Gerald Ford carried Kansas R+7.6.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Kansas, 1976. The state ran 9.6 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally).

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

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Kansas result

957,845 votes counted

Carter (D)

430,421

44.9%

Ford (R)

502,752

52.5%

All others

24,672

2.6%

Margin

R+7.6

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1976 presidential election

Kansas, 1976

FordR+7.6

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Gerald Ford ✓Republican	52.5%	502,752
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	44.9%	430,421
OtherAll other candidates	2.6%	24,672

D+60

R+60

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

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−48.4%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 1976

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−8.5%	2,746	3,269	6,141
Anderson County	D	+0.4%	1,886	1,872	3,844
Atchison County	D	+0.9%	4,108	4,030	8,344
Barber County	R	−2.4%	1,494	1,568	3,109
Barton County	R	−13.8%	5,497	7,311	13,142
Bourbon County	R	−5.1%	3,237	3,589	6,929
Brown County	R	−31.7%	1,745	3,407	5,245
Butler County	D	+0.9%	8,540	8,390	17,316
Chase County	R	−17.4%	643	922	1,601
Chautauqua County	R	−14.1%	866	1,159	2,078
Cherokee County	D	+13.0%	5,154	3,957	9,218
Cheyenne County	R	−13.9%	758	1,008	1,805
Clark County	R	−5.5%	680	761	1,469
Clay County	R	−30.5%	1,610	3,085	4,832
Cloud County	D	+0.4%	2,976	2,954	6,061
Coffey County	R	−15.8%	1,549	2,145	3,783
Comanche County	R	−6.5%	630	719	1,364
Cowley County	R	−2.8%	7,095	7,513	14,931
Crawford County	D	+10.9%	9,021	7,225	16,504
Decatur County	R	−9.5%	1,011	1,232	2,336
Dickinson County	R	−12.6%	3,672	4,759	8,617
Doniphan County	R	−26.2%	1,428	2,469	3,969
Douglas County	R	−8.5%	11,922	14,277	27,842
Edwards County	D	+12.9%	1,304	1,001	2,357
Elk County	R	−11.2%	865	1,087	1,982
Ellis County	D	+13.9%	6,280	4,719	11,240
Ellsworth County	R	−1.4%	1,573	1,618	3,246
Finney County	D	+1.3%	3,813	3,711	7,667
Ford County	D	+2.6%	4,934	4,679	9,827
Franklin County	R	−13.4%	3,607	4,760	8,578
Geary County	R	−6.2%	2,843	3,230	6,196
Gove County	R	−0.7%	848	860	1,757
Graham County	R	−8.4%	936	1,112	2,088
Grant County	R	−3.1%	1,151	1,226	2,422
Gray County	D	+13.8%	1,111	837	1,989
Greeley County	D	+10.0%	479	389	896
Greenwood County	R	−14.0%	1,737	2,319	4,144
Hamilton County	D	+13.8%	746	560	1,343
Harper County	R	−2.7%	1,681	1,777	3,554
Harvey County	R	−4.8%	6,003	6,624	12,987
Haskell County	R	−5.8%	676	761	1,464
Hodgeman County	D	+9.2%	697	576	1,315
Jackson County	R	−12.0%	2,129	2,725	4,968
Jefferson County	R	−12.9%	2,470	3,225	5,851
Jewell County	R	−17.4%	1,111	1,592	2,770
Johnson County	R	−35.2%	35,605	75,798	114,142
Kearny County	R	−1.2%	658	674	1,377
Kingman County	D	+7.4%	2,142	1,839	4,093
Kiowa County	R	−21.0%	764	1,180	1,984
Labette County	D	+6.4%	5,294	4,640	10,177
Lane County	R	−0.4%	646	651	1,331
Leavenworth County	R	−2.3%	8,022	8,407	16,778
Lincoln County	R	−10.7%	985	1,225	2,247
Linn County	R	−5.3%	1,681	1,873	3,602
Logan County	R	−15.5%	694	957	1,697
Lyon County	R	−10.6%	5,634	7,062	13,428
Marion County	R	−3.5%	3,004	3,226	6,360
Marshall County	R	−6.9%	5,366	6,187	11,860
McPherson County	R	−16.9%	2,483	3,519	6,140
Meade County	R	−5.9%	983	1,109	2,152
Miami County	D	+0.0%	4,000	3,999	8,216
Mitchell County	R	−10.2%	1,700	2,095	3,880
Montgomery County	R	−10.4%	7,157	8,864	16,391
Morris County	R	−11.6%	1,337	1,698	3,102
Morton County	R	−0.2%	735	738	1,509
Nemaha County	R	−3.2%	2,586	2,759	5,441
Neosho County	R	−2.4%	3,842	4,038	8,024
Ness County	D	+4.1%	1,106	1,016	2,184
Norton County	R	−23.8%	1,337	2,201	3,635
Osage County	R	−3.3%	2,755	2,945	5,828
Osborne County	R	−13.5%	1,190	1,574	2,840
Ottawa County	R	−7.7%	1,393	1,629	3,082
Pawnee County	D	+7.1%	1,959	1,692	3,751
Phillips County	R	−28.7%	1,264	2,317	3,675
Pottawatomie County	R	−19.8%	2,316	3,483	5,897
Pratt County	R	−2.5%	2,307	2,427	4,850
Rawlins County	R	−11.5%	903	1,148	2,131
Reno County	D	+12.9%	14,620	11,212	26,512
Republic County	R	−17.0%	1,617	2,294	3,994
Rice County	D	+8.2%	3,056	2,584	5,765
Riley County	R	−18.0%	6,540	9,518	16,568
Rooks County	R	−8.0%	1,412	1,664	3,137
Rush County	D	+7.3%	1,359	1,170	2,581
Russell County	R	−36.7%	1,453	3,165	4,669
Saline County	R	−13.6%	8,476	11,218	20,107
Scott County	R	−12.6%	919	1,195	2,183
Sedgwick County	R	−4.2%	63,989	69,828	137,629
Seward County	R	−30.2%	1,907	3,604	5,615
Shawnee County	R	−12.7%	28,578	37,101	67,370
Sheridan County	R	−2.6%	793	838	1,705
Sherman County	R	−2.9%	1,573	1,671	3,332
Smith County	R	−19.7%	1,333	2,009	3,436
Stafford County	D	+7.2%	1,659	1,430	3,162
Stanton County	R	−2.0%	489	510	1,040
Stevens County	R	−16.4%	901	1,262	2,205
Sumner County	D	+7.2%	5,385	4,645	10,340
Thomas County	R	−10.7%	1,802	2,246	4,164
Trego County	R	−1.1%	1,003	1,025	2,068
Wabaunsee County	R	−17.0%	1,354	1,921	3,336
Wallace County	R	−10.0%	486	600	1,137
Washington County	R	−23.2%	1,564	2,543	4,213
Wichita County	D	+1.7%	614	593	1,238
Wilson County	R	−13.2%	2,047	2,682	4,818
Woodson County	R	−9.8%	904	1,104	2,041
Wyandotte County	D	+22.9%	37,478	23,141	62,555