1976 United States presidential election
Results by state
This election represents the second time that the winning candidate has received a majority of the electoral votes although the second-place candidate carried a majority of the states.

1976 United States presidential election

Section Title: Results by state
Table Section Text: This election represents the second time that the winning candidate has received a majority of the electoral votes although the second-place candidate carried a majority of the states.

Jimmy Carter Democratic	Gerald Ford Republican	Eugene McCarthy Independent	Roger MacBride Libertarian	Margin	State Total

State	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	#

Alabama	9	659,170	55.73	9	504,070	42.61	1,481	0.13	155,100	13.11	1,182,850	AL

Alaska	3	44,058	35.65	71,555	57.90	3	6,785	5.49	27,497	22.25	123,574	AK

Arizona	6	295,602	39.80	418,642	56.37	6	19,229	2.59	7,647	1.03	123,040	16.57	742,719	AZ

Arkansas	6	499,614	64.94	6	268,753	34.93	647	0.08	230,861	30.01	769,396	AR

California	45	3,742,284	47.57	3,882,244	49.35	45	58,412	0.74	56,388	0.72	139,960	1.78	7,867,117	CA

Colorado	7	460,353	42.58	584,367	54.05	7	26,107	2.41	5,330	0.49	124,014	11.47	1,081,135	CO

Connecticut	8	647,895	46.90	719,261	52.06	8	71,366	5.17	1,381,526	CT

Delaware	3	122,596	51.98	3	109,831	46.57	2,437	1.03	12,765	5.41	235,834	DE

D.C.	3	137,818	81.63	3	27,873	16.51	274	0.16	109,945	65.12	168,830	DC

Florida	17	1,636,000	51.93	17	1,469,531	46.64	23,643	0.75	103	0.00	166,469	5.28	3,150,631	FL

Georgia	12	979,409	66.74	12	483,743	32.96	991	0.07	175	0.01	495,666	33.78	1,467,458	GA

Hawaii	4	147,375	50.59	4	140,003	48.06	3,923	1.35	7,372	2.53	291,301	HI

Idaho	4	126,549	37.12	204,151	59.88	4	3,558	1.04	77,602	22.76	340,932	ID

Illinois	26	2,271,295	48.13	2,364,269	50.10	26	55,939	1.19	8,057	0.17	92,974	1.97	4,718,833	IL

Indiana	13	1,014,714	45.70	1,183,958	53.32	13	169,244	7.62	2,220,362	IN

Iowa	8	619,931	48.46	632,863	49.47	8	20,051	1.57	1,452	0.11	12,932	1.01	1,279,306	IA

Kansas	7	430,421	44.94	502,752	52.49	7	13,185	1.38	3,242	0.34	72,331	7.55	957,845	KS

Kentucky	9	615,717	52.75	9	531,852	45.57	6,837	0.59	814	0.07	83,865	7.19	1,167,142	KY

Louisiana	10	661,365	51.73	10	587,446	45.95	6,588	0.52	3,325	0.26	73,919	5.78	1,278,439	LA

Maine	4	232,279	48.07	236,320	48.91	4	10,874	2.25	10	0.00	4,041	0.84	483,208	ME

Maryland	10	759,612	53.04	10	672,661	46.96	86,951	6.07	1,432,273	MD

Massachusetts	14	1,429,475	56.11	14	1,030,276	40.44	65,637	2.58	135	0.01	399,199	15.67	2,547,557	MA

Michigan	21	1,696,714	46.44	1,893,742	51.83	21	47,905	1.31	5,406	0.15	197,028	5.39	3,653,749	MI

Minnesota	10	1,070,440	54.90	10	819,395	42.02	35,490	1.82	3,529	0.18	251,045	12.87	1,949,931	MN

Mississippi	7	381,309	49.56	7	366,846	47.68	4,074	0.53	2,787	0.36	14,463	1.88	769,360	MS

Missouri	12	998,387	51.10	12	927,443	47.47	24,029	1.23	70,944	3.63	1,953,600	MO

Montana	4	149,259	45.40	173,703	52.84	4	24,444	7.44	328,734	MT

Nebraska	5	233,692	38.46	359,705	59.19	5	9,409	1.55	1,482	0.24	126,013	20.74	607,668	NE

Nevada	3	92,479	45.81	101,273	50.17	3	1,519	0.75	8,794	4.36	201,876	NV

New Hampshire	4	147,635	43.47	185,935	54.75	4	4,095	1.21	936	0.28	38,300	11.28	339,618	NH

New Jersey	17	1,444,653	47.92	1,509,688	50.08	17	32,717	1.09	9,449	0.31	65,035	2.16	3,014,472	NJ

New Mexico	4	201,148	48.28	211,419	50.75	4	1,110	0.27	10,271	2.47	416,590	NM

New York	41	3,389,558	51.95	41	3,100,791	47.52	12,197	0.19	288,767	4.43	6,525,225	NY

North Carolina	13	927,365	55.27	13	741,960	44.22	2,219	0.13	185,405	11.05	1,677,906	NC

North Dakota	3	136,078	45.80	153,470	51.66	3	2,952	0.99	256	0.09	17,392	5.85	297,094	ND

Ohio	25	2,011,621	48.92	25	2,000,505	48.65	58,258	1.42	8,961	0.22	11,116	0.27	4,111,873	OH

Oklahoma	8	532,442	48.75	545,708	49.96	8	14,101	1.29	13,266	1.21	1,092,251	OK

Oregon	6	490,407	47.62	492,120	47.78	6	40,207	3.90	1,713	0.17	1,029,876	OR

Pennsylvania	27	2,328,677	50.40	27	2,205,604	47.73	50,584	1.09	123,073	2.66	4,620,787	PA

Rhode Island	4	227,636	55.36	4	181,249	44.08	479	0.12	715	0.17	46,387	11.28	411,170	RI

South Carolina	8	450,825	56.17	8	346,140	43.13	104,685	13.04	802,594	SC

South Dakota	4	147,068	48.91	151,505	50.39	4	1,619	0.54	4,437	1.48	300,678	SD

Tennessee	10	825,879	55.94	10	633,969	42.94	5,004	0.34	1,375	0.09	191,910	13.00	1,476,346	TN

Texas	26	2,082,319	51.14	26	1,953,300	47.97	20,118	0.49	263	0.01	129,019	3.17	4,071,884	TX

Utah	4	182,110	33.65	337,908	62.44	4	3,907	0.72	2,438	0.45	155,798	28.79	541,198	UT

Vermont	3	81,044	43.14	102,085	54.34	3	4,001	2.13	4	0.00	21,041	11.20	187,855	VT

Virginia	12	813,896	47.96	836,554	49.29	12	4,648	0.27	22,658	1.34	1,697,094	VA

Washington	9	717,323	46.11	777,732	50.00	8	36,986	2.38	5,042	0.32	60,409	3.88	1,555,534	WA

West Virginia	6	435,914	58.07	6	314,760	41.93	121,154	16.14	750,674	WV

Wisconsin	11	1,040,232	49.50	11	1,004,987	47.83	34,943	1.66	3,814	0.18	35,245	1.68	2,101,336	WI

Wyoming	3	62,239	39.81	92,717	59.30	3	624	0.40	89	0.06	30,478	19.49	156,343	WY

TOTALS:	538	40,831,881	50.08	297	39,148,634	48.02	240	740,460	0.91	172,557	0.21	1,683,247	2.06	81,531,584	US

Sentence(s)

In the 1976 United States presidential election, by percentage of the vote, the states that secured Carter's victory were Wisconsin with 1.68% margin and Ohio with .27% margin.

final_sentence: In the 1976 United States presidential election, by percentage of the vote, the states that secured Carter's victory were Wisconsin with 1.68% margin and Ohio with .27% margin.