1976 United States presidential election in Florida

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1976 United States presidential election in Florida
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  1972 November 2, 1976 1980  
TurnoutIncrease2.svg77%
  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 vote170
Popular vote1,636,0001,469,531
Percentage51.93%46.64%

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County Results

President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 2, 1976. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Florida voters chose seventeen electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Florida was won by Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter by a margin of 5.29%, giving him the state's 17 electoral votes.

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As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Polk County, Brevard County, Marion County, Bay County, Holmes County, Washington County, DeSoto County, Hardee County, Nassau County, St. Johns County, and Walton County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [1]

51% of white voters supported Ford while 47% supported Carter. [2] [3]

Results

Electoral results
Presidential candidatePartyHome statePopular voteElectoral
vote
Running mate
CountPercentageVice-presidential candidateHome stateElectoral vote
Jimmy Carter Democratic Georgia 1,636,00051.93%17 Walter Mondale Minnesota 17
Gerald Ford (incumbent) Republican Michigan 1,469,53146.64%0 Bob Dole Kansas 0
Eugene McCarthy Independent Minnesota 23,6430.75%0 Sharon Stone Kilpatrick Virginia 0
Thomas J. Anderson American Tennessee 21,3250.68%0 Rufus Shackelford Florida 0
Roger MacBride Libertarian Virginia 1030.00%0 David Bergland California 0
Julius Levin Socialist Labor New Jersey 190.00%0 Constance Blomen Massachusetts 0
Frank Zeidler Socialist Wisconsin 80.00%0 J. Quinn Brisben Illinois 0
Ernest MillerWrite-in20.00%00
Total3,150,631100%1717
Needed to win270270

Results by county

CountyJimmy Carter
Democratic
Gerald Ford
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Alachua 27,89562.58%15,54634.87%1,1372.55%12,34927.71%44,578
Baker 2,98571.16%1,05825.22%1523.62%1,92745.94%4,195
Bay 14,85850.39%14,20848.19%4181.42%6502.20%29,484
Bradford 3,86868.86%1,68029.91%691.23%2,18838.95%5,617
Brevard 46,42150.26%44,47048.15%1,4731.59%1,9512.11%92,364
Broward 176,49151.55%161,41147.15%4,4411.30%15,0804.40%342,343
Calhoun 2,48767.42%1,15331.26%491.33%1,33436.16%3,689
Charlotte 10,30044.14%12,70354.44%3301.41%-2,403-10.30%23,333
Citrus 9,43853.30%7,97345.03%2961.67%1,4658.27%17,707
Clay 8,41049.04%8,46849.38%2701.57%-58-0.34%17,148
Collier 8,76436.96%14,64361.76%3031.28%-5,879-24.80%23,710
Columbia 6,68362.08%3,94736.66%1361.26%2,73625.42%10,766
Dade 303,04758.06%211,14840.45%7,7471.48%91,89917.61%521,942
DeSoto 2,71556.30%2,00041.48%1072.22%71514.82%4,822
Dixie 2,16978.82%55820.28%250.91%1,61158.54%2,752
Duval 105,91258.01%74,99741.08%1,6520.90%30,91516.93%182,561
Escambia 38,27947.42%41,47151.38%9651.20%-3,192-3.96%80,715
Flagler 2,08661.84%1,26237.41%250.74%82424.43%3,373
Franklin 1,85962.53%1,05435.45%602.02%80527.08%2,973
Gadsden 6,79865.17%3,53133.85%1020.98%3,26731.32%10,431
Gilchrist 1,80776.76%52822.43%190.81%1,27954.33%2,354
Glades 1,31166.72%62431.76%301.53%68734.96%1,965
Gulf 2,64161.69%1,58437.00%561.31%1,05724.69%4,281
Hamilton 2,05369.57%79426.91%1043.52%1,25942.66%2,951
Hardee 2,67052.28%2,18942.86%2484.86%4819.42%5,107
Hendry 2,33754.94%1,84343.32%741.74%49411.62%4,254
Hernando 7,71756.20%5,79342.19%2221.62%1,92414.01%13,732
Highlands 7,21845.88%8,31752.86%1981.26%-1,099-6.98%15,733
Hillsborough 94,58954.01%78,50444.82%2,0521.17%16,0859.19%175,145
Holmes 3,25662.86%1,85035.71%741.43%1,40627.15%5,180
Indian River 8,51245.63%9,81852.63%3241.74%-1,306-7.00%18,654
Jackson 7,68760.76%4,79537.90%1701.34%2,89222.86%12,652
Jefferson 2,31061.62%1,36136.30%782.08%94925.32%3,749
Lafayette 1,12667.63%52331.41%160.96%60336.22%1,665
Lake 14,36941.31%19,97657.42%4421.27%-5,607-16.11%34,787
Lee 30,56743.80%38,03854.50%1,1841.70%-7,471-10.70%69,789
Leon 28,72953.76%23,73944.42%9751.82%4,9909.34%53,443
Levy 4,02565.28%1,96531.87%1762.85%2,06033.41%6,166
Liberty 1,13764.02%62034.91%191.07%51729.11%1,776
Madison 3,21863.85%1,76134.94%611.21%1,45728.91%5,040
Manatee 24,34244.78%29,30053.90%7181.32%-4,958-9.12%54,360
Marion 16,96350.37%16,16347.99%5531.64%8002.38%33,679
Martin 8,78542.33%11,68256.28%2891.39%-2,897-13.95%20,756
Monroe 11,07956.08%8,23241.67%4462.26%2,84714.41%19,757
Nassau 5,89664.51%3,13634.31%1081.18%2,76030.20%9,140
Okaloosa 14,21042.68%18,59855.86%4871.46%-4,388-13.18%33,295
Okeechobee 3,18465.99%1,59833.12%430.89%1,58632.87%4,825
Orange 58,44244.80%70,45154.01%1,5441.18%-12,009-9.21%130,437
Osceola 6,89348.63%7,06249.82%2201.55%-169-1.19%14,175
Palm Beach 96,70548.68%98,23649.45%3,7161.87%-1,531-0.77%198,657
Pasco 33,71053.72%28,30645.11%7311.16%5,4048.61%62,747
Pinellas 141,87948.00%150,00350.75%3,6871.25%-8,124-2.75%295,569
Polk 47,28651.01%44,23847.72%1,1821.27%3,0483.29%92,706
Putnam 9,59764.81%5,04034.03%1721.16%4,55730.78%14,809
St. Johns 7,41251.58%6,66046.34%2992.08%7525.24%14,371
St. Lucie 12,38651.16%11,50247.51%3211.33%8843.65%24,209
Santa Rosa 8,02046.06%9,12252.39%2701.55%-1,102-6.33%17,412
Sarasota 26,29336.78%44,15761.78%1,0281.44%-17,864-25.00%71,478
Seminole 19,60941.89%26,65556.94%5491.17%-7,046-15.05%46,813
Sumter 4,72166.59%2,21231.20%1572.21%2,50935.39%7,090
Suwannee 4,71863.74%2,40532.49%2793.77%2,31331.25%7,402
Taylor 3,37062.34%1,98336.68%530.98%1,38725.66%5,406
Union 1,48072.55%54426.67%160.78%93645.88%2,040
Volusia 49,16155.72%37,52342.53%1,5411.75%11,63813.19%88,225
Wakulla 2,35357.78%1,58038.80%1393.41%77318.98%4,072
Walton 5,19662.76%2,92735.35%1561.88%2,26927.41%8,279
Washington 3,56659.47%2,31338.58%1171.95%1,25320.89%5,996
Totals1,636,00051.93%1,469,53146.64%45,1001.43%166,4695.29%3,150,631

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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