Jimmy Carter carried Kentucky D+7.2.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Kentucky, 1976. The state ran 5.1 points more Democratic than the nation (D+2.1 nationally).

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

akashic

Kentucky result

1,167,142 votes counted

Carter (D)

615,717

52.8%

Ford (R)

531,852

45.6%

All others

19,573

1.7%

Margin

D+7.2

akashic

1976 presidential election

Kentucky, 1976

CarterD+7.2

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Jimmy Carter ✓Democratic	52.8%	615,717
Gerald FordRepublican	45.6%	531,852
OtherAll other candidates	1.7%	19,573

D+60

R+60

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

akashic

Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

akashic

County results — 1976

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

akashic

County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−14.8%	2,366	3,201	5,634
Allen County	R	−5.8%	2,231	2,508	4,778
Anderson County	D	+17.1%	2,388	1,682	4,132
Ballard County	D	+58.1%	2,794	649	3,693
Barren County	D	+21.3%	5,878	3,797	9,771
Bath County	D	+38.3%	2,113	938	3,071
Bell County	D	+2.4%	5,284	5,035	10,483
Boone County	O	+0.0%	5,602	5,602	11,385
Bourbon County	D	+21.1%	3,504	2,260	5,904
Boyd County	D	+10.0%	11,150	9,106	20,459
Boyle County	D	+7.6%	4,095	3,511	7,703
Bracken County	D	+28.0%	1,577	879	2,495
Breathitt County	D	+55.3%	3,544	1,014	4,576
Breckinridge County	D	+10.6%	3,347	2,698	6,111
Bullitt County	D	+20.9%	5,623	3,639	9,477
Butler County	R	−19.5%	1,588	2,363	3,981
Caldwell County	D	+24.7%	3,016	1,808	4,899
Calloway County	D	+43.2%	8,141	3,171	11,507
Campbell County	R	−11.7%	12,423	15,798	28,821
Carlisle County	D	+63.1%	1,985	435	2,456
Carroll County	D	+46.3%	2,251	815	3,099
Carter County	D	+10.2%	3,915	3,185	7,133
Casey County	R	−35.3%	1,602	3,379	5,032
Christian County	D	+22.3%	7,845	4,964	12,914
Clark County	D	+18.8%	4,575	3,114	7,768
Clay County	R	−37.1%	1,674	3,652	5,336
Clinton County	R	−40.3%	987	2,354	3,389
Crittenden County	D	+3.6%	1,715	1,596	3,352
Cumberland County	R	−31.7%	853	1,653	2,527
Daviess County	D	+4.7%	14,114	12,826	27,454
Edmonson County	R	−16.4%	1,418	1,976	3,411
Elliott County	D	+62.3%	1,987	455	2,461
Estill County	R	−5.0%	2,034	2,250	4,314
Fayette County	R	−11.0%	28,012	35,170	64,989
Fleming County	D	+16.8%	2,317	1,647	3,983
Floyd County	D	+52.8%	10,151	3,108	13,333
Franklin County	D	+30.0%	10,475	5,536	16,441
Fulton County	D	+37.8%	2,370	1,060	3,470
Gallatin County	D	+44.9%	1,164	436	1,623
Garrard County	R	−4.0%	1,887	2,045	3,988
Grant County	D	+30.9%	2,336	1,212	3,634
Graves County	D	+46.6%	8,982	3,195	12,420
Grayson County	R	−8.7%	3,064	3,658	6,790
Green County	R	−6.9%	2,085	2,397	4,519
Greenup County	D	+15.1%	6,880	5,062	12,013
Hancock County	D	+15.9%	1,562	1,124	2,747
Hardin County	D	+6.7%	7,977	6,965	15,185
Harlan County	D	+22.3%	7,300	4,624	12,006
Harrison County	D	+30.1%	3,582	1,911	5,551
Hart County	D	+22.4%	3,189	2,013	5,244
Henderson County	D	+31.9%	7,916	4,053	12,118
Henry County	D	+42.5%	2,985	1,192	4,220
Hickman County	D	+53.4%	2,035	585	2,716
Hopkins County	D	+20.3%	7,749	5,115	12,990
Jackson County	R	−60.2%	680	2,766	3,466
Jefferson County	R	−2.9%	122,731	130,262	259,445
Jessamine County	R	−4.8%	2,795	3,081	6,004
Johnson County	R	−14.0%	3,683	4,891	8,635
Kenton County	R	−7.8%	18,833	22,087	41,680
Knott County	D	+65.8%	4,762	962	5,779
Knox County	R	−14.9%	3,642	4,931	8,661
Larue County	D	+21.8%	2,207	1,409	3,655
Laurel County	R	−23.6%	3,813	6,186	10,073
Lawrence County	D	+13.2%	2,402	1,838	4,283
Lee County	R	−14.0%	1,091	1,449	2,563
Leslie County	R	−43.5%	1,478	3,770	5,271
Letcher County	D	+18.9%	4,590	3,122	7,748
Lewis County	R	−10.5%	1,929	2,383	4,332
Lincoln County	D	+8.5%	3,198	2,694	5,925
Livingston County	D	+47.4%	2,497	878	3,415
Logan County	D	+32.8%	4,850	2,430	7,389
Lyon County	D	+46.0%	1,606	585	2,221
Madison County	D	+5.1%	7,299	6,581	14,114
Magoffin County	D	+15.4%	2,451	1,793	4,263
Marion County	D	+33.8%	3,520	1,723	5,322
Marshall County	D	+45.0%	6,906	2,578	9,614
Martin County	R	−25.0%	1,267	2,120	3,413
Mason County	D	+14.5%	3,397	2,529	6,004
McCracken County	D	+35.1%	14,956	6,997	22,687
McCreary County	R	−28.1%	1,827	3,272	5,142
McLean County	D	+31.6%	2,346	1,212	3,593
Meade County	D	+26.2%	3,030	1,755	4,868
Menifee County	D	+54.4%	1,041	304	1,356
Mercer County	D	+16.0%	3,411	2,451	5,991
Metcalfe County	D	+16.0%	1,877	1,356	3,266
Monroe County	R	−40.5%	1,412	3,352	4,795
Montgomery County	D	+21.2%	3,141	2,032	5,234
Morgan County	D	+49.4%	2,897	973	3,897
Muhlenberg County	D	+24.2%	7,058	4,292	11,449
Nelson County	D	+22.0%	4,454	2,804	7,504
Nicholas County	D	+35.5%	1,582	738	2,378
Ohio County	R	−3.5%	3,508	3,764	7,337
Oldham County	R	−13.2%	2,819	3,695	6,631
Owen County	D	+54.3%	2,332	676	3,051
Owsley County	R	−54.7%	305	1,053	1,367
Pendleton County	D	+26.8%	2,147	1,230	3,427
Perry County	D	+11.9%	5,633	4,434	10,116
Pike County	D	+21.7%	14,320	9,178	23,691
Powell County	D	+23.5%	1,859	1,148	3,029
Pulaski County	R	−23.0%	5,752	9,226	15,083
Robertson County	D	+32.7%	546	275	828
Rockcastle County	R	−29.3%	1,408	2,583	4,013
Rowan County	D	+22.1%	3,541	2,244	5,868
Russell County	R	−22.8%	1,803	2,882	4,732
Scott County	D	+12.6%	3,118	2,408	5,638
Shelby County	D	+13.5%	3,841	2,916	6,847
Simpson County	D	+30.3%	2,782	1,481	4,299
Spencer County	D	+23.6%	1,209	742	1,983
Taylor County	D	+1.7%	3,456	3,337	6,866
Todd County	D	+37.3%	2,436	1,095	3,597
Trigg County	D	+46.4%	2,727	991	3,745
Trimble County	D	+49.7%	1,568	517	2,113
Union County	D	+34.3%	3,540	1,716	5,312
Warren County	D	+1.1%	9,657	9,439	19,291
Washington County	D	+14.4%	2,376	1,765	4,235
Wayne County	R	−12.1%	2,537	3,243	5,817
Webster County	D	+42.7%	3,523	1,402	4,970
Whitley County	R	−18.2%	4,212	6,100	10,392
Wolfe County	D	+45.5%	1,777	659	2,458
Woodford County	D	+0.8%	2,689	2,646	5,465