1976 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
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1976 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results

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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

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