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The United States presidential election of 1976 was the 48th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. The winner was the relatively unknown former governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter, the Democratic candidate, over the incumbent President Gerald Ford, the Republican candidate.
1976 US Presidential Election Result
Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral | Running mate | |||
Count | Pct | vote | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Elect. vote | |||
James Earl Carter, Jr. | Democratic | Georgia | 4,08,31,881 | 50.08% | 297 | Walter Frederick Mondale | Minnesota | 297 |
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.(Incumbent) | Republican | Michigan | 3,91,48,634 | 48.02% | 240 | Bob Dole | Kansas | 241 |
Ronald Wilson Reagan | Republican | California | —(a) | —(a) | 1 | |||
Eugene McCarthy | (none) | Minnesota | 7,40,460 | 0.91% | 0 | (b) | (b) | 0 |
Roger MacBride | Libertarian | Vermont | 1,72,557 | 0.21% | 0 | David Bergland | California | 0 |
Lester Maddox | American Independent | Georgia | 1,70,274 | 0.21% | 0 | William Dyke | Wisconsin | 0 |
Thomas J. Anderson | American | (c) | 1,58,271 | 0.19% | 0 | Rufus Shackelford | 0 | |
Peter Camejo | Socialist Workers | California | 90,986 | 0.11% | 0 | Willie Mae Reid | 0 | |
Gus Hall | Communist | New York | 58,709 | 0.07% | 0 | Jarvis Tyner | 0 | |
Margaret Wright | People's | 49,013 | 0.06% | 0 | Benjamin Spock | 0 | ||
Lyndon LaRouche | U.S. Labor | New York | 40,043 | 0.05% | 0 | R. Wayne Evans | 0 | |
Other | 70,785 | 0.08% | — | Other | — | |||
Total | 8,15,31,584 | 100% | 538 | 538 | ||||
Needed to win | 270 | 270 |
Source: Wikipedia