Jimmy Carter carried Minnesota D+12.9.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Minnesota, 1976. The state ran 10.8 points more Democratic 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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Minnesota result

1,949,589 votes counted

Carter (D)

1,070,440

54.9%

Ford (R)

819,395

42.0%

All others

59,754

3.1%

Margin

D+12.9

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1976 presidential election

Minnesota, 1976

CarterD+12.9

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Jimmy Carter ✓Democratic	54.9%	1,070,440
Gerald FordRepublican	42.0%	819,395
OtherAll other candidates	3.1%	59,754

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1976

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	D	+26.4%	4,308	2,476	6,949
Anoka County	D	+25.9%	48,173	27,863	78,315
Becker County	D	+7.8%	6,597	5,611	12,566
Beltrami County	D	+17.5%	7,540	5,214	13,285
Benton County	D	+19.5%	6,235	4,099	10,965
Big Stone County	D	+31.2%	2,581	1,332	4,007
Blue Earth County	D	+3.6%	12,930	11,998	25,688
Brown County	R	−12.0%	5,792	7,479	14,039
Carlton County	D	+34.9%	9,247	4,371	13,952
Carver County	R	−3.8%	7,574	8,199	16,347
Cass County	D	+9.6%	5,424	4,443	10,234
Chippewa County	D	+17.3%	4,648	3,254	8,046
Chisago County	D	+25.3%	6,625	3,874	10,867
Clay County	D	+2.6%	10,876	10,317	21,708
Clearwater County	D	+26.5%	2,437	1,374	4,015
Cook County	R	−0.8%	1,018	1,034	2,130
Cottonwood County	R	−1.2%	3,813	3,906	7,859
Crow Wing County	D	+13.2%	10,653	8,072	19,564
Dakota County	D	+8.0%	44,253	37,542	84,080
Dodge County	R	−6.6%	3,009	3,446	6,598
Douglas County	D	+8.9%	7,097	5,910	13,314
Faribault County	R	−4.9%	5,049	5,577	10,833
Fillmore County	R	−11.2%	4,758	5,984	10,957
Freeborn County	D	+6.9%	9,470	8,220	18,018
Goodhue County	R	−5.4%	8,926	9,967	19,321
Grant County	D	+22.8%	2,624	1,635	4,338
Hennepin County	D	+9.4%	257,380	211,892	483,378
Houston County	R	−11.1%	3,861	4,853	8,926
Hubbard County	D	+3.3%	3,196	2,985	6,489
Isanti County	D	+30.3%	6,013	3,159	9,417
Itasca County	D	+31.2%	12,979	6,646	20,281
Jackson County	D	+19.8%	4,311	2,870	7,287
Kanabec County	D	+23.4%	3,188	1,943	5,311
Kandiyohi County	D	+19.4%	9,992	6,664	17,130
Kittson County	D	+12.5%	2,008	1,555	3,629
Koochiching County	D	+24.4%	4,846	2,893	8,007
Lac qui Parle County	D	+22.3%	3,647	2,292	6,065
Lake County	D	+25.2%	3,973	2,313	6,599
Lake of the Woods County	D	+17.7%	1,105	757	1,965
Le Sueur County	D	+17.5%	6,556	4,565	11,381
Lincoln County	D	+23.3%	2,594	1,599	4,267
Lyon County	D	+16.7%	7,122	5,036	12,458
Mahnomen County	D	+26.2%	1,590	905	2,613
Marshall County	D	+17.6%	3,744	2,605	6,489
Martin County	R	−6.5%	5,672	6,484	12,488
McLeod County	R	−2.0%	6,249	6,519	13,238
Meeker County	D	+12.3%	5,295	4,097	9,761
Mille Lacs County	D	+22.6%	5,172	3,212	8,670
Morrison County	D	+27.0%	8,176	4,590	13,294
Mower County	D	+21.8%	12,837	8,163	21,487
Murray County	D	+16.9%	3,685	2,605	6,399
Nicollet County	R	−2.4%	5,777	6,071	12,245
Nobles County	D	+14.3%	6,034	4,503	10,735
Norman County	D	+19.2%	2,946	1,983	5,012
Olmsted County	R	−23.6%	14,676	24,030	39,617
Otter Tail County	R	−0.9%	11,881	12,113	24,510
Pennington County	D	+11.0%	3,787	3,023	6,948
Pine County	D	+26.8%	5,442	3,057	8,887
Pipestone County	D	+4.0%	3,272	3,018	6,401
Polk County	D	+15.8%	9,078	6,552	16,034
Pope County	D	+24.4%	3,746	2,251	6,127
Ramsey County	D	+20.7%	133,682	86,480	228,067
Red Lake County	D	+38.9%	1,748	737	2,600
Redwood County	R	−4.1%	4,525	4,926	9,822
Renville County	D	+12.1%	5,762	4,482	10,545
Rice County	D	+11.6%	10,590	8,311	19,607
Rock County	R	−2.1%	2,769	2,892	5,739
Roseau County	D	+14.5%	3,215	2,382	5,752
Scott County	D	+15.7%	9,912	7,154	17,593
Sherburne County	D	+20.2%	6,678	4,361	11,442
Sibley County	R	−1.5%	3,752	3,871	7,860
St. Louis County	D	+34.8%	75,040	35,331	114,075
Stearns County	D	+11.4%	25,027	19,574	47,821
Steele County	R	−5.8%	6,263	7,053	13,647
Stevens County	D	+11.9%	3,171	2,484	5,789
Swift County	D	+33.1%	4,428	2,190	6,762
Todd County	D	+20.0%	6,530	4,278	11,248
Traverse County	D	+27.8%	2,020	1,130	3,207
Wabasha County	R	−2.2%	4,286	4,484	9,049
Wadena County	D	+1.8%	3,164	3,048	6,424
Waseca County	R	−6.6%	4,002	4,582	8,805
Washington County	D	+11.8%	26,454	20,716	48,583
Watonwan County	R	−2.6%	3,177	3,351	6,662
Wilkin County	D	+5.4%	2,103	1,882	4,110
Winona County	D	+2.3%	10,939	10,436	21,914
Wright County	D	+17.3%	13,379	9,314	23,464
Yellow Medicine County	D	+18.6%	4,337	2,946	7,462