1976 United States presidential election in New Jersey
Results

1976 United States presidential election in New Jersey

Section Title: Results
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United States presidential election in New Jersey, 1976

Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes

Republican	Gerald Ford	1,509,688	50.08%	17

Democratic	Jimmy Carter	1,444,653	47.92%	0

Independent	Eugene McCarthy	32,717	1.09%	0

Libertarian	Roger MacBride	9,449	0.31%	0

American Independent	Lester Maddox	7,716	0.26%	0

Socialist Labor	Julius Levin	3,686	0.12%	0

Communist	Gus Hall	1,662	0.06%	0

U.S. Labor	Lyndon LaRouche	1,650	0.05%	0

Socialist Workers	Peter Camejo	1,184	0.04%	0

People's	Margaret Wright	1,044	0.03%	0

Prohibition	Ben Bubar	554	0.02%	0

Socialist	Frank Zeidler	469	0.02%	0

Totals	3,014,472	100.0%	17

Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)	58%/80%

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Eugene McCarthy ran as an Independent presidential candidate and came in third with 1.09%.

final_sentence: Eugene McCarthy ran as an Independent presidential candidate and came in third with 1.09%.