# 1976 United States presidential election in Arizona

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The 1976 United States presidential election in Arizona was part of the 1976 United States presidential election, which took place on November 2, 1976, throughout all fifty states and D.C. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arizona voted strongly for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Gerald Ford, over the Democratic nominee, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. The state turned out to be the sixth most Republican in the nation behind Utah, Idaho, Alaska, Nebraska and Wyoming, as it was already perceived that Carter – highly popular in his native South – lacked any understanding of the environment, economy, culture and political issues of the West.
Carter did improve upon the performance of the preceding Democratic nominee, South Dakota Senator George McGovern, swinging away from the GOP by fifteen percentage points.

## Results

1976 United States presidential election in Arizona :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes |
| | Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | 418,642 | 56.37% | 6 |
| | Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 295,602 | 39.80% | 0 |
| | Independent | Eugene McCarthy | 19,229 | 2.59% | 0 |
| | Libertarian | Roger MacBride | 7,647 | 1.03% | 0 |
| | Socialist Workers | Peter Camejo | 928 | 0.12% | 0 |
| | American | Thomas J. Anderson (write-in) | 564 | 0.08% | 0 |
| | American Independent | Lester Maddox (write-in) | 85 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | United American | Frank Taylor (write-in) | 22 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | | | — |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 742,719 | 100.00% | 6 |
| Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) | Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) | Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) | | | 46%/80% |

### Results by county

| County | Gerald Ford Republican | Gerald Ford Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | Jimmy Carter Democratic | Eugene McCarthy Independent | Eugene McCarthy Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Apache | 3,447 | 33.38% | 6,583 | 63.75% | 173 | 1.68% | 124 | 1.20% | -3,136 | -30.37% | 10,327 |
| Cochise | 9,921 | 49.90% | 9,281 | 46.68% | 452 | 2.27% | 229 | 1.15% | 640 | 3.22% | 19,883 |
| Coconino | 11,036 | 51.53% | 9,450 | 44.12% | 737 | 3.44% | 195 | 0.91% | 1,586 | 7.41% | 21,418 |
| Gila | 5,136 | 42.94% | 6,440 | 53.84% | 249 | 2.08% | 137 | 1.15% | -1,304 | -10.90% | 11,962 |
| Graham | 3,659 | 52.59% | 3,050 | 43.83% | 138 | 1.98% | 111 | 1.60% | 609 | 8.76% | 6,958 |
| Greenlee | 1,532 | 36.07% | 2,601 | 61.24% | 81 | 1.91% | 33 | 0.78% | -1,069 | -25.17% | 4,247 |
| Maricopa | 258,262 | 61.66% | 144,613 | 34.53% | 10,106 | 2.41% | 5,860 | 1.40% | 113,649 | 27.13% | 418,841 |
| Mohave | 7,601 | 51.92% | 6,504 | 44.43% | 351 | 2.40% | 184 | 1.26% | 1,097 | 7.49% | 14,640 |
| Navajo | 6,796 | 46.68% | 7,323 | 50.30% | 273 | 1.88% | 168 | 1.15% | -527 | -3.62% | 14,560 |
| Pima | 77,264 | 49.83% | 71,214 | 45.93% | 5,075 | 3.27% | 1,508 | 0.97% | 6,050 | 3.90% | 155,061 |
| Pinal | 9,354 | 45.40% | 10,595 | 51.42% | 462 | 2.24% | 193 | 0.94% | -1,241 | -6.02% | 20,604 |
| Santa Cruz | 2,312 | 48.80% | 2,265 | 47.80% | 123 | 2.60% | 38 | 0.80% | 47 | 1.00% | 4,738 |
| Yavapai | 12,998 | 60.18% | 7,685 | 35.58% | 620 | 2.87% | 297 | 1.38% | 5,313 | 24.60% | 21,600 |
| Yuma | 9,324 | 52.15% | 7,998 | 44.73% | 389 | 2.18% | 169 | 0.95% | 1,326 | 7.42% | 17,880 |
| Totals | 418,642 | 56.37% | 295,602 | 39.80% | 19,229 | 2.59% | 9,246 | 1.24% | 123,040 | 16.57% | 742,719 |

#### Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Apache
* Gila
* Navajo
* Pinal

### Electors

Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 7, 1976.
| Jimmy Carter & Walter Mondale Democratic Party | Gerald Ford & Bob Dole Republican Party | Eugene McCarthy Independent | Roger MacBride & David Bergland Libertarian Party | Peter Camejo & Willie Mae Reid Socialist Workers Party |
| M. Joyce GeyserMilton T. HagedornKatie KendrickTino LaPagliaDavid Wayne LillyJo Ann Pope | Jacquelynn R. EganRaleigh W. JohnsonTerrence S. MartinSue SossamanAllen WoodElva E. Wubbolding | Eugenia M. BermudezFrank KadishMary J. MaffeoAlice Doyle MahoneyWick MitchellEverett L. Taylor | Bruce J. CameronEmil A. FranziJames T. KirkMichael H. RossAlbert A. SchafferJaimie C. Stevens | Alberta June DannellsPatrick John DempseyMaurice Charles HoustonRodney G. PefferJessica M. SampsonAnthony Francis Spachtholz |
| Thomas J. Anderson & Rufus Shackelford American Party | Lester Maddox & William Dyke American Independent Party | Frank Taylor United American Party | Ernest L. Miller Restoration Party |
| Pat CavanaughDan HoughAnne LewisGeorge McDavittJames SeveranceGlen Woods | W. AndersonE. HarringtonK. KerberC. TitusJ. VaughnV. Vaughn | Olive Elizabeth McClungLois Adele SwanOliver Warren SwanValeda Evelyn SwanCharlotte TaylorJames Rea Weidlein | John B. BrehmEdna B. CrumMargaret PeterlinRoman PeterlinOscar L. ReigelNatalie E. Ryciak |