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Montana still favors the GOP, but new poll shows residents unhappy with current leadership

by DARRELL EHRLICK Daily Montanan
| October 30, 2025 12:00 AM

Just because Montana is a red state, doesn’t mean residents are satisfied with Republican leadership according to a new annual poll released Tuesday.

Montana State University-Billings, which has conducted the annual Mountain States Poll on residents since 1989, released this year’s results which show few of Montana’s most familiar political faces with a majority of support, while a feeling of polarization persists, despite having common ground across party lines on some politically charged issues.

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