November 5, 1976

Democratic Wins 1976

Democratic defeats Republican with 292 electoral votes, winning 24 states.

Democratic

292 EV

270 to win

Republican

246 EV

292

246

270

Democratic wins

292

Electoral Votes

50.1%

Popular Vote

States Carried

81,524,884

Total Votes Cast

Democratic won the 1976 presidential election with 292 electoral votes to Republican's 246. Democratic received 50.1% of the popular vote and carried 24 states. Compared to the previous election, 100 counties changed parties—0 flipped Republican and 100 flipped Democratic.

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State Results

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Recent Presidential Elections

Year	Democrat	Republican	Electoral	Popular	Winner
1976	Democratic	Republican	292-246	D+2.1%	DEM
1972	Democratic	Republican	14-524	R+23.2%	GOP
1968	Democratic	Republican	194-344	R+0.7%	GOP
1964	Democratic	Republican	487-51	D+22.9%	DEM
1960	Democratic	Republican	279-256	D+0.2%	DEM

State-by-State Results

24 Dem27 Rep

State	EV	1976	1972	1968	1964	1960
District of Columbia	3	D+65.1	D+56.5	D+63.6	D+71.0	—
Georgia	16	D+33.9	R+50.5	R+3.6	R+8.3	D+25.1
Arkansas	6	D+30.0	R+38.1	R+0.4	D+12.7	D+7.1
West Virginia	4	D+16.1	R+27.2	D+8.8	D+35.9	D+5.5
Massachusetts	11	D+15.7	D+9.0	D+30.1	D+52.7	D+20.7
Alabama	9	D+13.1	R+46.9	D+4.7	R+69.5	D+14.3
South Carolina	9	D+13.1	R+42.7	R+8.5	R+17.8	D+2.5
Tennessee	11	D+13.0	R+38.0	R+9.7	D+11.0	R+7.1
Minnesota	10	D+12.9	R+5.5	D+12.5	D+27.8	D+1.4
Rhode Island	4	D+11.3	R+6.2	D+32.3	D+61.7	D+27.3
North Carolina	16	D+11.1	R+40.6	R+10.3	D+12.3	D+4.2
Kentucky	8	D+7.2	R+28.6	R+6.1	D+28.4	R+7.2
Maryland	10	D+6.1	R+23.9	D+1.6	D+30.9	D+7.2
Louisiana	8	D+5.8	R+37.0	D+4.8	D+13.6	D+21.8
Delaware	3	D+5.4	R+20.4	R+3.5	D+22.2	D+1.6
Florida	30	D+5.3	R+44.1	R+9.6	D+2.3	R+3.0
New York	28	D+4.4	R+17.3	D+5.5	D+37.3	D+5.3
Missouri	10	D+3.6	R+24.7	R+1.1	D+28.1	D+0.5
Texas	40	D+3.2	R+33.0	D+1.3	D+26.8	D+2.0
Pennsylvania	19	D+2.7	R+20.0	D+3.6	D+30.2	D+2.3
Hawaii	4	D+2.5	R+25.0	D+21.1	D+57.5	D+0.1
Mississippi	6	D+1.9	R+58.6	D+9.5	R+74.3	D+11.7
Wisconsin	10	D+1.7	R+9.7	R+3.6	D+24.4	R+3.7
Ohio	17	D+0.3	R+21.6	R+2.3	D+25.9	R+6.6
Oregon	8	R+0.2	R+10.1	R+6.0	D+27.8	R+5.2
Maine	4	R+0.8	R+23.0	D+12.2	D+37.7	R+14.1
Iowa	6	R+1.0	R+17.1	R+12.2	D+24.0	R+13.5
Oklahoma	7	R+1.2	R+49.7	R+15.7	D+11.5	R+18.0
Virginia	13	R+1.3	R+37.7	R+10.9	D+7.1	R+5.4
South Dakota	3	R+1.5	R+8.6	R+11.3	D+11.2	R+16.4
California	54	R+1.8	R+13.5	R+3.1	D+18.3	R+0.6
Illinois	19	R+2.0	R+18.5	R+2.9	D+18.9	D+0.2
New Jersey	14	R+2.2	R+24.8	R+2.1	D+31.8	D+0.8
New Mexico	5	R+2.5	R+24.5	R+12.1	D+18.6	D+0.7
Washington	12	R+3.9	R+18.3	D+2.1	D+24.6	R+2.4
Nevada	6	R+4.4	R+27.4	R+8.2	D+17.2	D+2.3
Connecticut	7	R+5.2	R+18.4	D+5.2	D+35.7	D+7.5
Michigan	15	R+5.4	R+14.4	D+6.7	D+33.6	D+2.0
North Dakota	3	R+5.8	R+26.3	R+17.7	D+16.1	R+10.9
Montana	4	R+7.4	R+20.1	R+9.0	D+18.4	R+2.5
Kansas	6	R+7.5	R+38.1	R+20.1	D+9.0	R+21.4
Indiana	11	R+7.6	R+32.8	R+12.3	D+12.4	R+10.4
Vermont	3	R+11.2	R+26.2	R+9.2	D+32.6	R+17.3
New Hampshire	4	R+11.3	R+29.1	R+8.2	D+27.8	R+6.8
Colorado	10	R+11.5	R+28.0	R+9.2	D+23.1	R+9.7
Arizona	11	R+16.6	R+31.3	R+19.8	R+0.8	R+11.2
Wyoming	3	R+19.5	R+38.5	R+20.3	D+13.1	R+10.0
Nebraska	5	R+20.7	R+41.0	R+28.0	D+5.2	R+24.1
Alaska	3	R+22.3	R+23.5	R+2.1	D+31.6	R+1.9
Idaho	4	R+22.8	R+38.2	R+26.1	D+1.8	R+7.6
Utah	6	R+28.8	R+41.3	R+19.4	D+9.4	R+9.6

Counties That Changed Parties

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Flipped Democratic

100 total

Berrien County, Georgia, GAD+143.9%Wilcox County, Georgia, GAD+143.4%Pierce County, Georgia, GAD+141.8%Bacon County, Georgia, GAD+140.7%Echols County, Georgia, GAD+139.3%

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