Gerald Ford carried Colorado R+11.5.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Colorado, 1976. The state ran 13.5 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally).

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

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Colorado result

1,081,135 votes counted

Carter (D)

460,353

42.6%

Ford (R)

584,367

54.1%

All others

36,415

3.4%

Margin

R+11.5

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1976 presidential election

Colorado, 1976

FordR+11.5

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Gerald Ford ✓Republican	54.1%	584,367
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	42.6%	460,353
OtherAll other candidates	3.4%	36,415

D+60

R+60

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

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Colorado's presidential margins

1880–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Colorado's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1880	−5.2%
1884	−12.6%
1888	−14.4%
1892	−41.1%
1896	+70.6%
1900	+13.6%
1904	−14.2%
1908	+1.1%
1912	+20.9%
1916	+26.0%
1920	−23.4%
1924	−35.0%
1928	−30.8%
1932	+13.4%
1936	+23.3%
1940	−2.6%
1944	−6.8%
1948	+5.4%
1952	−21.3%
1956	−19.7%
1960	−9.7%
1964	+23.1%
1968	−9.2%
1972	−28.0%
1976	−11.5%
1980	−24.0%
1984	−28.3%
1988	−7.8%
1992	+4.3%
1996	−1.4%
2000	−8.4%
2004	−4.7%
2008	+9.0%
2012	+5.4%
2016	+4.9%
2020	+13.5%
2024	+11.0%

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County results — 1976

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	D	+6.6%	40,551	35,392	78,127
Alamosa County	R	−11.3%	2,052	2,599	4,857
Arapahoe County	R	−29.6%	33,685	63,154	99,526
Archuleta County	R	−9.5%	632	768	1,432
Baca County	R	−5.5%	1,164	1,303	2,507
Bent County	D	+4.5%	1,268	1,156	2,480
Boulder County	R	−11.7%	33,284	42,830	81,253
Chaffee County	R	−16.7%	2,064	2,925	5,162
Cheyenne County	D	+1.2%	625	610	1,267
Clear Creek County	R	−15.3%	1,069	1,477	2,668
Conejos County	D	+8.5%	1,698	1,426	3,194
Costilla County	D	+44.1%	1,033	392	1,454
Crowley County	R	−11.0%	667	834	1,519
Custer County	R	−29.5%	259	491	787
Delta County	R	−20.6%	3,232	4,980	8,467
Denver County	D	+2.8%	112,229	105,960	226,738
Dolores County	D	+4.1%	374	343	752
Douglas County	R	−33.8%	2,459	5,078	7,748
Eagle County	R	−31.6%	1,502	2,963	4,617
El Paso County	R	−20.9%	32,911	50,929	86,130
Elbert County	R	−8.7%	1,068	1,279	2,426
Fremont County	R	−7.1%	4,886	5,647	10,768
Garfield County	R	−23.5%	2,852	4,699	7,866
Gilpin County	D	+10.2%	563	451	1,095
Grand County	R	−28.8%	910	1,703	2,757
Gunnison County	R	−31.8%	1,250	2,568	4,150
Hinsdale County	R	−37.3%	83	189	284
Huerfano County	D	+23.7%	1,932	1,182	3,165
Jackson County	R	−23.5%	279	455	748
Jefferson County	R	−23.8%	52,782	87,080	144,073
Kiowa County	R	−6.1%	529	598	1,137
Kit Carson County	R	−6.7%	1,647	1,888	3,611
La Plata County	R	−22.6%	3,843	6,228	10,547
Lake County	R	−0.8%	1,549	1,575	3,279
Larimer County	R	−24.8%	19,005	32,169	52,983
Las Animas County	D	+25.7%	4,459	2,615	7,175
Lincoln County	R	−9.1%	1,059	1,276	2,387
Logan County	R	−8.9%	3,543	4,256	7,982
Mesa County	R	−33.3%	8,807	17,924	27,390
Mineral County	R	−16.1%	167	235	423
Moffat County	R	−17.2%	1,451	2,099	3,770
Montezuma County	R	−19.5%	1,993	3,002	5,177
Montrose County	R	−20.2%	3,164	4,838	8,282
Morgan County	R	−9.3%	3,798	4,603	8,629
Otero County	R	−5.4%	4,118	4,597	8,920
Ouray County	R	−30.2%	333	645	1,032
Park County	R	−15.7%	741	1,034	1,872
Phillips County	D	+1.3%	1,173	1,142	2,373
Pitkin County	R	−13.8%	2,194	2,955	5,512
Prowers County	D	+5.1%	2,861	2,578	5,588
Pueblo County	D	+16.2%	25,841	18,518	45,143
Rio Blanco County	R	−37.9%	627	1,439	2,140
Rio Grande County	R	−27.4%	1,475	2,627	4,212
Routt County	R	−13.3%	2,130	2,822	5,213
Saguache County	R	−1.6%	1,059	1,094	2,210
San Juan County	R	−13.1%	167	221	411
San Miguel County	D	+3.7%	674	622	1,419
Sedgwick County	R	−7.6%	773	902	1,700
Summit County	R	−23.5%	1,087	1,826	3,140
Teller County	R	−16.8%	986	1,410	2,521
Washington County	R	−8.4%	1,211	1,440	2,736
Weld County	R	−13.8%	16,501	21,976	39,702
Yuma County	R	−7.2%	2,025	2,350	4,502