Gerald Ford carried Washington R+3.9.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Washington, 1976. The state ran 5.9 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)

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Washington result

1,555,534 votes counted

Carter (D)

717,323

46.1%

Ford (R)

777,732

50.0%

All others

60,479

3.9%

Margin

R+3.9

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1976 presidential election

Washington, 1976

FordR+3.9

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Gerald Ford ✓Republican	50.0%	777,732
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	46.1%	717,323
OtherAll other candidates	3.9%	60,479

D+60

R+60

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

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Washington's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Washington's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−7.6%
1896	+15.1%
1900	−11.7%
1904	−50.6%
1908	−25.8%
1912	+5.1%
1916	+4.2%
1920	−34.8%
1924	−42.1%
1928	−35.8%
1932	+23.5%
1936	+36.5%
1940	+17.6%
1944	+14.6%
1948	+9.8%
1952	−9.6%
1956	−8.5%
1960	−2.4%
1964	+24.6%
1968	+2.1%
1972	−18.3%
1976	−3.9%
1980	−12.3%
1984	−13.0%
1988	+1.6%
1992	+11.4%
1996	+12.5%
2000	+5.6%
2004	+7.2%
2008	+17.2%
2012	+14.8%
2016	+15.7%
2020	+19.2%
2024	+18.2%

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County results — 1976

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−21.1%	1,790	2,795	4,773
Asotin County	D	+2.5%	2,898	2,752	5,828
Benton County	R	−31.3%	11,306	22,135	34,611
Chelan County	R	−15.3%	7,623	10,492	18,692
Clallam County	R	−4.7%	8,268	9,132	18,386
Clark County	D	+5.1%	31,080	27,938	61,201
Columbia County	R	−15.9%	829	1,153	2,034
Cowlitz County	D	+8.5%	14,958	12,531	28,406
Douglas County	R	−8.6%	3,809	4,547	8,564
Ferry County	D	+2.2%	814	776	1,692
Franklin County	R	−12.5%	4,369	5,671	10,403
Garfield County	R	−17.7%	616	892	1,560
Grant County	R	−8.0%	7,777	9,192	17,721
Grays Harbor County	D	+16.8%	13,478	9,464	23,893
Island County	R	−13.8%	5,859	7,804	14,104
Jefferson County	D	+2.0%	2,913	2,794	6,092
King County	R	−5.6%	248,743	279,382	550,119
Kitsap County	D	+5.1%	25,701	23,124	50,750
Kittitas County	D	+0.9%	4,858	4,765	10,017
Klickitat County	D	+5.5%	2,890	2,573	5,719
Lewis County	R	−9.0%	9,026	10,933	21,167
Lincoln County	R	−18.6%	1,978	2,925	5,081
Mason County	D	+11.5%	6,060	4,758	11,291
Okanogan County	D	+0.8%	5,543	5,455	11,595
Pacific County	D	+20.4%	4,278	2,781	7,350
Pend Oreille County	D	+0.5%	1,533	1,516	3,170
Pierce County	D	+2.2%	78,238	74,668	159,148
San Juan County	R	−14.3%	1,467	1,998	3,722
Skagit County	R	−1.3%	12,718	13,060	26,837
Skamania County	D	+12.6%	1,436	1,102	2,652
Snohomish County	D	+0.2%	55,623	55,375	115,488
Spokane County	R	−9.9%	55,660	68,290	127,954
Stevens County	R	−9.8%	3,824	4,719	9,109
Thurston County	D	+0.6%	21,247	21,000	44,056
Wahkiakum County	D	+13.9%	942	704	1,710
Walla Walla County	R	−21.0%	7,012	10,883	18,400
Whatcom County	R	−0.6%	19,739	20,007	41,679
Whitman County	R	−13.1%	6,197	8,168	15,068
Yakima County	R	−9.5%	24,223	29,478	55,492