Politics
President George W. Bush won Montana in the 2004 Presidential election with 59.1% of the vote, beating John Kerry by 20 percentage points, which indicates that the district leans Republican. However, four years later John McCain won the state by only 2.5% over Barack Obama, and there is a significant Democratic presence in the state: as of 2011 the Governor's office and both U.S. Senate seats are controlled by the Democrats, which suggests that the district could be competitive in future elections.
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