Gov. Gianforte was elected in 2020 and sworn in on Jan. 4, 2021. Greg Gianforte is now serving a 2nd consecutive term; the current term began Jan. 2025. The scored record above covers Montana's outcomes during this continuous service, lagged per category (each category's lag was fixed before scoring).
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Montana Under Greg Gianforte
Republican · Sworn in Jan. 4, 2021 · Now in 2nd term
Montana has tracked the other 49 states almost exactly under Gov. Gianforte — No. 14 of 29 governors with rated records, across 14 categories.
Greg Gianforte
Montana · Republican · since Jan. 2021 · 2nd term
Overall · citizen-weighted
No. 14 of 29
−0.06σ · 14 of 20 categories
equal-weight: +0.02σ · weighting hurts
| Category | Latest | Score vs. peers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honesty | — | In human review | |
| Spending discipline | — | Rubric in development | |
| Education scale score | 279.1 ’24 | Insufficient data | |
| Air quality AQI | 22 ’24 | +2.50σ | |
| Water quality % of community systems | 4.9 ’25 | +0.10σ | |
| Unemployment % | 3.3 ’25 | −0.17σ | |
| Health coverage % of adults 18-64 | 11.8 ’24 | −1.35σ | |
| Tax burden % of personal income | 6.0 ’24 | +0.08σ | |
| Energy cost cents/kWh | 12.7 ’24 | −0.43σ | |
| Cost of living index, US=100 | 94.6 ’24 | −2.27σ | |
| Crime deaths per 100,000 | 4.5 ’24 | −0.06σ | |
| Teen births per 1,000 females 15-19 | 11.1 ’24 | +0.20σ | |
| Wellbeing mean days of past 30 | 5.1 ’24 | 0.00σ | |
| School food quality | — | Rubric in development | |
| School shootings | 0 ’24 | Context · 0/10yr | |
| Obesity % of adults | 31.0 ’24 | −0.21σ* | |
| Early literacy % of 4th graders | 37.8 ’24 | Insufficient data | |
| Gun deaths deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted) | 20.2 ’24 | +0.77σ | |
| Food-aid access index (higher = easier access) | 0.5 ’23 | −0.92σ* | |
| Jobless-benefit access % of unemployed receiving UI | 38.3 ’24 | +0.33σ |
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Scores are trends vs. the other 49 states over this governor’s window, in σ; *thin data (under 3 points). Tap ? on any row for what it measures, its chart, and the source. All provisional while the term runs. Methodology v2.1
Unemployment Rate, 2010–2025
Montana against all 49 other states Montana 50-state median Other 49 states Scored window
Annual-average unemployment rate — the longest-running series on the card, charted in full. The shaded band is its scored window: it opens one year after inauguration and tracks through the newest published data. The dashed line is the 50-state median, shown for context; scoring uses the median of the other 49 states. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics.
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every published number, reproducible| Air quality (EPA AirData) | +2.50σ · window 2022–2024 (3 pts) · state −19.6%/yr vs peers 0.0%/yr · pre-cap +4.37σ |
| Water quality (EPA SDWIS/ECHO) | +0.10σ · window 2022–2025 (4 pts) · state −0.1%/yr vs peers +0.0%/yr |
| Unemployment (BLS LAUS) | −0.17σ · window 2022–2025 (4 pts) · state +7.3%/yr vs peers +6.5%/yr |
| Health coverage (CDC BRFSS) | −1.35σ · window 2022–2024 (3 pts) · state +18.7%/yr vs peers +2.7%/yr |
| Tax burden (Census STC ÷ BEA personal income) | +0.08σ · window 2021–2024 (4 pts) · state −0.2%/yr vs peers +0.1%/yr |
| Energy cost (EIA) | −0.43σ · window 2022–2024 (3 pts) · state +5.7%/yr vs peers +4.0%/yr |
| Cost of living (BEA) | −2.27σ · window 2022–2024 (3 pts) · state +2.5%/yr vs peers +0.1%/yr |
| Crime (CDC WONDER) | −0.06σ · window 2022–2024 (3 pts) · state −8.7%/yr vs peers −9.1%/yr |
| Teen births (CDC WONDER) | +0.20σ · window 2022–2024 (3 pts) · state −4.6%/yr vs peers −4.2%/yr |
| Wellbeing (CDC BRFSS) | 0.00σ · window 2022–2024 (3 pts) · state 0.0%/yr vs peers 0.0%/yr |
| Obesity (CDC BRFSS) | −0.21σ · window 2023–2024 (2 pts, thin) · state +1.5%/yr vs peers +0.7%/yr |
| Gun deaths (CDC WONDER) | +0.77σ · window 2022–2024 (3 pts) · state −8.1%/yr vs peers −3.6%/yr |
| Food-aid access (USDA FNS) | −0.92σ · window 2022–2023 (2 pts, thin) · state −3.9%/yr vs peers +2.5%/yr |
| Jobless-benefit access (US DOL ETA) | +0.33σ · window 2022–2024 (3 pts) · state +9.3%/yr vs peers +5.6%/yr |
| Overall (mean of domain scores) | −0.06σ · economy −0.96 · health −0.34 · environment +1.30 · public_safety +0.35 · social_services −0.29 · fiscal +0.08 |
| Methodology | v2.1, preregistered — directions and lags fixed before scoring; full dataset at /pwr.json |
Every score is a fitted log-linear trend over that category’s window, minus the median trend of the other 49 states, standardized by the spread across states (σ) and capped at ±2.5. Positive always means “moved better than peers” under the category’s preregistered direction.
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Montana has tracked the other 49 states almost exactly under Gov. Gianforte — No. 14 of 29 governors with rated records, across 14 categories. — Political Grades, methodology v2.1, data through 2025. Provisional; trend-vs-peers scoring; relative movement, not causation.