1976 United States presidential election in Maine
Results

1976 United States presidential election in Maine

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote	Electoral vote	Running mate

Count	Percentage	Vice-presidential candidate

Gerald Ford	Republican	Michigan	236,320	48.91%	4	Robert Dole	Kansas	4

Jimmy Carter	Democrat	Georgia	232,279	48.07%	0	Walter Mondale	Minnesota	0

Eugene McCarthy	Independent	Minnesota	10,874	2.25%	0	—	—	0

Benjamin Bubar	Prohibition	Maine	3,495	0.72%	0	Earl Dodge	Colorado	0

Write-in candidates	—	—	179	0.04%	0	—	—	0

Thomas J. Anderson	—	Tennessee	27	0.01%	0	Rufus Shackelford	Florida	0

Gus Hall	—	New York	14	0.00%	0	Jarvis Tyner	Pennsylvania	0

Roger MacBride	—	Virginia	10	0.00%	0	David Bergland	California	0

Lester Maddox	—	Georgia	8	0.00%	0	William Dyke	Wisconsin	0

Peter Camejo	—	New York	1	0.00%	0	Willie Mae Reid	Illinois	0

Julius Levin	—	New Jersey	1	0.00%	0	Constance Blomen	0

Total	483,208	100%	4	4

Needed to win	270	270

Sentence(s)

Ford took 48.91 percent of the vote to Carter’s 48.07 percent, a victory margin of .84%.

final_sentence: Ford took 48.91 percent of the vote to Carter’s 48.07 percent, a victory margin of .84%.