Jimmy Carter carried Texas D+3.2.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Texas, 1976. The state ran 1.1 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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Texas result

4,071,884 votes counted

Carter (D)

2,082,319

51.1%

Ford (R)

1,953,300

48.0%

All others

36,265

0.9%

Margin

D+3.2

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1976 presidential election

Texas, 1976

CarterD+3.2

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Jimmy Carter ✓Democratic	51.1%	2,082,319
Gerald FordRepublican	48.0%	1,953,300
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	36,265

D+60

R+60

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

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 1976

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	D	+13.7%	5,499	4,172	9,715
Andrews County	R	−8.9%	1,777	2,127	3,937
Angelina County	D	+14.8%	9,750	7,223	17,112
Aransas County	D	+3.6%	2,136	1,985	4,181
Archer County	D	+23.9%	1,577	966	2,561
Armstrong County	D	+0.7%	513	506	1,027
Atascosa County	D	+30.4%	4,565	2,415	7,072
Austin County	R	−7.4%	2,313	2,686	5,033
Bailey County	D	+3.8%	1,356	1,255	2,627
Bandera County	R	−13.4%	1,183	1,554	2,766
Bastrop County	D	+33.4%	4,788	2,383	7,204
Baylor County	D	+25.9%	1,335	783	2,130
Bee County	D	+11.0%	3,690	2,953	6,722
Bell County	D	+7.2%	17,499	15,126	32,912
Bexar County	D	+9.4%	146,581	121,176	271,430
Blanco County	R	−4.7%	923	1,015	1,956
Borden County	D	+21.5%	234	150	390
Bosque County	D	+21.3%	2,954	1,912	4,883
Bowie County	D	+12.9%	12,445	9,590	22,214
Brazoria County	D	+5.4%	21,711	19,475	41,744
Brazos County	R	−18.9%	10,628	15,685	26,700
Brewster County	R	−5.4%	1,227	1,368	2,624
Briscoe County	D	+48.1%	823	285	1,119
Brooks County	D	+62.4%	2,782	641	3,429
Brown County	D	+10.8%	5,577	4,483	10,095
Burleson County	D	+43.7%	2,924	1,142	4,081
Burnet County	D	+15.7%	3,818	2,777	6,636
Caldwell County	D	+23.8%	3,647	2,235	5,921
Calhoun County	D	+20.9%	3,642	2,377	6,061
Callahan County	D	+17.1%	2,241	1,581	3,864
Cameron County	D	+21.0%	25,310	16,448	42,111
Camp County	D	+30.8%	2,146	1,133	3,285
Carson County	D	+9.7%	1,542	1,269	2,824
Cass County	D	+16.0%	5,134	3,712	8,875
Castro County	D	+33.4%	2,033	1,007	3,076
Chambers County	D	+22.5%	2,927	1,835	4,852
Cherokee County	D	+24.7%	6,509	3,921	10,465
Childress County	D	+20.4%	1,578	1,043	2,626
Clay County	D	+36.2%	2,568	1,200	3,783
Cochran County	D	+19.0%	1,031	701	1,739
Coke County	D	+23.7%	844	517	1,377
Coleman County	D	+15.0%	2,264	1,669	3,955
Collin County	R	−21.0%	14,039	21,608	36,000
Collingsworth County	D	+29.9%	1,169	629	1,804
Colorado County	D	+0.6%	3,028	2,991	6,075
Comal County	R	−21.9%	4,068	6,377	10,554
Comanche County	D	+44.7%	3,414	1,297	4,731
Concho County	D	+20.2%	715	474	1,195
Cooke County	R	−3.4%	4,483	4,804	9,329
Coryell County	D	+6.4%	4,710	4,140	8,929
Cottle County	D	+54.1%	1,047	311	1,361
Crane County	R	−17.8%	664	963	1,680
Crockett County	D	+0.1%	804	802	1,608
Crosby County	D	+41.4%	2,176	897	3,092
Culberson County	D	+4.3%	407	373	787
Dallam County	D	+4.6%	1,029	936	2,007
Dallas County	R	−14.4%	196,303	263,081	464,385
Dawson County	R	−6.7%	2,162	2,474	4,653
Deaf Smith County	R	−3.0%	2,613	2,776	5,435
Delta County	D	+57.4%	1,563	421	1,991
Denton County	R	−3.9%	18,887	20,440	39,692
DeWitt County	R	−4.0%	2,540	2,754	5,327
Dickens County	D	+56.0%	1,222	343	1,571
Dimmit County	D	+31.7%	1,721	890	2,624
Donley County	D	+21.7%	1,095	704	1,804
Duval County	D	+73.0%	4,267	661	4,941
Eastland County	D	+29.6%	4,320	2,340	6,695
Ector County	R	−26.9%	10,802	18,973	30,328
Edwards County	R	−22.9%	258	412	672
El Paso County	D	+3.1%	45,477	42,697	89,465
Ellis County	D	+17.6%	9,991	6,996	17,055
Erath County	D	+24.3%	4,821	2,925	7,790
Falls County	D	+30.7%	4,277	2,261	6,567
Fannin County	D	+46.9%	5,845	2,102	7,985
Fayette County	D	+6.1%	3,428	3,030	6,493
Fisher County	D	+55.1%	1,993	573	2,576
Floyd County	D	+17.3%	1,991	1,402	3,414
Foard County	D	+49.1%	706	240	950
Fort Bend County	R	−21.2%	11,264	17,354	28,787
Franklin County	D	+36.5%	1,636	758	2,404
Freestone County	D	+23.0%	2,679	1,674	4,361
Frio County	D	+33.7%	2,598	1,280	3,908
Gaines County	D	+6.7%	1,880	1,643	3,544
Galveston County	D	+19.8%	37,873	25,251	63,735
Garza County	D	+11.7%	957	755	1,725
Gillespie County	R	−46.7%	1,260	3,541	4,885
Glasscock County	R	−6.8%	190	218	413
Goliad County	D	+1.7%	875	846	1,731
Gonzales County	D	+28.5%	3,219	1,789	5,026
Gray County	R	−21.5%	3,872	6,010	9,962
Grayson County	D	+17.3%	17,015	11,981	29,095
Gregg County	R	−28.1%	9,827	17,582	27,612
Grimes County	D	+28.5%	2,656	1,473	4,148
Guadalupe County	R	−5.5%	6,054	6,766	12,935
Hale County	D	+1.7%	5,580	5,390	11,007
Hall County	D	+41.6%	1,633	671	2,314
Hamilton County	D	+25.2%	1,981	1,176	3,189
Hansford County	R	−17.4%	983	1,401	2,406
Hardeman County	D	+26.9%	1,403	805	2,225
Hardin County	D	+23.5%	6,558	4,046	10,688
Harris County	R	−5.2%	321,897	357,536	685,264
Harrison County	D	+0.1%	7,796	7,787	15,639
Hartley County	R	−2.3%	774	811	1,597
Haskell County	D	+49.8%	2,512	838	3,359
Hays County	D	+10.0%	7,005	5,714	12,875
Hemphill County	R	−9.6%	707	858	1,578
Henderson County	D	+27.7%	8,245	4,658	12,937
Hidalgo County	D	+29.0%	35,021	19,199	54,593
Hill County	D	+33.0%	5,327	2,680	8,032
Hockley County	D	+11.4%	3,949	3,137	7,130
Hood County	D	+26.2%	3,181	1,857	5,061
Hopkins County	D	+32.1%	4,992	2,556	7,592
Houston County	D	+17.5%	3,179	2,229	5,421
Howard County	D	+17.4%	6,984	4,899	11,972
Hudspeth County	D	+9.5%	479	395	881
Hunt County	D	+12.2%	8,543	6,676	15,314
Hutchinson County	R	−24.6%	3,691	6,137	9,933
Irion County	R	−0.8%	297	302	604
Jack County	D	+26.6%	1,814	1,049	2,871
Jackson County	D	+14.4%	2,524	1,884	4,433
Jasper County	D	+26.2%	5,422	3,167	8,607
Jeff Davis County	D	+3.5%	309	288	607
Jefferson County	D	+18.8%	47,581	32,451	80,546
Jim Hogg County	D	+58.6%	1,645	429	2,074
Jim Wells County	D	+38.2%	7,961	3,547	11,550
Johnson County	D	+20.2%	10,864	7,194	18,127
Jones County	D	+23.0%	3,318	2,072	5,416
Karnes County	D	+28.0%	2,996	1,675	4,718
Kaufman County	D	+23.9%	6,302	3,867	10,204
Kendall County	R	−35.7%	1,190	2,543	3,793
Kenedy County	D	+36.1%	139	65	205
Kent County	D	+46.8%	474	171	647
Kerr County	R	−22.6%	3,767	6,021	9,978
Kimble County	R	−5.3%	759	846	1,632
King County	D	+2.0%	100	96	197
Kinney County	D	+23.5%	516	318	843
Kleberg County	D	+21.1%	5,803	3,771	9,647
Knox County	D	+46.0%	1,498	551	2,060
La Salle County	D	+31.1%	1,294	677	1,983
Lamar County	D	+31.8%	8,601	4,443	13,076
Lamb County	D	+16.5%	3,374	2,413	5,815
Lampasas County	D	+20.4%	2,376	1,563	3,982
Lavaca County	D	+16.6%	3,458	2,466	5,964
Lee County	D	+17.8%	1,937	1,348	3,303
Leon County	D	+28.3%	2,085	1,161	3,261
Liberty County	D	+21.7%	7,086	4,552	11,704
Limestone County	D	+30.2%	3,825	2,045	5,900
Lipscomb County	R	−17.0%	644	911	1,569
Live Oak County	D	+12.5%	1,656	1,287	2,961
Llano County	D	+9.6%	2,361	1,947	4,324
Loving County	R	−14.0%	35	47	86
Lubbock County	R	−21.5%	24,797	38,478	63,707
Lynn County	D	+14.8%	1,575	1,166	2,757
Madison County	D	+27.8%	1,885	1,062	2,961
Marion County	D	+18.0%	1,860	1,291	3,167
Martin County	D	+12.9%	907	698	1,618
Mason County	D	+0.5%	814	805	1,640
Matagorda County	D	+14.8%	4,971	3,679	8,731
Maverick County	D	+50.4%	2,840	924	3,802
McCulloch County	D	+18.3%	1,888	1,300	3,207
McLennan County	D	+8.4%	30,091	25,370	55,970
McMullen County	R	−5.6%	194	217	411
Medina County	D	+6.1%	3,681	3,252	6,988
Menard County	D	+10.2%	543	441	1,000
Midland County	R	−42.1%	7,725	19,178	27,195
Milam County	D	+33.7%	4,871	2,404	7,315
Mills County	D	+19.2%	1,012	684	1,710
Mitchell County	D	+24.0%	1,730	1,058	2,804
Montague County	D	+30.3%	4,087	2,182	6,294
Montgomery County	R	−6.8%	13,718	15,739	29,659
Moore County	D	+0.1%	2,767	2,759	5,575
Morris County	D	+24.9%	3,071	1,843	4,931
Motley County	D	+9.8%	522	428	961
Nacogdoches County	R	−4.4%	6,697	7,315	14,141
Navarro County	D	+27.0%	6,995	4,012	11,068
Newton County	D	+54.6%	3,468	1,011	4,502
Nolan County	D	+12.0%	3,094	2,431	5,545
Nueces County	D	+23.1%	52,755	32,797	86,325
Ochiltree County	R	−38.7%	1,084	2,471	3,587
Oldham County	D	+22.0%	554	354	911
Orange County	D	+24.6%	15,177	9,147	24,484
Palo Pinto County	D	+31.4%	5,170	2,684	7,905
Panola County	D	+7.4%	3,731	3,218	6,977
Parker County	D	+26.9%	8,186	4,692	12,969
Parmer County	D	+12.5%	1,914	1,487	3,417
Pecos County	R	−6.2%	1,971	2,234	4,233
Polk County	D	+26.6%	4,384	2,529	6,967
Potter County	R	−7.3%	11,917	13,819	26,036
Presidio County	D	+28.2%	1,232	687	1,936
Rains County	D	+44.7%	1,339	510	1,855
Randall County	R	−30.3%	9,074	17,115	26,524
Reagan County	R	−8.3%	563	666	1,234
Real County	D	+6.4%	510	448	969
Red River County	D	+32.9%	3,670	1,852	5,533
Reeves County	D	+20.8%	2,613	1,711	4,342
Refugio County	D	+18.1%	2,218	1,537	3,765
Roberts County	R	−26.3%	202	350	562
Robertson County	D	+50.0%	3,741	1,244	4,996
Rockwall County	R	−6.6%	1,828	2,087	3,936
Runnels County	R	−3.2%	2,068	2,203	4,282
Rusk County	R	−5.7%	6,063	6,800	12,915
Sabine County	D	+45.1%	2,391	904	3,296
San Augustine County	D	+26.8%	1,817	1,047	2,870
San Jacinto County	D	+37.2%	2,406	1,094	3,529
San Patricio County	D	+23.5%	9,469	5,853	15,395
San Saba County	D	+41.2%	1,408	582	2,005
Schleicher County	R	−4.8%	468	516	993
Scurry County	R	−2.9%	2,639	2,797	5,459
Shackelford County	D	+1.1%	764	748	1,518
Shelby County	D	+26.9%	4,680	2,695	7,387
Sherman County	D	+2.8%	718	679	1,416
Smith County	R	−13.7%	16,856	22,238	39,275
Somervell County	D	+51.9%	1,054	332	1,391
Starr County	D	+74.8%	4,646	664	5,325
Stephens County	D	+5.1%	1,796	1,621	3,429
Sterling County	R	−7.3%	174	202	381
Stonewall County	D	+52.3%	812	252	1,070
Sutton County	R	−3.9%	768	831	1,609
Swisher County	D	+57.5%	2,811	753	3,577
Tarrant County	R	−0.9%	122,287	124,433	248,631
Taylor County	R	−15.5%	14,453	19,822	34,543
Terrell County	D	+0.6%	321	317	642
Terry County	D	+14.9%	2,859	2,113	5,001
Throckmorton County	D	+29.7%	658	356	1,016
Titus County	D	+23.5%	4,205	2,603	6,822
Tom Green County	R	−5.3%	11,064	12,316	23,554
Travis County	D	+5.0%	78,585	71,031	152,213
Trinity County	D	+33.5%	2,100	1,042	3,154
Tyler County	D	+25.5%	3,322	1,965	5,318
Upshur County	D	+19.9%	4,902	3,272	8,211
Upton County	R	−11.7%	686	869	1,561
Uvalde County	R	−14.8%	2,299	3,103	5,449
Val Verde County	D	+13.8%	4,603	3,476	8,152
Van Zandt County	D	+31.0%	6,449	3,385	9,898
Victoria County	R	−13.3%	7,326	9,594	17,028
Walker County	D	+1.3%	5,105	4,974	10,171
Waller County	D	+17.2%	2,828	1,992	4,862
Ward County	R	−1.8%	2,046	2,123	4,218
Washington County	R	−18.2%	2,635	3,820	6,500
Webb County	D	+41.8%	10,362	4,222	14,698
Wharton County	D	+11.6%	5,914	4,682	10,644
Wheeler County	D	+11.3%	1,598	1,273	2,888
Wichita County	D	+7.3%	22,017	19,024	41,266
Wilbarger County	D	+20.7%	3,280	2,145	5,476
Willacy County	D	+31.6%	2,984	1,542	4,557
Williamson County	D	+11.0%	9,355	7,481	17,010
Wilson County	D	+34.7%	3,973	1,926	5,902
Winkler County	R	−14.1%	1,382	1,842	3,266
Wise County	D	+28.4%	5,133	2,856	8,013
Wood County	D	+14.3%	4,107	3,076	7,226
Yoakum County	R	−11.0%	1,181	1,477	2,680
Young County	D	+13.3%	3,473	2,652	6,166
Zapata County	D	+44.8%	1,216	462	1,682
Zavala County	D	+42.2%	1,822	735	2,578