Elections / 1976 · President

Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Gerald Ford (R)

National popular vote

81,524,847 votes counted

Carter (D)

40,831,866

50.1%

Ford (R)

39,148,614

48.0%

All others

1,544,368

1.9%

Margin

D+2.1

The county map

3,140 county-level results on record for 1976

Democrats carried 1,711 counties, Republicans 1,428, third-party candidates 1. 1,585 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Berrien County, GA (D+143.9 swing) · Wilcox County, GA (D+143.4 swing) · Pierce County, GA (D+141.8 swing) · Bacon County, GA (D+140.7 swing) · Dodge County, GA (D+138.5 swing) · Brantley County, GA (D+137.9 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alaska	R	−22.3%	44,059	71,556	123,573
Alabama	D	+13.1%	659,170	504,070	1,182,542
Arkansas	D	+30.0%	499,614	268,753	769,396
Arizona	R	−16.6%	295,602	418,642	742,719
California	R	−1.8%	3,742,284	3,882,244	7,867,117
Colorado	R	−11.5%	460,353	584,367	1,081,135
Connecticut	R	−5.2%	647,879	719,241	1,376,009
District of Columbia	D	+65.1%	137,818	27,873	168,830
Delaware	D	+5.4%	122,596	109,831	235,834
Florida	D	+5.3%	1,636,000	1,469,531	3,150,631
Georgia	D	+33.9%	979,409	483,743	1,463,152
Hawaii	D	+2.5%	147,375	140,003	291,301
Iowa	R	−1.0%	619,931	632,863	1,279,306
Idaho	R	−22.8%	126,549	204,151	340,932
Illinois	R	−2.0%	2,271,295	2,364,269	4,718,833
Indiana	R	−7.6%	1,014,714	1,183,958	2,220,362
Kansas	R	−7.6%	430,421	502,752	957,845
Kentucky	D	+7.2%	615,717	531,852	1,167,142
Louisiana	D	+5.8%	661,365	587,446	1,278,439
Massachusetts	D	+15.7%	1,429,475	1,030,276	2,547,558
Maryland	D	+6.1%	759,612	672,661	1,432,273
Maine	R	−0.8%	232,279	236,320	483,208
Michigan	R	−5.4%	1,696,714	1,893,742	3,653,749
Minnesota	D	+12.9%	1,070,440	819,395	1,949,589
Missouri	D	+3.6%	998,387	927,443	1,949,859
Mississippi	D	+1.9%	381,309	366,845	769,363
Montana	R	−7.4%	149,259	173,703	328,734
North Carolina	D	+11.0%	927,365	741,960	1,677,906
North Dakota	R	−5.9%	136,078	153,470	297,090
Nebraska	R	−20.7%	233,692	359,705	607,668
New Hampshire	R	−11.3%	147,635	185,935	339,168
New Jersey	R	−2.2%	1,444,653	1,509,688	3,014,472
New Mexico	R	−2.5%	201,148	211,419	416,590
Nevada	R	−4.4%	92,479	101,273	201,876
New York	D	+4.4%	3,389,558	3,100,791	6,534,420
Ohio	D	+0.3%	2,011,621	2,000,505	4,111,874
Oklahoma	R	−1.2%	532,442	545,708	1,092,251
Oregon	R	−0.2%	490,407	492,120	1,029,876
Pennsylvania	D	+2.7%	2,328,677	2,205,604	4,620,787
Rhode Island	D	+11.3%	227,636	181,249	410,584
South Carolina	D	+13.1%	450,825	346,140	801,913
South Dakota	R	−1.5%	147,068	151,505	300,678
Tennessee	D	+13.0%	825,879	633,969	1,476,345
Texas	D	+3.2%	2,082,319	1,953,300	4,071,884
Utah	R	−28.8%	182,110	337,908	541,198
Virginia	R	−1.3%	813,896	836,554	1,697,094
Vermont	R	−11.2%	81,044	102,085	187,855
Washington	R	−3.9%	717,323	777,732	1,555,534
Wisconsin	D	+1.7%	1,040,232	1,004,987	2,101,336
West Virginia	D	+16.1%	435,914	314,760	750,674
Wyoming	R	−19.5%	62,239	92,717	156,343