presidential election 1976
50% 48% SEX Men 51 52 48 Women 49 52 48 RACE White 89 48 52 African-American 9 Home 2020 Election Results Election Info Weblog Forum Wiki Search Email Login Site Info Store Note: The Google advertisement links below may advocate political positions that this site does not endorse. November 2 – U.S. presidential election, 1976: Jimmy Carter defeats incumbent Gerald Ford, becoming the first candidate from the Deep South to win since the Civil War. Ronald Reagan came to Abilene as part of a whirlwind Texas tour on April 6, 1976, seeking the Republican nomination for president over Gerald Ford. 1976 Presidential Election; Pre-Election Polling Available in iPOLL. 1976 Group Carter Ford TOTAL All Voters Pct. Republican Ronald Reagan of California defeated Democrat Jimmy Carter of Georgia. Color shading represents the percentage of vote received by the winning candidate as indicated in the key above. The map above shows the county results of the 1976 Presidential Election by party, with blue counties representing wins by the Republican candidate and red counties representing wins by the Democratic candidate. Opponent Robert Dole (241) Notes A Washington (State) elector voted for Ronald Reagan. Presidential Election, 1972. Detailed national-level Presidential Election Results for 1976. The 1976 presidential election was the first held in the wake of the Watergate scandal, which had consumed the Nixon presidency and resulted in Gerald R. Ford becoming president. Liberal Democrats never really accepted the fact that Carter was likely the most liberal Democrat America would have elected in 1976 and they never accepted that, at the time, they were not going to prevail in any Presidential election without the support of a majority of the Southern states. Blue denotes states won by Carter/Mondale and red denotes those won by Ford/Dole. November 16 - Renee MacRae and … President Jimmy Carter [D] Main Opponent Gerald R. Ford [R] Electoral Vote Winner: 297 Main Opponent: 240 Total/Majority: 538/270 Votes for Others Ronald Reagan (1) Vice President Walter F. Mondale (297) V.P. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. Direction of Country How do you feel that things are going in the country these days–very well, fairly well, pretty badly, or very badly? November 15 – The first megamouth shark is discovered off Oahu in Hawaii. Richard Nixon (Republican) defeated George McGovern (Democrat). Presidential Election, 1976. Presidential election results map. The 1976 United States presidential election was the 48th quadrennial presidential election. Jimmy Carter (Democrat) defeated Gerald Ford (Republican), winning 50.1 percent of the popular vote. Pink is the electoral vote for Ronald Reagan by a Washington faithless elector.Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia. Nixon won reelection with 60 percent of the vote, only to resign the presidency in 1974 over the Watergate controversy. During the bicentennial year of 1976, the U.S. Information Agency produced a series of eight programs about the election process for foreign audiences.