A “red wave” could be considered something of an understatement regarding the Montana general election on Tuesday and the same held true for Yellowstone County where late registrations on Election Day pushed the total number of voters to record levels. Election workers were still counting ballots at noon on Wednesday.
Ballot counting, by law, has to continue through the night and into the next day until ballots are counted.
While Yellowstone County had a trend of over 60 percent of the voters voting Republican, more than half of the counties in the state are more “red” than Yellowstone, with most experiencing over 70 and 80 percent of voters leaning Republican in support of Donald Trump. Only Gallatin, Missoula, Beaverhead, Glacier, Silver Bow and Deer Lodge trended in favor Democrats with a 50-60 percent range in support of Democrat Kamala Harris.
Based on 75,678 ballots tallied in Yellowstone County as of 5 am on Wednesday, Republican candidate former President Donald Trump won 46,003 votes defeating Democrat candidate Kamala Harris with 26,426.
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