Results by state · certified results
1976 Presidential Election Results by State
Jimmy Carter won the 1976 presidential election with 297 electoral votes to Gerald Ford's 241, carrying 23 of the 50 states. Carter also won the national popular vote, 50.0% to 48.0%.
Every state in 1976
CSV, 1976–2024 →| State | EV | Carter % | Ford % | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 9 | 55.7 | 42.6 | Carter +13.1 |
| Alaska | 3 | 35.7 | 57.9 | Ford +22.3 |
| Arizona | 6 | 39.8 | 56.4 | Ford +16.6 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 65.0 | 34.9 | Carter +30.1 |
| California | 45 | 48.0 | 49.7 | Ford +1.8 |
| Colorado | 7 | 42.6 | 54.0 | Ford +11.4 |
| Connecticut | 8 | 46.7 | 51.9 | Ford +5.1 |
| Delaware | 3 | 52.0 | 46.6 | Carter +5.4 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 81.6 | 16.5 | Carter +65.1 |
| Florida | 17 | 51.9 | 46.6 | Carter +5.3 |
| Georgia | 12 | 66.9 | 33.1 | Carter +33.9 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 50.6 | 48.1 | Carter +2.5 |
| Idaho | 4 | 37.1 | 59.9 | Ford +22.8 |
| Illinois | 26 | 48.1 | 50.1 | Ford +2.0 |
| Indiana | 13 | 45.7 | 53.3 | Ford +7.6 |
| Iowa | 8 | 48.5 | 49.5 | Ford +1.0 |
| Kansas | 7 | 44.9 | 52.5 | Ford +7.6 |
| Kentucky | 9 | 52.8 | 45.6 | Carter +7.2 |
| Louisiana | 10 | 51.8 | 46.0 | Carter +5.8 |
| Maine | 4 | 48.1 | 48.9 | Ford +0.8 |
| Maryland | 10 | 53.0 | 47.0 | Carter +6.1 |
| Massachusetts | 14 | 56.1 | 40.4 | Carter +15.7 |
| Michigan | 21 | 46.5 | 51.9 | Ford +5.4 |
| Minnesota | 10 | 54.9 | 42.0 | Carter +12.9 |
| Mississippi | 7 | 49.6 | 47.7 | Carter +1.9 |
| Missouri | 12 | 51.1 | 47.5 | Carter +3.6 |
| Montana | 4 | 45.4 | 52.8 | Ford +7.4 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 38.4 | 59.2 | Ford +20.8 |
| Nevada | 3 | 45.8 | 50.2 | Ford +4.4 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 43.5 | 54.7 | Ford +11.3 |
| New Jersey | 17 | 47.9 | 50.1 | Ford +2.2 |
| New Mexico | 4 | 48.3 | 50.7 | Ford +2.5 |
| New York | 41 | 50.8 | 46.5 | Carter +4.3 |
| North Carolina | 13 | 55.3 | 44.2 | Carter +11.0 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 45.8 | 51.7 | Ford +5.9 |
| Ohio | 25 | 48.9 | 48.7 | Carter +0.2 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 48.7 | 50.0 | Ford +1.2 |
| Oregon | 6 | 47.6 | 47.8 | Ford +0.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 27 | 50.4 | 47.7 | Carter +2.7 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 55.4 | 44.1 | Carter +11.3 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 56.2 | 43.1 | Carter +13.0 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 48.9 | 50.4 | Ford +1.5 |
| Tennessee | 10 | 55.9 | 42.9 | Carter +13.0 |
| Texas | 26 | 51.1 | 48.0 | Carter +3.2 |
| Utah | 4 | 33.6 | 62.4 | Ford +28.8 |
| Vermont | 3 | 42.3 | 54.6 | Ford +12.3 |
| Virginia | 12 | 48.0 | 49.3 | Ford +1.3 |
| Washington | 9 | 46.1 | 50.0 | Ford +3.9 |
| West Virginia | 6 | 58.1 | 41.9 | Carter +16.1 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | 49.5 | 47.8 | Carter +1.7 |
| Wyoming | 3 | 39.8 | 59.3 | Ford +19.5 |
Click a column to sort. Margins are in percentage points of all votes cast.
About these numbers
Certified state results compiled by the MIT Election Data and Science Lab from the Clerk of the U.S. House's official statistics, with electoral votes from the Census Bureau's apportionment in force in 1976. Each state page has every presidential result since 1976, how the state leaned against the country, and how often it backed the winner. The full table is downloadable as CSV.