Ohio — 1976 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1976 presidential electionOhio · PresidentCarterD+0.3
How it voted
Share of the 1976 vote
| Jimmy Carter ✓Democratic | 48.9% | 2,011,621 |
|---|---|---|
| Gerald FordRepublican | 48.7% | 2,000,505 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.4% | 99,871 |
1976presidential margin
D+60R+60
88 counties, each filled by 1976 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Ohio cast 25 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (88 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, OH | Democratic | D+2.9 |
| Allen County, OH | Republican | R+23.2 |
| Ashland County, OH | Republican | R+14.7 |
| Ashtabula County, OH | Democratic | D+10.4 |
| Athens County, OH | Democratic | D+7.9 |
| Auglaize County, OH | Republican | R+24.6 |
| Belmont County, OH | Democratic | D+21.6 |
| Brown County, OH | Democratic | D+8.7 |
| Butler County, OH | Republican | R+16.8 |
| Carroll County, OH | Republican | R+0.8 |
| Champaign County, OH | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Clark County, OH | Republican | R+1.1 |
| Clermont County, OH | Republican | R+13.6 |
| Clinton County, OH | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Columbiana County, OH | Democratic | D+1.7 |
| Coshocton County, OH | Republican | R+4.3 |
| Crawford County, OH | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Cuyahoga County, OH | Democratic | D+15.0 |
| Darke County, OH | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Defiance County, OH | Republican | R+12.3 |
| Delaware County, OH | Republican | R+26.3 |
| Erie County, OH | Republican | R+3.0 |
| Fairfield County, OH | Republican | R+17.3 |
| Fayette County, OH | Republican | R+12.0 |
| Franklin County, OH | Republican | R+14.1 |
| Fulton County, OH | Republican | R+23.5 |
| Gallia County, OH | Republican | R+2.2 |
| Geauga County, OH | Republican | R+17.3 |
| Greene County, OH | Republican | R+5.3 |
| Guernsey County, OH | Republican | R+1.1 |
| Hamilton County, OH | Republican | R+21.4 |
| Hancock County, OH | Republican | R+29.3 |
| Hardin County, OH | Republican | R+12.9 |
| Harrison County, OH | Democratic | D+7.3 |
| Henry County, OH | Republican | R+24.6 |
| Highland County, OH | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Hocking County, OH | Democratic | D+10.8 |
| Holmes County, OH | Republican | R+11.9 |
| Huron County, OH | Republican | R+9.1 |
| Jackson County, OH | Democratic | D+5.6 |
| Jefferson County, OH | Democratic | D+19.8 |
| Knox County, OH | Republican | R+11.3 |
| Lake County, OH | Democratic | D+5.5 |
| Lawrence County, OH | Democratic | D+6.1 |
| Licking County, OH | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Logan County, OH | Republican | R+20.4 |
| Lorain County, OH | Democratic | D+13.6 |
| Lucas County, OH | Democratic | D+15.0 |
| Madison County, OH | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Mahoning County, OH | Democratic | D+23.6 |
| Marion County, OH | Republican | R+8.9 |
| Medina County, OH | Republican | R+7.8 |
| Meigs County, OH | Democratic | D+3.1 |
| Mercer County, OH | Republican | R+6.4 |
| Miami County, OH | Republican | R+17.3 |
| Monroe County, OH | Democratic | D+22.0 |
| Montgomery County, OH | Democratic | D+3.0 |
| Morgan County, OH | Republican | R+4.2 |
| Morrow County, OH | Republican | R+8.7 |
| Muskingum County, OH | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Noble County, OH | Republican | R+6.9 |
| Ottawa County, OH | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| Paulding County, OH | Republican | R+5.2 |
| Perry County, OH | Democratic | D+5.2 |
| Pickaway County, OH | Republican | R+12.7 |
| Pike County, OH | Democratic | D+20.9 |
| Portage County, OH | Democratic | D+14.8 |
| Preble County, OH | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Putnam County, OH | Republican | R+18.1 |
| Richland County, OH | Republican | R+2.5 |
| Ross County, OH | Republican | R+3.2 |
| Sandusky County, OH | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Scioto County, OH | Democratic | D+15.9 |
| Seneca County, OH | Republican | R+7.4 |
| Shelby County, OH | Republican | R+10.7 |
| Stark County, OH | Republican | R+1.8 |
| Summit County, OH | Democratic | D+20.7 |
| Trumbull County, OH | Democratic | D+18.8 |
| Tuscarawas County, OH | Democratic | D+8.2 |
| Union County, OH | Republican | R+25.6 |
| Van Wert County, OH | Republican | R+18.6 |
| Vinton County, OH | Democratic | D+9.9 |
| Warren County, OH | Republican | R+9.2 |
| Washington County, OH | Republican | R+12.3 |
| Wayne County, OH | Republican | R+12.6 |
| Williams County, OH | Republican | R+21.0 |
| Wood County, OH | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Wyandot County, OH | Republican | R+16.3 |
Ohio results by county
88 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Jimmy Carter+253 | 4,45050.7% | 4,19747.8% | 1331.5% | 8,780 |
| Allen County | Gerald Ford+9,094 | 14,62737.3% | 23,72160.6% | 8192.1% | 39,167 |
| Ashland County | Gerald Ford+2,556 | 7,20541.5% | 9,76156.2% | 3882.2% | 17,354 |
| Ashtabula County | Jimmy Carter+3,998 | 20,88354.1% | 16,88543.7% | 8572.2% | 38,625 |
| Athens County | Jimmy Carter+1,509 | 9,89652.0% | 8,38744.1% | 7333.9% | 19,016 |
| Auglaize County | Gerald Ford+3,932 | 5,84036.6% | 9,77261.2% | 3532.2% | 15,965 |
| Belmont County | Jimmy Carter+7,612 | 21,16260.1% | 13,55038.5% | 5071.4% | 35,219 |
| Brown County | Jimmy Carter+883 | 5,43253.6% | 4,54944.9% | 1451.4% | 10,126 |
| Butler County | Gerald Ford+14,502 | 35,12340.7% | 49,62557.6% | 1,4691.7% | 86,217 |
| Carroll County | Gerald Ford+85 | 5,00648.5% | 5,09149.3% | 2282.2% | 10,325 |
| Champaign County | Gerald Ford+1,778 | 4,74841.3% | 6,52656.7% | 2282.0% | 11,502 |
| Clark County | Gerald Ford+610 | 26,13547.8% | 26,74548.9% | 1,7803.3% | 54,660 |
| Clermont County | Gerald Ford+4,766 | 14,85042.4% | 19,61656.0% | 5711.6% | 35,037 |
| Clinton County | Gerald Ford+1,638 | 4,95942.3% | 6,59756.2% | 1811.5% | 11,737 |
| Columbiana County | Jimmy Carter+778 | 23,09649.8% | 22,31848.1% | 9532.1% | 46,367 |
| Coshocton County | Gerald Ford+534 | 5,82746.6% | 6,36150.9% | 3082.5% | 12,496 |
| Crawford County | Gerald Ford+3,248 | 7,55340.0% | 10,80157.2% | 5162.7% | 18,870 |
| Cuyahoga County | Jimmy Carter+93,592 | 349,18656.0% | 255,59441.0% | 18,4423.0% | 623,222 |
| Darke County | Gerald Ford+1,679 | 9,90145.1% | 11,58052.7% | 4722.2% | 21,953 |
| Defiance County | Gerald Ford+1,676 | 5,85042.8% | 7,52655.0% | 3032.2% | 13,679 |
| Delaware County | Gerald Ford+5,227 | 7,05835.6% | 12,28561.9% | 5102.6% | 19,853 |
| Erie County | Gerald Ford+899 | 13,84347.0% | 14,74250.0% | 8933.0% | 29,478 |
| Fairfield County | Gerald Ford+5,737 | 13,36140.4% | 19,09857.7% | 6201.9% | 33,079 |
| Fayette County | Gerald Ford+1,242 | 4,47743.2% | 5,71955.2% | 1681.6% | 10,364 |
| Franklin County | Gerald Ford+48,021 | 141,62441.6% | 189,64555.7% | 9,4432.8% | 340,712 |
| Fulton County | Gerald Ford+3,041 | 4,85037.5% | 7,89160.9% | 2081.6% | 12,949 |
| Gallia County | Gerald Ford+227 | 4,97148.2% | 5,19850.4% | 1481.4% | 10,317 |
| Geauga County | Gerald Ford+4,555 | 10,44939.8% | 15,00457.1% | 8163.1% | 26,269 |
| Greene County | Gerald Ford+2,353 | 20,24545.9% | 22,59851.3% | 1,2342.8% | 44,077 |
| Guernsey County | Gerald Ford+173 | 7,57348.8% | 7,74649.9% | 2051.3% | 15,524 |
| Hamilton County | Gerald Ford+75,662 | 135,60538.4% | 211,26759.8% | 6,2071.8% | 353,079 |
| Hancock County | Gerald Ford+7,435 | 8,54833.7% | 15,98363.1% | 8023.2% | 25,333 |
| Hardin County | Gerald Ford+1,426 | 4,65042.0% | 6,07654.9% | 3493.2% | 11,075 |
| Harrison County | Jimmy Carter+561 | 4,07053.0% | 3,50945.7% | 1021.3% | 7,681 |
| Henry County | Gerald Ford+3,064 | 4,59236.8% | 7,65661.4% | 2221.8% | 12,470 |
| Highland County | Gerald Ford+526 | 6,32747.5% | 6,85351.4% | 1511.1% | 13,331 |
| Hocking County | Jimmy Carter+1,012 | 5,12654.6% | 4,11443.8% | 1561.7% | 9,396 |
| Holmes County | Gerald Ford+628 | 2,24242.3% | 2,87054.2% | 1873.5% | 5,299 |
| Huron County | Gerald Ford+1,644 | 7,74242.9% | 9,38652.0% | 9385.2% | 18,066 |
| Jackson County | Jimmy Carter+712 | 6,69952.2% | 5,98746.7% | 1361.1% | 12,822 |
| Jefferson County | Jimmy Carter+7,479 | 22,31859.0% | 14,83939.2% | 6681.8% | 37,825 |
| Knox County | Gerald Ford+1,929 | 7,36143.1% | 9,29054.4% | 4302.5% | 17,081 |
| Lake County | Jimmy Carter+4,344 | 40,73451.3% | 36,39045.8% | 2,2842.9% | 79,408 |
| Lawrence County | Jimmy Carter+1,404 | 12,07252.5% | 10,66846.4% | 2561.1% | 22,996 |
| Licking County | Gerald Ford+4,271 | 19,24744.0% | 23,51853.8% | 9682.2% | 43,733 |
| Logan County | Gerald Ford+3,143 | 5,94938.6% | 9,09259.0% | 3612.3% | 15,402 |
| Lorain County | Jimmy Carter+12,928 | 52,38755.3% | 39,45941.7% | 2,8653.0% | 94,711 |
| Lucas County | Jimmy Carter+27,589 | 103,65856.4% | 76,06941.4% | 4,1802.3% | 183,907 |
| Madison County | Gerald Ford+2,189 | 4,88540.2% | 7,07458.2% | 2021.7% | 12,161 |
| Mahoning County | Jimmy Carter+29,523 | 75,83760.5% | 46,31437.0% | 3,1432.5% | 125,294 |
| Marion County | Gerald Ford+2,179 | 10,96244.5% | 13,14153.4% | 5172.1% | 24,620 |
| Medina County | Gerald Ford+2,815 | 16,25144.8% | 19,06652.6% | 9322.6% | 36,249 |
| Meigs County | Jimmy Carter+320 | 5,26250.9% | 4,94247.8% | 1441.4% | 10,348 |
| Mercer County | Gerald Ford+954 | 6,72445.3% | 7,67851.7% | 4473.0% | 14,849 |
| Miami County | Gerald Ford+5,612 | 13,07440.3% | 18,68657.6% | 6532.0% | 32,413 |
| Monroe County | Jimmy Carter+1,568 | 4,29660.2% | 2,72838.3% | 1081.5% | 7,132 |
| Montgomery County | Jimmy Carter+6,245 | 106,46850.4% | 100,22347.4% | 4,7452.2% | 211,436 |
| Morgan County | Gerald Ford+244 | 2,72746.9% | 2,97151.1% | 1111.9% | 5,809 |
| Morrow County | Gerald Ford+944 | 4,87044.6% | 5,81453.3% | 2282.1% | 10,912 |
| Muskingum County | Gerald Ford+1,180 | 14,17847.1% | 15,35851.1% | 5341.8% | 30,070 |
| Noble County | Gerald Ford+395 | 2,61245.6% | 3,00752.5% | 1111.9% | 5,730 |
| Ottawa County | Jimmy Carter+1,405 | 9,64652.7% | 8,24145.0% | 4122.3% | 18,299 |
| Paulding County | Gerald Ford+364 | 3,22946.2% | 3,59351.4% | 1652.4% | 6,987 |
| Perry County | Jimmy Carter+631 | 6,26851.6% | 5,63746.4% | 2331.9% | 12,138 |
| Pickaway County | Gerald Ford+1,788 | 5,90742.1% | 7,69554.8% | 4433.2% | 14,045 |
| Pike County | Jimmy Carter+2,005 | 5,73459.9% | 3,72938.9% | 1111.2% | 9,574 |
| Portage County | Jimmy Carter+6,490 | 24,41755.7% | 17,92740.9% | 1,4803.4% | 43,824 |
| Preble County | Gerald Ford+804 | 5,85045.9% | 6,65452.2% | 2431.9% | 12,747 |
| Putnam County | Gerald Ford+2,297 | 5,03539.6% | 7,33257.7% | 3432.7% | 12,710 |
| Richland County | Gerald Ford+1,245 | 23,06546.8% | 24,31049.4% | 1,8763.8% | 49,251 |
| Ross County | Gerald Ford+734 | 10,74347.2% | 11,47750.4% | 5312.3% | 22,751 |
| Sandusky County | Gerald Ford+1,872 | 11,20245.0% | 13,07452.6% | 5912.4% | 24,867 |
| Scioto County | Jimmy Carter+4,998 | 18,01957.2% | 13,02141.4% | 4481.4% | 31,488 |
| Seneca County | Gerald Ford+1,656 | 10,07444.7% | 11,73052.1% | 7123.2% | 22,516 |
| Shelby County | Gerald Ford+1,597 | 6,41443.2% | 8,01153.9% | 4342.9% | 14,859 |
| Stark County | Gerald Ford+2,595 | 70,01248.0% | 72,60749.8% | 3,0902.1% | 145,709 |
| Summit County | Jimmy Carter+43,296 | 123,71159.1% | 80,41538.4% | 5,2242.5% | 209,350 |
| Trumbull County | Jimmy Carter+17,359 | 53,82858.2% | 36,46939.4% | 2,2472.4% | 92,544 |
| Tuscarawas County | Jimmy Carter+2,601 | 16,88053.0% | 14,27944.8% | 6822.1% | 31,841 |
| Union County | Gerald Ford+3,087 | 4,37736.3% | 7,46462.0% | 2021.7% | 12,043 |
| Van Wert County | Gerald Ford+2,655 | 5,68939.8% | 8,34458.4% | 2511.8% | 14,284 |
| Vinton County | Jimmy Carter+481 | 2,62954.3% | 2,14844.3% | 691.4% | 4,846 |
| Warren County | Gerald Ford+2,766 | 13,34944.6% | 16,11553.8% | 4711.6% | 29,935 |
| Washington County | Gerald Ford+2,599 | 8,91442.3% | 11,51354.6% | 6693.2% | 21,096 |
| Wayne County | Gerald Ford+3,889 | 13,08742.6% | 16,97655.2% | 6912.2% | 30,754 |
| Williams County | Gerald Ford+2,676 | 4,92038.6% | 7,59659.5% | 2461.9% | 12,762 |
| Wood County | Gerald Ford+2,405 | 16,92645.6% | 19,33152.1% | 8742.4% | 37,131 |
| Wyandot County | Gerald Ford+1,618 | 4,04340.6% | 5,66156.9% | 2422.4% | 9,946 |
Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Gerald Ford (R)
Ohio's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −0.1% |
| 1896 | −4.8% |
| 1900 | −6.6% |
| 1904 | −25.4% |
| 1908 | −6.2% |
| 1912 | +14.1% |
| 1916 | +7.7% |
| 1920 | −19.9% |
| 1924 | −34.6% |
| 1928 | −30.4% |
| 1932 | +2.8% |
| 1936 | +20.6% |
| 1940 | +4.4% |
| 1944 | −0.4% |
| 1948 | +0.2% |
| 1952 | −13.5% |
| 1956 | −22.2% |
| 1960 | −6.6% |
| 1964 | +25.9% |
| 1968 | −2.3% |
| 1972 | −21.6% |
| 1976 | +0.3% |
| 1980 | −10.6% |
| 1984 | −18.8% |
| 1988 | −10.9% |
| 1992 | +1.8% |
| 1996 | +6.4% |
| 2000 | −3.5% |
| 2004 | −2.1% |
| 2008 | +4.6% |
| 2012 | +3.0% |
| 2016 | −8.0% |
| 2020 | −8.0% |
| 2024 | −11.2% |
Same ballot, 1976OH
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1976 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.