Jimmy Carter carried New York D+4.4.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in New York, 1976. The state ran 2.4 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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New York result

6,534,420 votes counted

Carter (D)

3,389,558

51.9%

Ford (R)

3,100,791

47.5%

All others

44,071

0.7%

Margin

D+4.4

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1976 presidential election

New York, 1976

CarterD+4.4

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Jimmy Carter ✓Democratic	51.9%	3,389,558
Gerald FordRepublican	47.5%	3,100,791
OtherAll other candidates	0.7%	44,071

D+60

R+60

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

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New York's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

New York's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

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County results — 1976

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Albany County	D	+1.4%	71,616	69,592	142,409
Allegany County	R	−31.3%	6,134	11,769	18,010
Bronx County	D	+42.1%	238,786	96,842	337,391
Broome County	R	−11.6%	39,827	50,340	90,658
Cattaraugus County	R	−17.1%	13,768	19,469	33,422
Cayuga County	R	−19.3%	13,348	19,775	33,343
Chautauqua County	R	−10.2%	27,447	33,730	61,436
Chemung County	R	−9.0%	17,207	20,640	38,026
Chenango County	R	−25.3%	7,356	12,384	19,837
Clinton County	R	−14.3%	11,555	15,433	27,103
Columbia County	R	−20.2%	10,514	15,871	26,574
Cortland County	R	−23.4%	6,947	11,222	18,300
Delaware County	R	−26.2%	7,254	12,443	19,827
Dutchess County	R	−15.3%	37,531	51,312	90,111
Erie County	D	+2.0%	229,397	220,310	452,843
Essex County	R	−21.6%	6,556	10,194	16,824
Franklin County	R	−9.9%	7,248	8,846	16,152
Fulton County	R	−13.1%	9,323	12,161	21,629
Genesee County	R	−14.7%	10,803	14,567	25,536
Greene County	R	−18.8%	7,740	11,370	19,264
Hamilton County	R	−37.2%	1,052	2,306	3,370
Herkimer County	R	−8.8%	12,875	15,362	28,377
Jefferson County	R	−20.3%	13,503	20,401	34,028
Kings County	D	+37.3%	419,382	190,728	613,643
Lewis County	R	−21.6%	3,764	5,840	9,633
Livingston County	R	−18.5%	9,629	14,044	23,819
Madison County	R	−27.9%	8,822	15,674	24,591
Monroe County	R	−10.7%	134,739	167,303	303,434
Montgomery County	R	−8.1%	11,271	13,281	24,734
Nassau County	R	−4.1%	302,869	329,176	635,756
New York County	D	+47.7%	337,438	117,702	460,838
Niagara County	R	−2.7%	43,667	46,101	90,239
Oneida County	R	−9.3%	47,779	57,655	105,988
Onondaga County	R	−20.4%	76,097	115,474	192,578
Ontario County	R	−20.0%	14,044	21,118	35,441
Orange County	R	−10.3%	40,362	49,685	90,673
Orleans County	R	−20.4%	5,927	8,994	15,023
Oswego County	R	−18.8%	16,332	23,949	40,463
Otsego County	R	−20.2%	9,787	14,796	24,754
Putnam County	R	−21.4%	11,963	18,523	30,711
Queens County	D	+21.6%	379,907	244,396	627,503
Rensselaer County	R	−16.2%	28,979	40,229	69,653
Richmond County	R	−8.7%	47,867	56,995	105,326
Rockland County	R	−3.4%	48,673	52,087	101,540
Saratoga County	R	−23.3%	23,768	38,296	62,486
Schenectady County	R	−12.0%	31,838	40,789	74,732
Schoharie County	R	−15.2%	5,250	7,154	12,515
Schuyler County	R	−19.2%	2,885	4,267	7,189
Seneca County	R	−14.2%	5,745	7,659	13,508
St. Lawrence County	R	−11.9%	17,503	22,249	39,934
Steuben County	R	−22.3%	14,685	23,164	38,015
Suffolk County	R	−8.8%	208,263	248,908	460,048
Sullivan County	D	+1.7%	14,189	13,709	28,096
Tioga County	R	−25.7%	6,969	11,824	18,893
Tompkins County	R	−9.3%	12,808	15,463	28,671
Ulster County	R	−7.8%	30,190	35,353	66,153
Warren County	R	−33.2%	7,264	14,548	21,912
Washington County	R	−31.3%	7,262	13,946	21,324
Wayne County	R	−23.0%	12,061	19,324	31,557
Westchester County	R	−9.2%	173,153	208,527	384,296
Wyoming County	R	−25.7%	5,737	9,726	15,539
Yates County	R	−33.1%	2,903	5,796	8,742