1976 United States presidential election in Alabama

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1976 United States presidential election in Alabama
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  1972 November 2, 1976 1980  

All 9 Alabama electoral votes to the Electoral College
  Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg
Nominee Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Georgia Michigan
Running mate Walter Mondale Bob Dole
Electoral vote90
Popular vote659,170504,070
Percentage55.73%42.61%

Alabama Presidential Election Results 1976.svg
County Results

President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Alabama voted for the Democratic nominee, former Governor Jimmy Carter, over the Republican nominee, President Gerald Ford. Carter won Alabama by a margin of 13.12%. As of the 2024 presidential election , this is the last time Alabama has voted Democratic in a presidential election, as well as the last time a Democrat carried any of the following counties: Madison, Tuscaloosa, Calhoun, St. Clair, Elmore, DeKalb, Blount, Autauga, Dale, Coffee, Chilton, Escambia, Covington, Pike, Geneva, Winston, Monroe, and Cleburne. [1]

50% of white voters supported Ford while 48% supported Carter. [2] [3]

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Alabama [4]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Jimmy Carter 659,17055.73%9
Republican Gerald Ford (inc.)504,07042.61%0
AL Conservative Lester Maddox 9,1980.78%0
AL Prohibition Benjamin Bubar 6,6690.56%0
Independent Gus Hall 1,9540.17%0
Libertarian Roger MacBride 1,4810.13%0
Write-in Various candidates139 [a] 0.01%0
Write-in Eugene McCarthy 99 [a] 0.01%0
Write-in Thomas J. Anderson 70 [a] 0.01%0

Result by county

CountyJimmy Carter
Democratic
Gerald Ford
Republican
Lester Maddox [5]
Alabama Conservative
Benjamin Bubar [5]
Alabama Prohibition
Various candidates [5]
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Autauga 4,64049.69%4,51248.32%870.93%690.74%300.32%1281.37%9,338
Baldwin 9,19140.02%13,25657.72%1840.80%2881.25%480.21%-4,065-17.70%22,967
Barbour 4,73054.43%3,75843.25%850.98%981.13%190.22%97211.18%8,690
Bibb 2,85063.70%1,59135.56%330.74%00.00%00.00%1,25928.14%4,474
Blount 6,64560.53%4,23338.56%620.56%300.27%80.07%2,41221.97%10,978
Bullock 3,53669.44%1,48229.10%300.59%360.71%80.16%2,05440.34%5,092
Butler 4,27159.25%2,90940.36%180.25%20.03%80.11%1,36218.89%7,208
Calhoun 20,46662.59%11,76335.97%2810.86%270.08%1630.50%8,70326.62%32,700
Chambers 6,16452.03%5,48846.32%1080.91%650.55%230.19%6765.71%11,848
Cherokee 4,66874.62%1,49223.85%470.75%360.58%130.21%3,17650.77%6,256
Chilton 5,55053.44%4,72545.50%530.51%70.07%500.48%8257.94%10,385
Choctaw 3,91156.10%3,03343.50%240.34%30.04%10.01%87812.60%6,972
Clarke 4,73752.60%4,12645.81%710.79%580.64%140.16%6116.79%9,006
Clay 2,94660.64%1,88338.76%170.35%90.18%200.41%1,06321.88%4,858
Cleburne 2,49062.55%1,43636.07%390.97%160.40%390.97%1,05426.48%3,981
Coffee 7,84462.00%4,68337.02%640.51%420.33%180.14%3,16124.98%12,651
Colbert 11,99671.23%4,47126.55%1670.99%1741.03%340.20%7,52544.68%16,842
Conecuh 3,08661.97%1,81236.39%320.64%130.26%370.74%1,27425.58%4,980
Coosa 2,53367.26%1,19631.76%180.48%140.37%50.13%1,33735.50%3,766
Covington 7,08157.93%4,97740.71%730.60%90.07%840.69%2,10417.22%12,224
Crenshaw 3,37264.03%1,80134.20%691.31%50.09%190.36%1,57129.83%5,266
Cullman 12,96164.63%6,89934.40%1090.54%260.13%600.30%6,06230.23%20,055
Dale 6,34655.03%4,99643.33%1030.89%690.60%170.15%1,35011.70%11,531
Dallas 8,86654.19%7,14443.66%1610.98%1590.97%310.19%1,72210.53%16,361
DeKalb 9,75959.37%6,59740.14%300.18%410.25%100.06%3,16219.23%16,437
Elmore 6,64649.20%6,55148.50%1571.16%1210.90%330.24%950.70%13,508
Escambia 5,95753.39%4,93444.22%580.52%170.15%1911.71%1,0239.17%11,157
Etowah 25,02069.99%10,33328.90%2090.58%470.13%1410.39%14,68741.09%35,750
Fayette 4,07664.83%2,16534.44%200.32%130.21%130.21%1,91130.39%6,287
Franklin 6,27964.59%3,34534.41%360.37%510.52%100.10%2,93430.18%9,721
Geneva 5,98368.46%2,66330.47%510.58%40.05%380.43%3,32037.99%8,739
Greene 2,90075.96%90323.65%70.18%30.08%50.13%1,99752.31%3,818
Hale 3,23659.99%2,03437.71%611.13%440.82%190.35%1,20222.28%5,394
Henry 3,14460.07%2,05239.21%260.50%70.13%50.10%1,09220.86%5,234
Houston 8,78744.52%10,67254.07%1360.69%240.12%1190.60%-1,885-9.55%19,738
Jackson 10,98971.71%3,91325.53%2901.89%1110.72%220.14%7,07646.18%15,325
Jefferson 99,53145.85%113,59052.32%1,7540.81%1,8540.85%3610.17%-14,059-6.47%217,090
Lamar 3,86067.44%1,73930.38%1071.87%90.16%90.16%2,12137.06%5,724
Lauderdale 15,54967.06%7,22631.17%1880.81%1820.78%400.17%8,32335.89%23,185
Lawrence 6,81082.21%1,41517.08%310.37%40.05%240.29%5,39565.13%8,284
Lee 8,42744.98%9,88452.75%1310.70%2161.15%790.42%-1,457-7.77%18,737
Limestone 8,80373.36%2,99724.98%880.73%870.73%250.21%5,80648.38%12,000
Lowndes 3,73268.33%1,62129.68%520.95%360.66%210.38%2,11138.65%5,462
Macon 5,91579.41%1,38718.62%761.02%390.52%320.43%4,52860.79%7,449
Madison 35,49761.96%20,95936.59%3110.54%3120.54%2080.36%14,53825.37%57,287
Marengo 4,73154.04%3,84143.87%620.71%951.09%260.30%89010.17%8,755
Marion 6,24467.12%3,03632.63%80.09%110.12%40.04%3,20834.49%9,303
Marshall 13,69668.14%6,00629.88%1400.70%2161.07%420.21%7,69038.26%20,100
Mobile 50,26447.47%53,83550.85%1,0971.04%1250.12%5550.52%-3,621-3.38%105,876
Monroe 3,66950.52%3,47647.86%430.59%80.11%670.92%1932.66%7,263
Montgomery 24,64145.02%29,36053.64%3370.62%2940.54%1010.18%-4,719-8.62%54,733
Morgan 16,54763.68%9,05834.86%1460.56%1860.72%490.19%7,48928.82%25,986
Perry 4,48667.13%2,16432.38%180.27%70.10%80.12%2,32234.75%6,683
Pickens 3,77655.64%2,96943.75%210.31%70.10%130.19%80711.89%6,786
Pike 5,38754.47%4,36344.12%640.65%540.55%210.21%1,02410.35%9,889
Randolph 3,53958.55%2,28637.82%911.51%1191.97%90.15%1,25320.73%6,044
Russell 8,07764.14%4,15032.96%1931.53%1331.06%390.31%3,92731.18%12,592
Shelby 7,19743.28%9,03554.33%1240.75%2351.41%240.14%-1,838-11.05%16,629
St. Clair 5,65352.01%4,87744.87%1131.04%2021.86%380.35%7767.14%10,869
Sumter 3,45760.77%2,19138.51%340.60%10.02%60.11%1,26622.26%5,689
Talladega 10,57760.07%6,42536.49%3802.16%460.26%1801.02%4,15223.58%17,608
Tallapoosa 7,61457.84%5,23739.79%1761.34%1130.86%230.17%2,37718.05%13,163
Tuscaloosa 20,27554.79%16,02143.29%3170.86%2930.79%1000.27%4,25411.50%37,006
Walker 16,23268.46%7,38931.16%510.22%230.10%150.06%8,84337.30%23,710
Washington 3,47161.22%2,17138.29%110.19%50.09%120.21%1,30022.93%5,670
Wilcox 3,72366.90%1,82432.78%140.25%20.04%20.04%1,89934.12%5,565
Winston 4,13452.54%3,71047.15%40.05%170.22%30.04%4245.39%7,868
Totals659,17055.73%504,07042.61%9,1980.78%6,6690.56%3,7430.32%155,10013.12%1,182,850

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Although McCarthy and Anderson were separated from other write-in candidates, none of the write-in votes were separated by county; they were given only as a state-wide total. [5]

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