UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1976 ==================================================================== POPULAR VOTE AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE BY STATE ==================================================================== Jimmy Gerald R Carter Ford (Democrat, GA) (Republican, MI) -------------------------------------------------------------------- State vote % ECV vote % ECV -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALABAMA 659,170 55.7 9 504,070 42.6 - ALASKA 44,058 35.7 - 71,555 57.9 3 ARIZONA 295,602 39.8 - 418,642 56.4 6 ARKANSAS 498,604 65.0 6 267,903 34.9 - CALIFORNIA 3,742,284 47.6 - 3,882,244 49.3 45 COLORADO 460,353 42.6 - 584,367 54.0 7 CONNECTICUT 647,895 46.9 - 719,261 52.1 8 DELAWARE 122,596 52.0 3 109,831 46.6 - DIST OF COLUMBIA 137,818 81.6 3 27,873 16.5 - FLORIDA 1,636,000 51.9 17 1,469,531 46.6 - GEORGIA 979,409 66.7 12 483,743 33.0 - HAWAII 147,375 50.6 4 140,003 48.1 - IDAHO 126,549 36.8 - 204,151 59.3 4 ILLINOIS 2,271,295 48.1 - 2,364,269 50.1 26 INDIANA 1,014,714 45.7 - 1,183,958 53.3 13 IOWA 619,931 48.5 - 632,863 49.5 8 KANSAS 430,421 44.9 - 502,752 52.5 7 KENTUCKY 615,717 52.8 9 531,852 45.6 - LOUISIANA 661,365 51.7 10 587,446 46.0 - MAINE 232,279 48.1 - 236,320 48.9 4 MARYLAND 759,612 52.8 10 672,661 46.7 - MASSACHUSETTS 1,429,475 56.1 14 1,030,276 40.4 - MICHIGAN 1,696,714 46.4 - 1,893,742 51.8 21 MINNESOTA 1,070,440 54.9 10 819,395 42.0 - MISSISSIPPI 381,309 49.6 7 366,846 47.7 - MISSOURI 998,387 51.1 12 927,443 47.5 - MONTANA 149,259 45.4 - 173,703 52.8 4 NEBRASKA 233,692 38.5 - 359,705 59.2 5 NEVADA 92,479 45.8 - 101,273 50.2 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE 147,635 43.5 - 185,935 54.7 4 NEW JERSEY 1,444,653 47.9 - 1,509,688 50.1 17 NEW MEXICO 201,148 48.1 - 211,419 50.5 4 NEW YORK 3,389,558 51.9 41 3,100,791 47.5 - NTH CAROLINA 927,365 55.2 13 741,960 44.2 - NTH DAKOTA 137,078 45.8 - 153,470 51.6 3 OHIO 2,011,621 48.9 25 2,000,505 48.7 - OKLAHOMA 532,442 48.7 - 545,708 50.0 8 OREGON 490,407 47.6 - 492,120 47.8 6 PENNSYLVANIA 2,328,677 50.4 27 2,205,604 47.7 - RHODE ISLAND 227,636 55.4 4 181,249 44.1 - STH CAROLINA 450,807 56.2 8 346,149 43.1 - STH DAKOTA 147,068 48.9 - 151,505 50.4 4 TENNESSEE 825,879 55.9 10 633,969 42.9 - TEXAS 2,082,319 51.1 26 1,953,300 48.0 - UTAH 182,110 33.6 - 337,908 62.4 4 VERMONT 80,954 43.1 - 102,085 54.4 3 VIRGINIA 813,896 48.0 - 836,554 49.3 11 WASHINGTON 717,323 46.1 - 777,732 50.0 8 WEST VIRGINIA 435,914 58.0 6 314,760 41.9 - WISCONSIN 1,040,232 49.4 11 1,004,987 47.8 - WYOMING 62,239 39.8 - 92,717 59.3 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 40,830,763 50.1 297 39,147,793 48.0 240 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Reagan of California received one Electoral College vote from Washington --------------------------------------------------------------------