Jimmy Carter carried Missouri D+3.6.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Missouri, 1976. The state ran 1.6 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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Missouri result

1,949,859 votes counted

Carter (D)

998,387

51.2%

Ford (R)

927,443

47.6%

All others

24,029

1.2%

Margin

D+3.6

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1976 presidential election

Missouri, 1976

CarterD+3.6

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Jimmy Carter ✓Democratic	51.2%	998,387
Gerald FordRepublican	47.6%	927,443
OtherAll other candidates	1.2%	24,029

D+60

R+60

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

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 1976

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−17.1%	3,684	5,249	9,133
Andrew County	R	−1.4%	3,042	3,130	6,213
Atchison County	R	−0.9%	1,926	1,960	3,930
Audrain County	D	+2.0%	5,600	5,378	11,032
Barry County	R	−0.1%	5,046	5,053	10,148
Barton County	R	−7.5%	2,326	2,708	5,077
Bates County	D	+12.2%	4,288	3,350	7,684
Benton County	R	−3.4%	2,684	2,875	5,587
Bollinger County	D	+12.9%	2,740	2,113	4,862
Boone County	D	+3.7%	17,674	16,373	34,893
Buchanan County	D	+2.9%	17,427	16,446	34,124
Butler County	D	+8.7%	6,759	5,669	12,485
Caldwell County	D	+0.4%	2,113	2,094	4,233
Callaway County	R	−2.7%	4,843	5,115	10,059
Camden County	R	−5.8%	3,975	4,469	8,510
Cape Girardeau County	R	−9.4%	10,440	12,607	23,164
Carroll County	D	+2.9%	3,114	2,936	6,077
Carter County	D	+15.5%	1,154	842	2,007
Cass County	D	+11.2%	9,008	7,182	16,330
Cedar County	R	−11.3%	2,192	2,752	4,965
Chariton County	D	+17.8%	3,055	2,128	5,204
Christian County	R	−8.6%	3,830	4,553	8,442
Clark County	D	+3.0%	1,679	1,582	3,274
Clay County	D	+3.1%	26,609	24,962	52,315
Clinton County	D	+9.8%	3,424	2,807	6,272
Cole County	R	−28.5%	7,949	14,370	22,503
Cooper County	R	−8.9%	3,087	3,694	6,809
Crawford County	D	+5.0%	3,565	3,224	6,833
Dade County	R	−9.0%	1,681	2,015	3,710
Dallas County	D	+0.5%	2,453	2,430	4,910
Daviess County	D	+7.9%	2,250	1,919	4,191
DeKalb County	D	+7.5%	2,023	1,739	3,779
Dent County	D	+9.2%	2,931	2,433	5,401
Douglas County	R	−14.4%	1,981	2,652	4,667
Dunklin County	D	+36.3%	7,107	3,314	10,443
Franklin County	R	−2.2%	11,695	12,242	24,342
Gasconade County	R	−39.1%	1,702	3,925	5,682
Gentry County	D	+11.8%	2,249	1,772	4,035
Greene County	R	−5.4%	33,824	37,691	72,205
Grundy County	R	−0.9%	2,597	2,646	5,273
Harrison County	R	−3.6%	2,304	2,478	4,813
Henry County	D	+11.7%	5,282	4,168	9,497
Hickory County	R	−0.2%	1,398	1,403	2,822
Holt County	R	−7.5%	1,529	1,777	3,318
Howard County	D	+24.0%	2,769	1,690	4,494
Howell County	D	+5.7%	5,265	4,692	10,035
Iron County	D	+19.9%	2,646	1,765	4,434
Jackson County	D	+12.2%	130,120	101,401	235,441
Jasper County	R	−6.8%	14,910	17,086	32,149
Jefferson County	D	+15.7%	25,159	18,261	43,915
Johnson County	D	+0.3%	5,551	5,513	11,220
Knox County	D	+4.0%	1,319	1,216	2,556
Laclede County	D	+3.7%	4,381	4,067	8,475
Lafayette County	R	−3.1%	6,410	6,823	13,305
Lawrence County	R	−4.2%	5,315	5,784	11,137
Lewis County	D	+11.2%	2,486	1,983	4,497
Lincoln County	D	+11.0%	4,473	3,581	8,140
Linn County	D	+13.5%	4,092	3,114	7,236
Livingston County	D	+11.8%	3,819	3,010	6,857
Macon County	D	+12.2%	4,296	3,360	7,688
Madison County	D	+12.3%	2,229	1,739	3,989
Maries County	D	+9.4%	1,796	1,485	3,294
Marion County	D	+5.3%	6,124	5,501	11,663
McDonald County	D	+2.7%	3,111	2,949	6,108
Mercer County	D	+6.9%	1,177	1,025	2,207
Miller County	R	−19.7%	2,739	4,095	6,866
Mississippi County	D	+31.9%	3,366	1,733	5,116
Moniteau County	R	−11.1%	2,462	3,077	5,555
Monroe County	D	+31.3%	3,039	1,585	4,650
Montgomery County	R	−2.5%	2,535	2,665	5,243
Morgan County	R	−1.7%	2,738	2,831	5,595
New Madrid County	D	+31.0%	5,319	2,798	8,136
Newton County	R	−0.7%	7,045	7,142	14,301
Nodaway County	D	+3.3%	4,875	4,558	9,534
Oregon County	D	+38.8%	2,564	1,122	3,712
Osage County	R	−22.9%	2,015	3,224	5,269
Ozark County	R	−13.3%	1,341	1,754	3,105
Pemiscot County	D	+29.6%	4,681	2,541	7,236
Perry County	R	−18.6%	2,801	4,086	6,918
Pettis County	D	+3.5%	7,887	7,344	15,296
Phelps County	D	+0.9%	6,261	6,153	12,512
Pike County	D	+5.8%	3,770	3,355	7,162
Platte County	D	+3.2%	8,651	8,103	17,054
Polk County	R	−3.0%	3,663	3,893	7,590
Pulaski County	D	+20.7%	4,370	2,865	7,267
Putnam County	R	−13.6%	1,097	1,444	2,550
Ralls County	D	+26.7%	2,318	1,334	3,682
Randolph County	D	+23.7%	5,839	3,594	9,481
Ray County	D	+31.7%	5,535	2,853	8,461
Reynolds County	D	+41.7%	2,143	879	3,030
Ripley County	D	+22.1%	2,577	1,640	4,245
Saline County	D	+9.3%	5,890	4,883	10,845
Schuyler County	D	+8.5%	1,417	1,193	2,620
Scotland County	D	+5.9%	1,449	1,286	2,752
Scott County	D	+19.2%	8,075	5,473	13,576
Shannon County	D	+32.7%	1,960	989	2,971
Shelby County	D	+20.9%	2,227	1,453	3,702
St. Charles County	R	−8.3%	22,063	26,105	48,704
St. Clair County	D	+11.3%	2,271	1,808	4,103
St. Francois County	D	+11.6%	8,852	7,002	15,911
St. Louis city	D	+33.6%	118,703	58,367	179,784
St. Louis County	R	−11.1%	196,915	246,988	452,626
Ste. Genevieve County	D	+15.8%	3,091	2,241	5,372
Stoddard County	D	+20.8%	6,097	3,989	10,111
Stone County	R	−18.8%	2,358	3,457	5,842
Sullivan County	D	+3.8%	2,313	2,141	4,484
Taney County	R	−12.8%	3,626	4,696	8,344
Texas County	D	+16.2%	4,638	3,338	8,018
Vernon County	D	+13.9%	4,921	3,715	8,684
Warren County	R	−19.3%	2,164	3,214	5,430
Washington County	D	+16.7%	3,543	2,526	6,108
Wayne County	D	+20.7%	2,987	1,963	4,958
Webster County	D	+3.4%	3,759	3,510	7,315
Worth County	D	+11.3%	969	771	1,749
Wright County	R	−9.9%	2,781	3,397	6,191