Ronald Reagan Republican George H. W. Bush Republican The 1988 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 8, 1988, and was part of the 1988 United States presidential election.

This was the last election until 2024 when Montana had four electoral votes: the continuing depopulation of the Great Plains would cause the state to revert to an at-large congressional district for 1992.

Montana regained a second congressional district, and therefore a fourth electoral vote, in 2022.

Montana voted for the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush, over the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis.

Bush won by a margin of 5.87%, much lower than usual in this typically solid Republican state, largely due to the persistent drought and Farm crisis on the Great Plains, a result making Montana 1.93% more Democratic than the national average.