 2008, a 2.5 percent increase. The numbers are for the primary election.

Lewis and Clark County has 5,557 more registered voters than in 2008, a 15.1 percent increase. Missoula County added 3,792, a 5.2 percent increase.

Cascade and Yellowstone Counties have fewer registered voters than in 2008. Cascade decreased by 2,089 (four percent), and Yellowstone by 3,821 (also four percent).

Montana’s 2016 population is approximately 7.4 percent larger than in 2008, while the increase in the voting eligible population is approximately 7.8 percent. But the percentage of Montana’s VEP that’s registered to voted declined from 85 percent in 2008 to 81 percent percent in 2016.