1976 Presidential General Election Results

Presidential Candidate Vice Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote Electoral Vote James Carter Walter Mondale Democratic 40,831,881 50.08% 297 55.2% Gerald Ford Robert Dole Republican 39,148,634 48.02% 240 44.6% Eugene McCarthy - Independent 740,460 0.91% 0 0.0% Roger MacBride David Bergland Libertarian 172,553 0.21% 0 0.0% Lester Maddox William Dyke American Independent 170,274 0.21% 0 0.0% Thomas Anderson Rufus Shackelford American 158,271 0.19% 0 0.0% Peter Camejo Willie Mae Reid Socialist Workers 90,986 0.11% 0 0.0% Gus Hall Jarvis Tyner Communist 58,709 0.07% 0 0.0% Margaret Wright Benjamin Spock People's 49,013 0.06% 0 0.0% Lyndon LaRouche R. Wayne Evans United States Labor 40,018 0.05% 0 0.0% Write-ins - - 33,795 0.04% 0 0.0% Benjamin Bubar Earl Dodge Prohibition 15,932 0.02% 0 0.0% Julius Levin Constance Blomen Socialist Labor 9,566 0.01% 0 0.0% Frank Zeidler J. Quinn Brisben Socialist 6,001 0.01% 0 0.0% None o.t. Candidates - - 5,108 0.01% 0 0.0% Ernest Miller Roy Eddy Restoration 347 0.00% 0 0.0% Frank Taylor Henry Swan United American 36 0.00% 0 0.0% Map Key  > 40%  > 50%  > 60%  > 70%  > 80% Turnout Maps   Data and Statistics: Popular Vote State-Level Data (Table) Popular Vote State-Level Data (Graphs) Voter Turnout State-Level Data Electoral Vote State-Level Data Election 1976 Statistics Compare National Data by Year (Table) Compare National Data by Year (Graphs) Compare National Maps by Year National JavaCompare! Data Sources for Popular Vote Election Tools for 1976 Electoral College Calculator for 1976 Blog Interactive Map Widget Code for This Contest (uselectionatlas.org Weblogs) Results for an Individual State: AlabamaAlaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Election Notes: In Washington, One Ford Elector cast his vote for Ronald Reagan (President) and Robert Dole (Vice President). Electoral Vote Map Note: there is no implied geographical significance as to the location of the shaded areas for Washington's split electoral votes. Share and Recommend: