Jimmy Carter carried Tennessee D+13.0.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Tennessee, 1976. The state ran 10.9 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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Tennessee result

1,476,345 votes counted

Carter (D)

825,879

55.9%

Ford (R)

633,969

42.9%

All others

16,497

1.1%

Margin

D+13.0

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1976 presidential election

Tennessee, 1976

CarterD+13.0

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Jimmy Carter ✓Democratic	55.9%	825,879
Gerald FordRepublican	42.9%	633,969
OtherAll other candidates	1.1%	16,497

D+60

R+60

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

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Tennessee's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+13.5%
1896	+6.0%
1900	+8.1%
1904	+10.8%
1908	+6.9%
1912	+28.9%
1916	+13.6%
1920	−2.8%
1924	+9.3%
1928	−11.1%
1932	+34.0%
1936	+37.9%
1940	+34.9%
1944	+21.2%
1948	+12.3%
1952	−0.3%
1956	−0.6%
1960	−7.1%
1964	+11.0%
1968	−9.7%
1972	−38.0%
1976	+13.0%
1980	−0.3%
1984	−16.3%
1988	−16.3%
1992	+4.7%
1996	+2.4%
2000	−3.9%
2004	−14.3%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−20.4%
2016	−26.0%
2020	−23.2%
2024	−29.6%

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County results — 1976

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	D	+12.2%	13,455	10,494	24,242
Bedford County	D	+40.6%	7,228	3,023	10,357
Benton County	D	+41.5%	4,088	1,678	5,806
Bledsoe County	D	+4.0%	1,757	1,620	3,401
Blount County	R	−6.7%	12,096	13,851	26,240
Bradley County	R	−2.0%	8,776	9,136	18,051
Campbell County	D	+9.7%	5,206	4,277	9,557
Cannon County	D	+45.7%	2,463	908	3,399
Carroll County	D	+15.9%	5,581	4,031	9,721
Carter County	R	−9.0%	7,443	8,934	16,510
Cheatham County	D	+50.3%	4,225	1,376	5,664
Chester County	D	+12.9%	2,532	1,949	4,517
Claiborne County	D	+3.5%	3,461	3,227	6,743
Clay County	D	+25.7%	1,671	982	2,678
Cocke County	R	−22.7%	3,141	5,004	8,219
Coffee County	D	+34.7%	8,017	3,848	12,005
Crockett County	D	+27.0%	2,963	1,694	4,697
Cumberland County	D	+4.8%	4,543	4,119	8,763
Davidson County	D	+23.7%	99,007	60,662	161,598
Decatur County	D	+19.3%	2,432	1,637	4,116
DeKalb County	D	+37.8%	3,222	1,443	4,702
Dickson County	D	+47.8%	6,551	2,285	8,922
Dyer County	D	+14.8%	5,937	4,391	10,478
Fayette County	D	+28.5%	3,853	2,133	6,040
Fentress County	D	+4.9%	1,953	1,767	3,758
Franklin County	D	+43.8%	6,788	2,619	9,524
Gibson County	D	+29.9%	10,356	5,563	16,031
Giles County	D	+45.2%	5,225	1,952	7,248
Grainger County	R	−16.2%	2,018	2,805	4,863
Greene County	R	−10.0%	7,070	8,664	15,880
Grundy County	D	+53.7%	2,850	850	3,721
Hamblen County	D	+3.5%	7,504	6,989	14,628
Hamilton County	R	−2.8%	45,348	47,969	94,421
Hancock County	R	−26.1%	764	1,309	2,090
Hardeman County	D	+26.8%	3,934	2,254	6,270
Hardin County	D	+1.1%	3,438	3,362	6,852
Hawkins County	R	−3.8%	5,931	6,407	12,412
Haywood County	D	+30.5%	3,681	1,952	5,661
Henderson County	R	−10.4%	3,366	4,152	7,586
Henry County	D	+46.3%	7,162	2,585	9,881
Hickman County	D	+50.9%	3,590	1,154	4,787
Houston County	D	+65.2%	1,990	407	2,427
Humphreys County	D	+49.6%	4,021	1,338	5,413
Jackson County	D	+66.3%	2,959	591	3,569
Jefferson County	R	−15.3%	3,995	5,459	9,538
Johnson County	R	−34.0%	1,464	2,986	4,478
Knox County	R	−2.7%	53,034	56,013	110,409
Lake County	D	+52.6%	1,933	591	2,549
Lauderdale County	D	+38.4%	4,747	2,105	6,877
Lawrence County	D	+17.8%	7,140	4,967	12,190
Lewis County	D	+58.4%	2,391	617	3,036
Lincoln County	D	+53.3%	5,732	1,724	7,518
Loudon County	D	+2.4%	4,683	4,458	9,233
Macon County	R	−2.8%	1,951	2,063	4,051
Madison County	D	+6.6%	12,989	11,364	24,659
Marion County	D	+21.6%	4,615	2,965	7,642
Marshall County	D	+44.8%	4,457	1,674	6,209
Maury County	D	+24.0%	8,747	5,327	14,265
McMinn County	D	+2.8%	7,020	6,638	13,732
McNairy County	D	+11.7%	4,293	3,388	7,736
Meigs County	D	+12.4%	1,254	975	2,242
Monroe County	D	+0.3%	5,368	5,335	10,756
Montgomery County	D	+34.6%	12,310	5,923	18,448
Moore County	D	+53.2%	1,101	331	1,448
Morgan County	D	+20.3%	2,953	1,949	4,939
Obion County	D	+40.9%	7,204	2,986	10,320
Overton County	D	+55.1%	3,897	1,115	5,047
Perry County	D	+51.8%	1,660	520	2,201
Pickett County	R	−2.0%	948	986	1,944
Polk County	D	+28.1%	3,284	1,835	5,155
Putnam County	D	+34.7%	8,485	4,079	12,708
Rhea County	D	+3.9%	3,735	3,449	7,241
Roane County	D	+12.7%	9,216	7,121	16,491
Robertson County	D	+49.9%	7,547	2,505	10,114
Rutherford County	D	+30.0%	14,854	7,921	23,082
Scott County	R	−3.6%	2,260	2,432	4,730
Sequatchie County	D	+23.5%	1,733	1,065	2,842
Sevier County	R	−30.6%	3,993	7,608	11,814
Shelby County	D	+6.9%	147,893	128,646	279,601
Smith County	D	+47.1%	3,753	1,332	5,136
Stewart County	D	+65.0%	2,442	510	2,972
Sullivan County	D	+2.7%	23,353	22,087	46,762
Sumner County	D	+26.8%	13,848	7,946	22,007
Tipton County	D	+25.8%	5,667	3,329	9,072
Trousdale County	D	+61.0%	1,385	332	1,726
Unicoi County	R	−11.8%	2,526	3,211	5,782
Union County	R	−4.9%	1,631	1,801	3,457
Van Buren County	D	+51.2%	1,085	346	1,442
Warren County	D	+47.2%	6,666	2,364	9,115
Washington County	R	−2.8%	13,951	14,770	29,032
Wayne County	R	−15.7%	1,891	2,597	4,511
Weakley County	D	+38.5%	6,605	2,875	9,696
White County	D	+46.9%	3,874	1,382	5,314
Williamson County	D	+1.9%	8,183	7,880	16,266
Wilson County	D	+38.0%	10,537	4,696	15,362