Gerald Ford carried Iowa R+1.0.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Iowa, 1976. The state ran 3.1 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally).

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

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Iowa result

1,279,306 votes counted

Carter (D)

619,931

48.5%

Ford (R)

632,863

49.5%

All others

26,512

2.1%

Margin

R+1.0

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1976 presidential election

Iowa, 1976

FordR+1.0

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Gerald Ford ✓Republican	49.5%	632,863
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	48.5%	619,931
OtherAll other candidates	2.1%	26,512

D+60

R+60

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

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Iowa's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−5.3%
1896	−12.6%
1900	−18.6%
1904	−32.7%
1908	−15.0%
1912	+13.3%
1916	−11.4%
1920	−45.5%
1924	−38.6%
1928	−24.2%
1932	+17.7%
1936	+11.7%
1940	−4.4%
1944	−4.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−28.2%
1956	−18.4%
1960	−13.5%
1964	+24.0%
1968	−12.2%
1972	−17.1%
1976	−1.0%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−7.4%
1988	+10.2%
1992	+6.0%
1996	+10.3%
2000	+0.3%
2004	−0.7%
2008	+9.5%
2012	+5.8%
2016	−9.3%
2020	−8.2%
2024	−13.2%

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County results — 1976

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−0.7%	2,294	2,326	4,722
Adams County	D	+4.1%	1,507	1,388	2,937
Allamakee County	R	−17.1%	2,568	3,648	6,303
Appanoose County	D	+5.9%	3,424	3,036	6,558
Audubon County	D	+3.0%	2,104	1,978	4,133
Benton County	D	+4.7%	5,514	5,014	10,703
Black Hawk County	R	−2.4%	29,508	30,994	61,715
Boone County	D	+9.6%	6,595	5,413	12,263
Bremer County	R	−19.2%	4,203	6,252	10,685
Buchanan County	R	−5.8%	4,258	4,794	9,223
Buena Vista County	R	−9.4%	4,227	5,126	9,567
Butler County	R	−25.0%	2,503	4,207	6,808
Calhoun County	R	−3.4%	3,001	3,215	6,300
Carroll County	D	+12.9%	5,333	4,094	9,608
Cass County	R	−22.8%	2,866	4,589	7,549
Cedar County	R	−12.2%	3,354	4,308	7,822
Cerro Gordo County	D	+2.6%	11,189	10,604	22,196
Cherokee County	R	−8.5%	3,358	3,993	7,478
Chickasaw County	D	+1.0%	3,503	3,432	6,988
Clarke County	D	+14.4%	2,333	1,737	4,149
Clay County	R	−9.1%	3,776	4,548	8,500
Clayton County	R	−11.6%	3,804	4,826	8,807
Clinton County	R	−2.7%	11,746	12,401	24,534
Crawford County	D	+0.3%	3,903	3,879	7,948
Dallas County	D	+11.5%	6,722	5,308	12,247
Davis County	D	+19.3%	2,426	1,631	4,129
Decatur County	D	+16.3%	2,698	1,932	4,707
Delaware County	R	−13.3%	3,168	4,161	7,481
Des Moines County	D	+10.9%	11,268	9,023	20,536
Dickinson County	R	−10.3%	3,074	3,795	7,010
Dubuque County	D	+7.9%	20,548	17,459	39,049
Emmet County	R	−2.7%	2,720	2,872	5,687
Fayette County	R	−11.6%	5,220	6,618	12,102
Floyd County	D	+3.1%	4,646	4,361	9,178
Franklin County	R	−6.4%	2,682	3,056	5,843
Fremont County	R	−4.8%	1,964	2,163	4,176
Greene County	D	+4.7%	3,094	2,811	5,989
Grundy County	R	−26.5%	2,410	4,173	6,660
Guthrie County	D	+4.1%	2,873	2,644	5,641
Hamilton County	D	+0.3%	3,953	3,932	8,025
Hancock County	R	−2.5%	2,975	3,127	6,187
Hardin County	R	−2.2%	4,479	4,682	9,328
Harrison County	R	−3.8%	3,228	3,489	6,790
Henry County	D	+0.4%	3,882	3,848	7,887
Howard County	D	+5.3%	2,917	2,618	5,616
Humboldt County	R	−6.8%	2,677	3,075	5,841
Ida County	R	−15.9%	1,868	2,590	4,555
Iowa County	R	−7.5%	3,367	3,926	7,411
Jackson County	D	+2.8%	4,467	4,221	8,886
Jasper County	D	+6.3%	8,783	7,728	16,786
Jefferson County	R	−5.1%	3,377	3,746	7,244
Johnson County	D	+10.6%	20,208	16,090	38,710
Jones County	R	−2.5%	4,245	4,463	8,831
Keokuk County	D	+8.6%	3,482	2,920	6,504
Kossuth County	D	+5.3%	5,190	4,653	10,046
Lee County	D	+4.7%	9,017	8,195	17,465
Linn County	D	+2.3%	38,252	36,513	76,397
Louisa County	R	−4.4%	2,089	2,284	4,441
Lucas County	D	+13.5%	2,733	2,071	4,894
Lyon County	R	−30.4%	1,870	3,558	5,554
Madison County	D	+7.2%	3,109	2,681	5,910
Mahaska County	R	−4.2%	4,838	5,267	10,251
Marion County	D	+6.7%	6,226	5,429	11,857
Marshall County	R	−4.7%	8,695	9,562	18,630
Mills County	R	−17.3%	1,908	2,722	4,710
Mitchell County	D	+0.3%	2,906	2,887	5,892
Monona County	D	+0.5%	2,661	2,636	5,370
Monroe County	D	+19.5%	2,360	1,581	3,996
Montgomery County	R	−24.2%	2,229	3,673	5,974
Muscatine County	R	−7.8%	6,567	7,697	14,496
O'Brien County	R	−25.5%	2,732	4,643	7,506
Osceola County	R	−19.3%	1,309	1,955	3,341
Page County	R	−29.7%	2,865	5,343	8,335
Palo Alto County	D	+9.5%	3,182	2,623	5,904
Plymouth County	R	−13.0%	4,284	5,590	10,016
Pocahontas County	D	+6.0%	3,055	2,700	5,889
Polk County	D	+7.0%	71,917	62,316	137,763
Pottawattamie County	R	−7.7%	14,754	17,264	32,519
Poweshiek County	D	+1.9%	4,360	4,194	8,735
Ringgold County	D	+5.9%	1,739	1,543	3,336
Sac County	R	−5.4%	2,996	3,347	6,493
Scott County	R	−8.0%	29,771	35,021	65,940
Shelby County	R	−7.2%	2,851	3,301	6,261
Sioux County	R	−47.4%	3,322	9,448	12,935
Story County	R	−7.5%	15,717	18,394	35,476
Tama County	D	+2.2%	4,580	4,379	9,107
Taylor County	R	−2.8%	1,947	2,059	4,054
Union County	D	+1.4%	2,955	2,873	5,948
Van Buren County	D	+0.1%	1,807	1,804	3,671
Wapello County	D	+20.1%	10,249	6,786	17,268
Warren County	D	+11.0%	7,653	6,099	14,108
Washington County	R	−9.9%	3,448	4,218	7,807
Wayne County	D	+9.1%	2,145	1,781	3,995
Webster County	D	+7.4%	10,543	9,068	19,995
Winnebago County	R	−5.8%	2,950	3,315	6,346
Winneshiek County	R	−6.6%	4,158	4,765	9,149
Woodbury County	R	−7.4%	19,664	22,853	43,287
Worth County	D	+9.8%	2,399	1,964	4,425
Wright County	D	+1.3%	3,637	3,544	7,282