Gerald Ford carried Indiana R+7.6.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Indiana, 1976. The state ran 9.7 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1976 ballot here.

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

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Indiana result

2,220,362 votes counted

Carter (D)

1,014,714

45.7%

Ford (R)

1,183,958

53.3%

All others

21,690

1.0%

Margin

R+7.6

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1976 presidential election

Indiana, 1976

FordR+7.6

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Gerald Ford ✓Republican	53.3%	1,183,958
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	45.7%	1,014,714
OtherAll other candidates	1.0%	21,690

D+60

R+60

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

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Indiana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Indiana's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.2%
1896	−2.9%
1900	−3.8%
1904	−13.8%
1908	−1.5%
1912	+20.0%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−14.6%
1924	−16.6%
1928	−20.1%
1932	+11.7%
1936	+14.7%
1940	−1.4%
1944	−5.7%
1948	−0.8%
1952	−17.1%
1956	−20.2%
1960	−10.4%
1964	+12.4%
1968	−12.3%
1972	−32.8%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−18.4%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−20.2%
1992	−6.1%
1996	−5.6%
2000	−15.6%
2004	−20.7%
2008	+1.0%
2012	−10.2%
2016	−19.0%
2020	−16.1%
2024	−18.9%

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County results — 1976

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−12.1%	4,908	6,280	11,306
Allen County	R	−22.6%	44,744	71,321	117,769
Bartholomew County	R	−13.6%	11,203	14,771	26,187
Benton County	R	−19.5%	2,071	3,093	5,234
Blackford County	D	+4.7%	3,174	2,886	6,120
Boone County	R	−23.5%	5,686	9,214	14,986
Brown County	R	−1.7%	2,381	2,466	4,904
Carroll County	R	−14.0%	3,606	4,797	8,493
Cass County	R	−15.0%	7,610	10,342	18,231
Clark County	D	+13.2%	16,670	12,732	29,731
Clay County	R	−2.1%	5,433	5,674	11,265
Clinton County	R	−10.3%	6,662	8,199	14,963
Crawford County	D	+10.9%	2,721	2,181	4,948
Daviess County	R	−15.9%	4,952	6,829	11,838
Dearborn County	D	+1.4%	6,348	6,176	12,595
Decatur County	R	−11.9%	4,365	5,555	9,985
DeKalb County	R	−12.0%	6,151	7,860	14,246
Delaware County	R	−2.4%	25,151	26,417	52,087
Dubois County	D	+7.2%	7,385	6,383	13,884
Elkhart County	R	−21.4%	17,581	27,291	45,429
Fayette County	R	−1.6%	5,519	5,704	11,288
Floyd County	D	+6.1%	12,744	11,259	24,255
Fountain County	R	−9.0%	4,089	4,903	9,052
Franklin County	R	−4.7%	3,234	3,557	6,845
Fulton County	R	−18.3%	3,488	5,083	8,703
Gibson County	D	+8.5%	8,430	7,105	15,599
Grant County	R	−11.1%	13,468	16,847	30,554
Greene County	D	+5.9%	7,263	6,442	13,843
Hamilton County	R	−46.6%	7,857	21,828	29,958
Hancock County	R	−23.6%	6,191	10,072	16,427
Harrison County	D	+7.2%	5,685	4,911	10,699
Hendricks County	R	−29.3%	9,066	16,725	26,104
Henry County	R	−6.8%	10,137	11,620	21,848
Howard County	R	−13.7%	14,815	19,571	34,653
Huntington County	R	−16.8%	6,515	9,182	15,890
Jackson County	R	−0.0%	7,610	7,615	15,358
Jasper County	R	−23.8%	3,286	5,398	8,884
Jay County	R	−5.5%	4,124	4,606	8,817
Jefferson County	D	+4.8%	6,139	5,573	11,873
Jennings County	R	−0.8%	4,430	4,505	9,012
Johnson County	R	−23.7%	10,075	16,414	26,749
Knox County	D	+2.7%	9,612	9,100	18,860
Kosciusko County	R	−32.4%	7,328	14,505	22,124
LaGrange County	R	−15.4%	2,835	3,876	6,772
Lake County	D	+14.4%	120,700	90,119	212,741
LaPorte County	R	−9.3%	18,217	21,989	40,655
Lawrence County	R	−7.9%	7,908	9,278	17,440
Madison County	R	−4.2%	29,811	32,437	62,820
Marion County	R	−10.0%	145,274	177,767	325,576
Marshall County	R	−20.0%	6,424	9,707	16,408
Martin County	D	+2.2%	2,827	2,702	5,565
Miami County	R	−13.2%	6,257	8,263	15,155
Monroe County	R	−6.5%	16,609	18,938	35,695
Montgomery County	R	−27.8%	5,320	9,509	15,092
Morgan County	R	−20.8%	7,181	10,983	18,309
Newton County	R	−17.7%	2,236	3,204	5,483
Noble County	R	−7.8%	5,875	6,885	13,013
Ohio County	D	+11.7%	1,300	1,027	2,337
Orange County	R	−4.3%	4,031	4,399	8,476
Owen County	D	+3.4%	3,103	2,896	6,055
Parke County	R	−10.8%	3,158	3,929	7,144
Perry County	D	+15.7%	5,620	4,088	9,746
Pike County	D	+11.3%	3,938	3,138	7,101
Porter County	R	−21.1%	16,468	25,489	42,658
Posey County	D	+1.5%	5,298	5,136	10,488
Pulaski County	R	−11.7%	2,813	3,586	6,615
Putnam County	R	−8.4%	5,116	6,063	11,297
Randolph County	R	−12.7%	5,330	6,891	12,320
Ripley County	R	−4.9%	4,792	5,293	10,157
Rush County	R	−21.3%	3,052	4,723	7,830
Scott County	D	+22.6%	4,229	2,657	6,966
Shelby County	R	−11.3%	7,098	8,918	16,150
Spencer County	D	+7.0%	4,796	4,166	8,990
St. Joseph County	R	−1.2%	49,156	50,358	100,324
Starke County	D	+4.3%	4,753	4,354	9,241
Steuben County	R	−20.5%	3,323	5,079	8,575
Sullivan County	D	+16.1%	5,198	3,747	9,006
Switzerland County	D	+23.5%	2,150	1,329	3,491
Tippecanoe County	R	−23.8%	17,850	29,186	47,587
Tipton County	R	−16.2%	3,428	4,776	8,328
Union County	R	−16.8%	1,160	1,631	2,800
Vanderburgh County	R	−4.2%	34,911	37,975	73,211
Vermillion County	D	+13.1%	4,791	3,674	8,538
Vigo County	D	+2.3%	24,684	23,555	48,610
Wabash County	R	−19.7%	5,704	8,534	14,340
Warren County	R	−10.9%	1,906	2,377	4,312
Warrick County	D	+4.0%	7,804	7,200	15,096
Washington County	D	+7.4%	4,409	3,794	8,318
Wayne County	R	−15.0%	12,306	16,697	29,191
Wells County	R	−13.5%	4,250	5,596	9,934
White County	R	−22.4%	3,963	6,287	10,369
Whitley County	R	−10.6%	5,445	6,761	12,441