1976 United States presidential election in Maine
Results

Presidential candidate
Party
Home state
Popular vote
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Running mate
Running mate
Running mate
Presidential candidate
Party
Home state
Count
Percentage
Electoral vote
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
Total
Total
483,208
100%
4
-
-
4
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
270
-
-
270

Question: What is the percentage victory margin did Ford get over Cater? 
Answer: Ford took 48.91 percent of the vote to Carter’s 48.07 percent, a victory margin of .84%.