Gerald Ford carried Alaska R+22.3.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Alaska, 1976. The state ran 24.3 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally).

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

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Alaska result

123,573 votes counted

Carter (D)

44,059

35.7%

Ford (R)

71,556

57.9%

All others

7,959

6.4%

Margin

R+22.3

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1976 presidential election

Alaska, 1976

FordR+22.3

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Gerald Ford ✓Republican	57.9%	71,556
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	35.7%	44,059
OtherAll other candidates	6.4%	7,959

D+60

R+60

30 counties, each filled by 1976 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Alaska's presidential margins

1960–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Alaska's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1960	−1.9%
1964	+31.6%
1968	−2.1%
1972	−23.5%
1976	−22.3%
1980	−27.9%
1984	−36.8%
1988	−23.3%
1992	−9.2%
1996	−17.5%
2000	−31.0%
2004	−25.9%
2008	−21.5%
2012	−14.0%
2016	−14.8%
2020	−10.2%
2024	−13.1%

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County results — 1976

30 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aleutians East Borough	R	−29.9%	106	199	311
Aleutians West Census Area	R	−22.9%	232	379	642
Anchorage Municipality	R	−28.4%	17,136	31,884	51,877
Bethel Census Area	D	+2.3%	1,410	1,345	2,865
Bristol Bay Borough	R	−6.6%	147	169	334
Chugach Census Area	R	−19.0%	691	1,045	1,861
Copper River Census Area	R	−25.1%	300	526	902
Denali Borough	R	−22.7%	242	401	701
Dillingham Census Area	R	−10.5%	412	513	960
Fairbanks North Star Borough	R	−18.9%	6,676	10,260	19,012
Haines Borough	R	−28.4%	182	338	549
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	D	+8.2%	363	304	722
Juneau City and Borough	R	−22.4%	2,890	4,674	7,955
Kenai Peninsula Borough	R	−27.8%	2,528	4,696	7,803
Ketchikan Gateway Borough	R	−25.2%	1,423	2,437	4,022
Kodiak Island Borough	R	−17.9%	1,014	1,490	2,663
Kusilvak Census Area	R	−1.3%	497	511	1,041
Lake and Peninsula Borough	R	−21.7%	133	213	368
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	R	−29.2%	1,486	2,882	4,775
Nome Census Area	R	−5.3%	887	989	1,933
North Slope Borough	D	+30.6%	654	338	1,032
Northwest Arctic Borough	D	+19.3%	712	476	1,225
Petersburg Borough	R	−28.1%	334	616	1,003
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	R	−1.5%	661	683	1,439
Sitka City and Borough	R	−20.7%	1,005	1,558	2,669
Skagway Municipality	R	−38.9%	98	230	339
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	R	−16.8%	561	815	1,512
Wrangell City and Borough	R	−15.8%	327	461	847
Yakutat City and Borough	D	+5.7%	89	79	175
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	R	−8.9%	863	1,045	2,036