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| 2 | 1976 United States presidential election in Maine - Results |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Running mate | Running mate | Running mate |
| 4 | Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Count | Percentage | Electoral vote | Vice-presidential candidate | - | - |
| 5 | Gerald Ford | Republican | Michigan | 236,320 | 48.91% | 4 | Robert Dole | Kansas | 4 |
| 6 | Jimmy Carter | Democrat | Georgia | 232,279 | 48.07% | 0 | Walter Mondale | Minnesota | 0 |
| 7 | Eugene McCarthy | Independent | Minnesota | 10,874 | 2.25% | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 8 | Benjamin Bubar | Prohibition | Maine | 3,495 | 0.72% | 0 | Earl Dodge | Colorado | 0 |
| 9 | Write-in candidates | — | — | 179 | 0.04% | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 10 | Thomas J. Anderson | — | Tennessee | 27 | 0.01% | 0 | Rufus Shackelford | Florida | 0 |
| 11 | Gus Hall | — | New York | 14 | 0.00% | 0 | Jarvis Tyner | Pennsylvania | 0 |
| 12 | Roger MacBride | — | Virginia | 10 | 0.00% | 0 | David Bergland | California | 0 |
| 13 | Lester Maddox | — | Georgia | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | William Dyke | Wisconsin | 0 |
| 14 | Peter Camejo | — | New York | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | Willie Mae Reid | Illinois | 0 |
| 15 | Julius Levin | — | New Jersey | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | Constance Blomen | - | 0 |
| 16 | Total | Total | Total | 483,208 | 100% | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| 17 | 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%.