Jimmy Carter carried North Carolina D+11.0.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in North Carolina, 1976. The state ran 9.0 points more Democratic than the nation (D+2.1 nationally).

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

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North Carolina result

1,677,906 votes counted

Carter (D)

927,365

55.3%

Ford (R)

741,960

44.2%

All others

8,581

0.5%

Margin

D+11.0

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1976 presidential election

North Carolina, 1976

CarterD+11.0

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Jimmy Carter ✓Democratic	55.3%	927,365
Gerald FordRepublican	44.2%	741,960
OtherAll other candidates	0.5%	8,581

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	−12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1976

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	D	+15.5%	17,371	12,680	30,231
Alexander County	D	+6.3%	5,287	4,661	9,975
Alleghany County	D	+24.9%	2,550	1,532	4,096
Anson County	D	+49.6%	4,796	1,608	6,422
Ashe County	D	+2.5%	5,193	4,937	10,155
Avery County	R	−24.4%	1,869	3,085	4,992
Beaufort County	D	+10.0%	5,728	4,677	10,467
Bertie County	D	+50.9%	4,117	1,332	5,470
Bladen County	D	+58.8%	6,009	1,546	7,589
Brunswick County	D	+33.8%	7,377	3,636	11,066
Buncombe County	D	+8.4%	26,633	22,461	49,379
Burke County	D	+17.1%	14,254	10,070	24,431
Cabarrus County	R	−1.6%	12,049	12,455	24,630
Caldwell County	D	+9.2%	11,894	9,872	21,866
Camden County	D	+37.0%	1,231	562	1,809
Carteret County	D	+10.0%	7,080	5,786	12,939
Caswell County	D	+35.5%	3,707	1,761	5,489
Catawba County	R	−5.1%	16,862	18,696	35,708
Chatham County	D	+19.7%	6,397	4,279	10,725
Cherokee County	D	+5.3%	3,571	3,210	6,848
Chowan County	D	+29.2%	1,862	1,019	2,889
Clay County	D	+4.7%	1,569	1,428	3,012
Cleveland County	D	+27.9%	14,406	8,106	22,588
Columbus County	D	+55.3%	11,148	3,184	14,401
Craven County	D	+12.3%	7,553	5,881	13,543
Cumberland County	D	+26.0%	24,297	14,226	38,683
Currituck County	D	+35.2%	1,999	954	2,970
Dare County	D	+13.1%	2,191	1,680	3,891
Davidson County	R	−2.6%	17,859	18,813	36,855
Davie County	R	−13.4%	3,635	4,772	8,462
Duplin County	D	+32.4%	7,696	3,912	11,694
Durham County	D	+8.4%	22,425	18,945	41,533
Edgecombe County	D	+24.3%	8,001	4,850	12,968
Forsyth County	D	+0.9%	39,561	38,886	78,808
Franklin County	D	+34.3%	5,405	2,630	8,093
Gaston County	D	+7.4%	22,878	19,727	42,764
Gates County	D	+51.8%	2,291	722	3,028
Graham County	D	+5.0%	1,791	1,621	3,424
Granville County	D	+27.8%	5,244	2,955	8,246
Greene County	D	+33.6%	2,740	1,356	4,124
Guilford County	D	+1.5%	46,826	45,441	92,740
Halifax County	D	+19.9%	7,892	5,257	13,254
Harnett County	D	+20.4%	8,992	5,935	14,985
Haywood County	D	+28.9%	10,692	5,885	16,648
Henderson County	R	−14.0%	8,155	10,830	19,147
Hertford County	D	+44.8%	3,986	1,517	5,510
Hoke County	D	+55.0%	3,186	920	4,123
Hyde County	D	+26.8%	1,084	623	1,717
Iredell County	D	+6.9%	13,295	11,573	25,131
Jackson County	D	+19.2%	5,223	3,536	8,785
Johnston County	D	+9.5%	10,301	8,511	18,879
Jones County	D	+35.5%	2,016	948	3,011
Lee County	D	+16.0%	5,104	3,691	8,831
Lenoir County	R	−0.4%	7,650	7,715	15,474
Lincoln County	D	+17.1%	9,462	6,682	16,210
Macon County	D	+9.0%	4,406	3,673	8,118
Madison County	D	+16.7%	3,433	2,446	5,895
Martin County	D	+39.9%	4,518	1,931	6,477
McDowell County	D	+16.7%	6,246	4,450	10,746
Mecklenburg County	D	+1.2%	63,198	61,715	125,399
Mitchell County	R	−29.4%	2,031	3,728	5,780
Montgomery County	D	+19.9%	4,308	2,872	7,211
Moore County	R	−1.4%	7,373	7,577	15,020
Nash County	D	+2.6%	8,937	8,477	17,616
New Hanover County	D	+2.9%	14,504	13,687	28,477
Northampton County	D	+60.8%	5,118	1,238	6,379
Onslow County	D	+14.3%	7,954	5,953	13,970
Orange County	D	+25.6%	15,755	9,302	25,226
Pamlico County	D	+32.6%	2,113	1,068	3,209
Pasquotank County	D	+23.6%	4,302	2,651	6,996
Pender County	D	+36.1%	4,422	2,063	6,537
Perquimans County	D	+29.3%	1,666	909	2,580
Person County	D	+13.4%	3,977	3,038	7,033
Pitt County	D	+9.9%	11,636	9,532	21,288
Polk County	D	+9.5%	3,155	2,605	5,812
Randolph County	R	−6.0%	12,714	14,337	27,197
Richmond County	D	+51.0%	8,793	2,848	11,664
Robeson County	D	+61.4%	20,695	4,907	25,699
Rockingham County	D	+17.7%	13,413	9,362	22,871
Rowan County	D	+2.4%	15,363	14,644	30,229
Rutherford County	D	+21.3%	10,361	6,718	17,121
Sampson County	D	+12.0%	8,869	6,968	15,902
Scotland County	D	+39.1%	4,430	1,932	6,384
Stanly County	D	+2.3%	9,262	8,845	18,187
Stokes County	D	+4.9%	6,647	6,029	12,711
Surry County	D	+15.0%	10,024	7,403	17,490
Swain County	D	+14.4%	2,151	1,608	3,771
Transylvania County	D	+6.2%	4,636	4,089	8,791
Tyrrell County	D	+38.1%	900	403	1,305
Union County	D	+26.1%	10,578	6,184	16,840
Vance County	D	+19.1%	5,620	3,813	9,461
Wake County	R	−0.3%	44,005	44,291	88,775
Warren County	D	+37.9%	3,185	1,427	4,635
Washington County	D	+31.0%	2,840	1,486	4,361
Watauga County	R	−0.4%	5,358	5,400	10,817
Wayne County	R	−1.8%	9,265	9,607	18,993
Wilkes County	R	−7.2%	10,176	11,768	22,024
Wilson County	D	+9.4%	8,209	6,795	15,084
Yadkin County	R	−13.6%	4,497	5,916	10,468
Yancey County	D	+18.7%	3,932	2,688	6,649