Gerald Ford carried Oklahoma R+1.2.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Oklahoma, 1976. The state ran 3.3 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally).

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

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Oklahoma result

1,092,251 votes counted

Carter (D)

532,442

48.7%

Ford (R)

545,708

50.0%

All others

14,101

1.3%

Margin

R+1.2

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1976 presidential election

Oklahoma, 1976

FordR+1.2

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Gerald Ford ✓Republican	50.0%	545,708
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	48.7%	532,442
OtherAll other candidates	1.3%	14,101

D+60

R+60

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

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Oklahoma's presidential margins

1908–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Oklahoma's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1908	+4.7%
1912	+11.2%
1916	+17.4%
1920	−5.7%
1924	+5.7%
1928	−28.3%
1932	+46.6%
1936	+34.1%
1940	+15.2%
1944	+11.4%
1948	+25.5%
1952	−9.2%
1956	−10.3%
1960	−18.0%
1964	+11.5%
1968	−15.7%
1972	−49.7%
1976	−1.2%
1980	−25.5%
1984	−37.9%
1988	−16.6%
1992	−8.6%
1996	−7.8%
2000	−21.9%
2004	−31.1%
2008	−31.3%
2012	−33.5%
2016	−36.4%
2020	−33.1%
2024	−34.3%

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County results — 1976

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	D	+2.7%	3,183	3,013	6,259
Alfalfa County	R	−10.0%	1,725	2,113	3,897
Atoka County	D	+49.5%	3,276	1,098	4,402
Beaver County	R	−19.2%	1,213	1,801	3,061
Beckham County	D	+31.4%	4,530	2,351	6,935
Blaine County	R	−7.6%	2,297	2,682	5,056
Bryan County	D	+44.3%	7,410	2,848	10,293
Caddo County	D	+31.1%	7,382	3,854	11,327
Canadian County	R	−14.3%	7,288	9,766	17,339
Carter County	D	+11.0%	8,319	6,668	15,070
Cherokee County	D	+14.8%	6,006	4,443	10,564
Choctaw County	D	+39.9%	4,269	1,821	6,140
Cimarron County	D	+4.8%	962	872	1,879
Cleveland County	R	−4.7%	20,054	22,098	43,281
Coal County	D	+39.2%	1,774	769	2,566
Comanche County	R	−1.0%	12,910	13,163	26,303
Cotton County	D	+25.6%	1,911	1,127	3,064
Craig County	D	+16.8%	3,577	2,540	6,178
Creek County	D	+2.9%	8,964	8,458	17,591
Custer County	R	−2.6%	4,597	4,847	9,546
Delaware County	D	+14.8%	4,924	3,642	8,657
Dewey County	D	+11.0%	1,540	1,230	2,825
Ellis County	R	−6.3%	1,256	1,429	2,746
Garfield County	R	−22.3%	8,969	14,202	23,474
Garvin County	D	+26.8%	6,797	3,905	10,785
Grady County	D	+20.7%	7,155	4,686	11,955
Grant County	D	+4.7%	1,853	1,685	3,588
Greer County	D	+28.7%	2,113	1,164	3,308
Harmon County	D	+34.5%	1,371	666	2,045
Harper County	R	−14.0%	978	1,303	2,320
Haskell County	D	+41.2%	3,388	1,401	4,818
Hughes County	D	+41.5%	4,185	1,715	5,956
Jackson County	D	+21.1%	4,914	3,189	8,163
Jefferson County	D	+41.0%	2,303	956	3,285
Johnston County	D	+41.6%	2,765	1,127	3,934
Kay County	R	−13.9%	9,371	12,441	22,086
Kingfisher County	R	−18.2%	2,372	3,443	5,897
Kiowa County	D	+26.4%	3,403	1,971	5,420
Latimer County	D	+33.5%	2,661	1,312	4,028
Le Flore County	D	+23.9%	8,033	4,907	13,085
Lincoln County	D	+5.9%	4,988	4,429	9,550
Logan County	D	+2.3%	4,594	4,382	9,136
Love County	D	+38.8%	1,923	846	2,778
Major County	R	−25.0%	1,357	2,282	3,697
Marshall County	D	+36.6%	2,939	1,358	4,324
Mayes County	D	+11.0%	6,298	5,040	11,419
McClain County	D	+24.4%	4,048	2,444	6,572
McCurtain County	D	+37.3%	7,560	3,423	11,080
McIntosh County	D	+38.6%	4,145	1,822	6,015
Murray County	D	+30.2%	2,932	1,563	4,536
Muskogee County	D	+17.5%	14,678	10,287	25,155
Noble County	R	−7.2%	2,278	2,634	4,965
Nowata County	D	+2.7%	2,195	2,077	4,311
Okfuskee County	D	+23.9%	2,663	1,630	4,325
Oklahoma County	R	−15.2%	87,185	119,120	210,113
Okmulgee County	D	+22.7%	8,499	5,333	13,963
Osage County	D	+3.3%	6,832	6,398	13,348
Ottawa County	D	+19.7%	7,446	4,985	12,515
Pawnee County	R	−1.3%	3,031	3,111	6,201
Payne County	R	−14.6%	9,987	13,481	23,888
Pittsburg County	D	+37.8%	10,743	4,807	15,692
Pontotoc County	D	+20.6%	7,466	4,895	12,486
Pottawatomie County	D	+10.5%	11,255	9,090	20,571
Pushmataha County	D	+37.2%	2,987	1,360	4,376
Roger Mills County	D	+21.1%	1,346	873	2,243
Rogers County	D	+0.3%	7,368	7,318	14,815
Seminole County	D	+16.0%	5,874	4,237	10,202
Sequoyah County	D	+19.6%	5,873	3,938	9,884
Stephens County	D	+15.8%	9,795	7,099	17,020
Texas County	R	−20.2%	2,591	3,919	6,580
Tillman County	D	+22.4%	2,852	1,802	4,695
Tulsa County	R	−24.6%	65,298	108,653	176,300
Wagoner County	D	+7.3%	5,879	5,071	11,057
Washington County	R	−35.4%	6,898	14,560	21,670
Washita County	D	+20.6%	3,304	2,165	5,531
Woods County	R	−4.8%	2,530	2,788	5,421
Woodward County	R	−14.6%	2,807	3,782	6,691