7 June 2016

Flathead primary election turnout stats

As noted two days ago, voter registration in the Flathead is up 13 percent over 2008, the last presidential election year in which the office was open. This is the result of an increase in the county’s population, not of any discernible registration drive. The table below (download spreadsheet) presents registration and turnout information for Flathead County for 2000–2014. See my historical elections statistics page for Montana numbers for 1920–present. I suspect that the county’s turnout for 2016 will be more comparable to the turnouts for 2004 and 2012 than for 2008.