Jimmy Carter carried Ohio D+0.3.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Ohio, 1976. The state ran 1.8 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1976 ballot here.

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

akashic

Ohio result

4,111,874 votes counted

Carter (D)

2,011,621

48.9%

Ford (R)

2,000,505

48.7%

All others

99,748

2.4%

Margin

D+0.3

akashic

1976 presidential election

Ohio, 1976

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%	99,748

D+60

R+60

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

akashic

Ohio's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Ohio's presidential margins

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	−11.1%

akashic

County results — 1976

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

akashic

County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	D	+2.9%	4,450	4,197	8,780
Allen County	R	−23.2%	14,627	23,721	39,167
Ashland County	R	−14.7%	7,205	9,761	17,354
Ashtabula County	D	+10.4%	20,883	16,885	38,625
Athens County	D	+7.9%	9,896	8,387	19,016
Auglaize County	R	−24.6%	5,840	9,772	15,965
Belmont County	D	+21.6%	21,162	13,550	35,219
Brown County	D	+8.7%	5,432	4,549	10,126
Butler County	R	−16.8%	35,123	49,625	86,217
Carroll County	R	−0.8%	5,006	5,091	10,325
Champaign County	R	−15.5%	4,748	6,526	11,502
Clark County	R	−1.1%	26,135	26,745	54,660
Clermont County	R	−13.6%	14,850	19,616	35,037
Clinton County	R	−14.0%	4,959	6,597	11,737
Columbiana County	D	+1.7%	23,096	22,318	46,367
Coshocton County	R	−4.3%	5,827	6,361	12,496
Crawford County	R	−17.2%	7,553	10,801	18,870
Cuyahoga County	D	+15.0%	349,186	255,594	623,222
Darke County	R	−7.6%	9,901	11,580	21,953
Defiance County	R	−12.3%	5,850	7,526	13,679
Delaware County	R	−26.3%	7,058	12,285	19,853
Erie County	R	−3.0%	13,843	14,742	29,478
Fairfield County	R	−17.3%	13,361	19,098	33,079
Fayette County	R	−12.0%	4,477	5,719	10,364
Franklin County	R	−14.1%	141,624	189,645	340,712
Fulton County	R	−23.5%	4,850	7,891	12,949
Gallia County	R	−2.2%	4,971	5,198	10,317
Geauga County	R	−17.3%	10,449	15,004	26,269
Greene County	R	−5.3%	20,245	22,598	44,077
Guernsey County	R	−1.1%	7,573	7,746	15,524
Hamilton County	R	−21.4%	135,605	211,267	353,079
Hancock County	R	−29.3%	8,548	15,983	25,333
Hardin County	R	−12.9%	4,650	6,076	11,075
Harrison County	D	+7.3%	4,070	3,509	7,681
Henry County	R	−24.6%	4,592	7,656	12,470
Highland County	R	−3.9%	6,327	6,853	13,331
Hocking County	D	+10.8%	5,126	4,114	9,396
Holmes County	R	−11.9%	2,242	2,870	5,299
Huron County	R	−9.1%	7,742	9,386	18,066
Jackson County	D	+5.6%	6,699	5,987	12,822
Jefferson County	D	+19.8%	22,318	14,839	37,825
Knox County	R	−11.3%	7,361	9,290	17,081
Lake County	D	+5.5%	40,734	36,390	79,408
Lawrence County	D	+6.1%	12,072	10,668	22,996
Licking County	R	−9.8%	19,247	23,518	43,733
Logan County	R	−20.4%	5,949	9,092	15,402
Lorain County	D	+13.6%	52,387	39,459	94,711
Lucas County	D	+15.0%	103,658	76,069	183,907
Madison County	R	−18.0%	4,885	7,074	12,161
Mahoning County	D	+23.6%	75,837	46,314	125,294
Marion County	R	−8.9%	10,962	13,141	24,620
Medina County	R	−7.8%	16,251	19,066	36,249
Meigs County	D	+3.1%	5,262	4,942	10,348
Mercer County	R	−6.4%	6,724	7,678	14,849
Miami County	R	−17.3%	13,074	18,686	32,413
Monroe County	D	+22.0%	4,296	2,728	7,132
Montgomery County	D	+3.0%	106,468	100,223	211,436
Morgan County	R	−4.2%	2,727	2,971	5,809
Morrow County	R	−8.7%	4,870	5,814	10,912
Muskingum County	R	−3.9%	14,178	15,358	30,070
Noble County	R	−6.9%	2,612	3,007	5,730
Ottawa County	D	+7.7%	9,646	8,241	18,299
Paulding County	R	−5.2%	3,229	3,593	6,987
Perry County	D	+5.2%	6,268	5,637	12,138
Pickaway County	R	−12.7%	5,907	7,695	14,045
Pike County	D	+20.9%	5,734	3,729	9,574
Portage County	D	+14.8%	24,417	17,927	43,824
Preble County	R	−6.3%	5,850	6,654	12,747
Putnam County	R	−18.1%	5,035	7,332	12,710
Richland County	R	−2.5%	23,065	24,310	49,251
Ross County	R	−3.2%	10,743	11,477	22,751
Sandusky County	R	−7.5%	11,202	13,074	24,867
Scioto County	D	+15.9%	18,019	13,021	31,488
Seneca County	R	−7.4%	10,074	11,730	22,516
Shelby County	R	−10.7%	6,414	8,011	14,859
Stark County	R	−1.8%	70,012	72,607	145,709
Summit County	D	+20.7%	123,711	80,415	209,350
Trumbull County	D	+18.8%	53,828	36,469	92,544
Tuscarawas County	D	+8.2%	16,880	14,279	31,841
Union County	R	−25.6%	4,377	7,464	12,043
Van Wert County	R	−18.6%	5,689	8,344	14,284
Vinton County	D	+9.9%	2,629	2,148	4,846
Warren County	R	−9.2%	13,349	16,115	29,935
Washington County	R	−12.3%	8,914	11,513	21,096
Wayne County	R	−12.6%	13,087	16,976	30,754
Williams County	R	−21.0%	4,920	7,596	12,762
Wood County	R	−6.5%	16,926	19,331	37,131
Wyandot County	R	−16.3%	4,043	5,661	9,946