1976 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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1976 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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  1972 November 2, 1976 1980  
  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 vote60
Popular vote499,614268,753
Percentage64.94%34.93%

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County Results

President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the wider 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College.

Contents

Arkansas overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic Party, former governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter and his running mate Minnesota U.S. Senator Walter Mondale with 64.94% of the vote. The Carter/Mondale ticket defeated Republican incumbent president Gerald Ford of Michigan and his running mate Kansas U.S. Senator Bob Dole in the state by a margin of 30.01%. Arkansas weighed in as nearly thirty percent more Democratic than the national average. [1]

58% of white voters supported Carter while 42% supported Ford. [2] [3]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Searcy County and Crawford County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [4]

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Arkansas [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Jimmy Carter 499,61464.94%6
Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent)268,75334.93%0
Write-ins Eugene McCarthy 6470.08%0
Write-ins Thomas J. Anderson 3820.05%0
Totals769,396100.00%6
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters)51%/75%

Results by county

CountyJimmy Carter
Democratic
Gerald Ford
Republican
Various candidates
Write-ins
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Arkansas 5,64069.46%2,48030.54%3,16038.92%8,120
Ashley 5,25362.88%3,09237.01%90.11%2,16125.87%8,354
Baxter 5,76649.49%5,88550.51%-119-1.02%11,651
Benton 11,28947.00%12,67052.75%610.25%-1,381-5.75%24,020
Boone 5,38857.64%3,95942.36%1,42915.28%9,347
Bradley 3,56775.88%1,13424.12%2,43351.76%4,701
Calhoun 2,01480.11%49519.69%50.20%1,51960.42%2,514
Carroll 3,79157.01%2,80442.17%550.83%98714.84%6,650
Chicot 3,86870.39%1,62129.50%60.11%2,24740.89%5,495
Clark 6,64178.32%1,81621.42%220.26%4,82556.90%8,479
Clay 5,66474.95%1,89325.05%3,77149.90%7,557
Cleburne 5,72674.07%1,99225.77%130.17%3,73448.30%7,731
Cleveland 2,32078.22%64621.78%1,67456.44%2,966
Columbia 4,70852.31%4,28747.63%60.07%4214.68%9,001
Conway 6,44374.67%2,17725.23%90.10%4,26649.44%8,629
Craighead 13,84069.02%6,21330.98%7,62738.04%20,053
Crawford 5,94655.52%4,76444.48%1,18211.04%10,710
Crittenden 8,24961.26%5,20238.63%140.10%3,04722.63%13,465
Cross 4,19868.40%1,90931.11%300.49%2,28937.29%6,137
Dallas 3,26676.20%1,01223.61%80.19%2,25452.59%4,286
Desha 4,22875.50%1,37224.50%2,85651.00%5,600
Drew 3,75068.43%1,73031.57%2,02036.86%5,480
Faulkner 11,42374.45%3,90425.44%160.10%7,51949.01%15,343
Franklin 3,70365.24%1,97334.76%1,73030.48%5,676
Fulton 2,67071.87%1,03827.94%70.19%1,63243.93%3,715
Garland 15,70760.02%10,39439.72%690.26%5,31320.30%26,170
Grant 3,79778.39%1,04721.61%2,75056.78%4,844
Greene 7,49573.54%2,69026.39%70.07%4,80547.15%10,192
Hempstead 5,39765.37%2,85934.63%2,53830.74%8,256
Hot Spring 7,80978.12%2,18721.88%5,62256.24%9,996
Howard 3,20767.06%1,57532.94%1,63234.12%4,782
Independence 7,11671.17%2,87828.79%40.04%4,23842.38%9,998
Izard 3,32870.48%1,39429.52%1,93440.96%4,722
Jackson 6,45678.36%1,78321.64%4,67356.72%8,239
Jefferson 21,00172.33%8,03427.67%12,96744.66%29,035
Johnson 5,04469.89%2,17330.11%2,87139.78%7,217
Lafayette 2,34261.49%1,46738.51%87522.98%3,809
Lawrence 5,16775.08%1,70824.82%70.10%3,45950.26%6,882
Lee 3,46368.74%1,57431.24%10.02%1,88937.50%5,038
Lincoln 3,04581.33%69918.67%2,34662.66%3,744
Little River 3,14268.71%1,43131.29%1,71137.42%4,573
Logan 5,31364.06%2,90935.07%720.87%2,40428.99%8,294
Lonoke 7,76175.36%2,52224.49%160.16%5,23950.87%10,299
Madison 2,92653.91%2,50246.09%4247.82%5,428
Marion 2,97959.30%2,04540.70%93418.60%5,024
Miller 6,64858.58%4,67941.23%220.19%1,96917.35%11,349
Mississippi 10,29263.03%6,00936.80%270.17%4,28326.23%16,328
Monroe 3,55673.35%1,28526.51%70.14%2,27146.84%4,848
Montgomery 2,42072.37%92427.63%1,49644.74%3,344
Nevada 3,10172.64%1,16327.24%50.12%1,93845.40%4,269
Newton 1,84053.32%1,61146.68%2296.64%3,451
Ouachita 8,94676.47%2,75323.53%6,19352.94%11,699
Perry 2,31073.52%83226.48%1,47847.04%3,142
Phillips 7,77469.93%3,34230.06%10.01%4,43239.87%11,117
Pike 2,82269.40%1,23430.35%100.25%1,58839.05%4,066
Poinsett 6,83571.45%2,72628.50%50.05%4,10942.95%9,566
Polk 3,50558.75%2,43240.76%290.49%1,07317.99%5,966
Pope 8,35565.62%4,34834.15%290.23%4,00731.47%12,732
Prairie 2,83677.72%81322.28%2,02355.44%3,649
Pulaski 63,54162.62%37,69037.14%2440.24%25,85125.48%101,475
Randolph 4,55174.34%1,57125.66%2,98048.68%6,122
St. Francis 6,85165.12%3,63934.59%300.29%3,21230.53%10,520
Saline 12,00874.41%4,12325.55%70.04%7,88548.86%16,138
Scott 2,88066.79%1,42733.09%50.12%1,45333.70%4,312
Searcy 3,18054.09%2,69945.91%4818.18%5,879
Sebastian 15,76847.11%17,67152.79%340.10%-1,903-5.68%33,473
Sevier 3,39169.53%1,46830.10%180.37%1,92339.43%4,877
Sharp 3,53262.15%2,15137.85%1,38124.30%5,683
Stone 2,71872.54%1,01427.06%150.40%1,70445.48%3,747
Union 8,25751.03%7,91848.93%70.04%3392.10%16,182
Van Buren 4,00471.14%1,62428.86%2,38042.28%5,628
Washington 15,61052.32%14,13247.37%920.31%1,4784.95%29,834
White 11,41270.58%4,75629.42%6,65641.16%16,168
Woodruff 3,04078.09%84821.78%50.13%2,19256.31%3,893
Yell 5,78574.96%1,93225.04%3,85349.92%7,717
Totals499,61464.94%268,75334.93%1,0290.13%230,86130.01%769,396

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

  1. 1 2 Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas
  2. Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  3. Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
  4. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

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