1976 United States presidential election in Georgia

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1976 United States presidential election in Georgia

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Nominee Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford Party Democratic Republican Home state Georgia Michigan Running mate Walter Mondale Bob Dole Electoral vote 12 0 Popular vote 979,409 483,743 Percentage 66.74% 32.96%

County results Carter   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% The 1976 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on November 2, 1976. The Democratic candidate, former Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter, overwhelmingly won his home state with 66.74% of the vote ahead of the Republican Party candidate, incumbent President Gerald Ford, giving him the state's 12 electoral votes. Carter carried all of Georgia's 159 counties (the last time any presidential candidate has won every single county in the state) and 10 congressional districts by wide margins. [1] This is the only presidential election in Georgia's history where the Democratic candidate carried all of Georgia's counties, despite the state's long Democratic streak, as Republicans never carried the state until 1964, compared to this beginning of just a 2-election streak. [2] This represented a complete flip from the previous election when President Richard Nixon also carried every county in Georgia. Carter also carried 160 of 161 of Georgia’s historical counties (losing the former Milton County, which he lost to Ford 51.1-48.9 percent respectively.) In fact many precincts, particularly in North Fulton and DeKalb Counties voted for Ford sometimes by landslide margins. (For example one precinct in Dunwoody voted for Ford by a margin of 1245 to 500). Carter’s percentage total in the popular vote, however, was less than that of previous Democratic victors in the state like Woodrow Wilson, James M. Cox, John W. Davis, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Nevertheless, none of these candidates carried every county in the state, as Carter remains the solitary Democrat to carry historically pro-Union, East Tennessee-oriented [3] Fannin County since 1912, and indeed the only Democrat to obtain a majority of the vote there since William Jennings Bryan in 1900. [4] The following counties have also never voted for a Democrat since: Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Fayette, Columbia, Lee and Lowndes. [5] Douglas and Rockdale counties would not vote Democratic for president again until 2008, and Cobb and Gwinnett would not do so until 2016. 58% of white voters supported Carter while 42% supported Ford. [6] [7] Results United States presidential election in Georgia, 1976 Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Democratic James Carter 979,409 66.74% 12 Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent) 483,743 32.96% 0 Write-in Thomas J. Anderson 1,168 0.08% 0 Write-in Lester Maddox 1,071 0.07% 0 Write-in Eugene McCarthy 991 0.07% 0 Write-in Write-ins (scattered) 847 0.06% 0 Write-in Roger MacBride 175 0.01% 0 Write-in Peter Camejo 43 0.00% 0 Write-in Gus Hall 3 0.00% 0 Write-in Ernest Miller 3 0.00% 0 Write-in Julius Levin 2 0.00% 0 Write-in Frank Zeidler 2 0.00% 0 Write-in Lyndon LaRouche 1 0.00% 0 Totals 1,467,458 100.00% 12 Voter turnout 42% — Results by county County [8] Jimmy Carter Democratic Gerald Ford Republican Margin Total votes cast [a] # % # % # % Appling 3,585 78.86% 961 21.14% 2,624 57.72% 4,546 Atkinson 1,560 81.80% 347 18.20% 1,213 63.60% 1,907 Bacon 2,395 80.13% 594 19.87% 1,801 60.26% 2,989 Baker 1,162 79.21% 305 20.79% 857 58.42% 1,467 Baldwin 4,674 56.41% 3,612 43.59% 1,062 12.82% 8,286 Banks 2,387 87.85% 330 12.15% 2,057 73.70% 2,717 Barrow 4,756 77.71% 1,364 22.29% 3,392 55.42% 6,120 Bartow 8,166 81.32% 1,876 18.68% 6,290 62.64% 10,042 Ben Hill 2,449 75.05% 814 24.95% 1,635 50.10% 3,263 Berrien 3,394 85.95% 555 14.05% 2,839 71.90% 3,949 Bibb 31,902 71.34% 12,819 28.66% 19,083 42.68% 44,721 Bleckley 2,605 72.83% 972 27.17% 1,633 45.66% 3,577 Brantley 2,294 86.50% 358 13.50% 1,936 73.00% 2,652 Brooks 2,653 70.65% 1,102 29.35% 1,551 41.30% 3,755 Bryan 2,045 72.88% 761 27.12% 1,284 45.76% 2,806 Bulloch 5,199 62.23% 3,156 37.77% 2,043 24.46% 8,355 Burke 3,014 65.82% 1,565 34.18% 1,449 31.64% 4,579 Butts 2,898 77.97% 819 22.03% 2,079 55.94% 3,717 Calhoun 1,394 76.17% 436 23.83% 958 52.34% 1,830 Camden 2,962 74.85% 995 25.15% 1,967 49.70% 3,957 Candler 1,388 68.24% 646 31.76% 742 36.48% 2,034 Carroll 10,050 73.41% 3,640 26.59% 6,410 46.82% 13,690 Catoosa 6,020 61.31% 3,799 38.69% 2,221 22.62% 9,819 Charlton 1,750 79.47% 452 20.53% 1,298 58.94% 2,202 Chatham 32,075 57.04% 24,160 42.96% 7,915 14.08% 56,235 Chattahoochee 506 73.98% 178 26.02% 328 47.96% 684 Chattooga 4,686 81.17% 1,087 18.83% 3,599 62.34% 5,773 Cherokee 6,539 71.48% 2,609 28.52% 3,930 42.96% 9,148 Clarke 11,342 63.18% 6,610 36.82% 4,732 26.36% 17,952 Clay 947 76.25% 295 23.75% 652 52.50% 1,242 Clayton 21,432 62.42% 12,905 37.58% 8,527 24.84% 34,337 Clinch 1,414 78.69% 383 21.31% 1,031 57.38% 1,797 Cobb 45,002 56.73% 34,324 43.27% 10,678 12.46% 79,326 Coffee 4,601 76.45% 1,417 23.55% 3,184 52.90% 6,018 Colquitt 6,928 76.06% 2,181 23.94% 4,747 52.12% 9,109 Columbia 4,674 57.73% 3,423 42.27% 1,251 15.46% 8,097 Cook 2,882 81.14% 670 18.86% 2,212 62.28% 3,552 Coweta 6,195 67.05% 3,044 32.95% 3,151 34.10% 9,239 Crawford 1,842 82.97% 378 17.03% 1,464 65.94% 2,220 Crisp 3,747 73.83% 1,328 26.17% 2,419 47.66% 5,075 Dade 2,263 61.98% 1,388 38.02% 875 23.96% 3,651 Dawson 1,384 78.91% 370 21.09% 1,014 57.82% 1,754 Decatur 3,736 59.91% 2,500 40.09% 1,236 19.82% 6,236 DeKalb 86,872 56.40% 67,160 43.60% 19,712 12.80% 154,032 Dodge 5,267 86.13% 848 13.87% 4,419 72.26% 6,115 Dooly 2,441 78.84% 655 21.16% 1,786 57.68% 3,096 Dougherty 11,461 55.11% 9,337 44.89% 2,124 10.22% 20,798 Douglas 7,805 66.35% 3,959 33.65% 3,846 32.70% 11,764 Early 2,405 67.52% 1,157 32.48% 1,248 35.04% 3,562 Echols 585 84.05% 111 15.95% 474 68.10% 696 Effingham 2,906 63.73% 1,654 36.27% 1,252 27.46% 4,560 Elbert 4,730 83.11% 961 16.89% 3,769 66.22% 5,691 Emanuel 4,603 75.51% 1,493 24.49% 3,110 51.02% 6,096 Evans 1,631 68.62% 746 31.38% 885 37.24% 2,377 Fannin 3,402 56.25% 2,646 43.75% 756 12.50% 6,048 Fayette 3,718 56.72% 2,837 43.28% 881 13.44% 6,555 Floyd 15,151 66.27% 7,713 33.73% 7,438 32.54% 22,864 Forsyth 4,693 76.48% 1,443 23.52% 3,250 52.96% 6,136 Franklin 4,192 85.92% 687 14.08% 3,505 71.84% 4,879 Fulton 129,849 67.84% 61,552 32.16% 68,297 35.68% 191,401 Gilmer 2,499 66.46% 1,261 33.54% 1,238 32.92% 3,760 Glascock 704 65.49% 371 34.51% 333 30.98% 1,075 Glynn 9,459 63.65% 5,403 36.35% 4,056 27.30% 14,862 Gordon 6,052 78.09% 1,698 21.91% 4,354 56.18% 7,750 Grady 3,758 75.66% 1,209 24.34% 2,549 51.32% 4,967 Greene 2,534 79.54% 652 20.46% 1,882 59.08% 3,186 Gwinnett 20,838 59.97% 13,912 40.03% 6,926 19.94% 34,750 Habersham 5,120 79.56% 1,315 20.44% 3,805 59.12% 6,435 Hall 12,804 71.54% 5,093 28.46% 7,711 43.08% 17,897 Hancock 2,117 76.48% 651 23.52% 1,466 52.96% 2,768 Haralson 4,550 77.76% 1,301 22.24% 3,249 55.52% 5,851 Harris 2,861 64.95% 1,544 35.05% 1,317 29.90% 4,405 Hart 4,605 84.26% 860 15.74% 3,745 68.52% 5,465 Heard 1,593 78.63% 433 21.37% 1,160 57.26% 2,026 Henry 5,717 68.56% 2,622 31.44% 3,095 37.12% 8,339 Houston 13,164 70.90% 5,404 29.10% 7,760 41.80% 18,568 Irwin 2,012 78.20% 561 21.80% 1,461 56.40% 2,573 Jackson 5,931 82.72% 1,239 17.28% 4,692 65.44% 7,170 Jasper 1,852 72.88% 689 27.12% 1,163 45.76% 2,541 Jeff Davis 2,405 79.45% 622 20.55% 1,783 58.90% 3,027 Jefferson 3,115 70.41% 1,309 29.59% 1,806 40.82% 4,424 Jenkins 1,820 76.37% 563 23.63% 1,257 52.74% 2,383 Johnson 2,210 76.00% 698 24.00% 1,512 52.00% 2,908 Jones 3,471 72.49% 1,317 27.51% 2,154 44.98% 4,788 Lamar 2,785 76.68% 847 23.32% 1,938 53.36% 3,632 Lanier 1,269 85.98% 207 14.02% 1,062 71.96% 1,476 Laurens 8,617 72.42% 3,281 27.58% 5,336 44.84% 11,898 Lee 1,727 60.87% 1,110 39.13% 617 21.74% 2,837 Liberty 3,328 77.27% 979 22.73% 2,349 54.54% 4,307 Lincoln 1,583 73.32% 576 26.68% 1,007 46.64% 2,159 Long 1,243 84.85% 222 15.15% 1,021 69.70% 1,465 Lowndes 8,830 66.18% 4,512 33.82% 4,318 32.36% 13,342 Lumpkin 2,301 80.79% 547 19.21% 1,754 61.58% 2,848 McDuffie 3,024 64.09% 1,694 35.91% 1,330 28.18% 4,718 McIntosh 1,978 78.71% 535 21.29% 1,443 57.42% 2,513 Macon 3,013 82.53% 638 17.47% 2,625 65.06% 3,651 Madison 3,367 75.12% 1,115 24.88% 2,252 50.24% 4,482 Marion 1,314 81.87% 291 18.13% 1,203 63.74% 1,605 Meriwether 4,830 76.91% 1,450 23.09% 3,380 53.82% 6,280 Miller 1,536 76.34% 476 23.66% 1,060 52.68% 2,012 Mitchell 4,495 74.09% 1,572 25.91% 2,923 48.18% 6,067 Monroe 2,962 73.32% 1,078 26.68% 1,884 46.64% 4,040 Montgomery 1,610 72.00% 626 28.00% 984 42.00% 2,236 Morgan 2,274 71.55% 904 28.45% 1,370 42.90% 3,178 Murray 3,511 79.80% 889 20.20% 2,622 59.60% 4,400 Muscogee 24,092 64.09% 13,496 35.91% 10,596 28.18% 37,588 Newton 6,294 74.65% 2,137 25.35% 4,157 49.30% 8,431 Oconee 2,228 65.30% 1,184 34.70% 1,044 30.60% 3,412 Oglethorpe 1,854 69.57% 811 30.43% 1,040 39.14% 2,665 Paulding 5,420 79.10% 1,432 20.90% 3,988 58.20% 6,852 Peach 3,989 77.43% 1,163 22.57% 2,826 54.86% 5,152 Pickens 2,571 72.55% 973 27.45% 1,598 45.10% 3,544 Pierce 2,628 82.85% 544 17.15% 2,084 65.70% 3,172 Pike 1,903 71.03% 776 28.97% 1,127 42.06% 2,679 Polk 6,115 75.88% 1,944 24.12% 4,171 51.76% 8,059 Pulaski 2,318 82.70% 485 17.30% 1,833 65.40% 2,803 Putnam 2,040 70.96% 835 29.04% 1,205 41.92% 2,875 Quitman 677 68.38% 313 31.62% 364 36.76% 990 Rabun 2,398 80.23% 591 19.77% 1,807 60.46% 2,989 Randolph 2,186 74.53% 747 25.47% 1,439 49.06% 2,933 Richmond 24,042 57.33% 17,893 42.67% 6,149 14.66% 41,935 Rockdale 4,640 60.94% 2,974 39.06% 1,666 21.88% 7,614 Schley 783 74.50% 268 25.50% 515 49.00% 1,051 Screven 2,168 64.83% 1,176 35.17% 992 29.66% 3,344 Seminole 2,074 75.28% 681 24.72% 1,393 50.56% 2,755 Spalding 7,593 67.00% 3,739 33.00% 3,854 34.00% 11,332 Stephens 5,560 80.58% 1,340 19.42% 4,220 61.16% 6,900 Stewart 1,632 79.03% 433 20.97% 1,199 58.06% 2,065 Sumter 5,328 72.19% 2,053 27.81% 3,275 44.38% 7,381 Talbot 1,634 78.07% 459 21.93% 1,175 56.14% 2,093 Taliaferro 748 76.02% 236 23.98% 512 52.04% 984 Tattnall 3,556 72.84% 1,326 27.16% 2,230 45.68% 4,882 Taylor 1,962 79.56% 504 20.44% 1,458 59.12% 2,466 Telfair 3,534 84.73% 637 15.27% 2,097 69.46% 4,171 Terrell 2,348 66.78% 1,168 33.22% 1,180 33.56% 3,516 Thomas 6,147 65.32% 3,263 34.68% 2,884 30.64% 9,410 Tift 5,185 70.57% 2,162 29.43% 3,023 41.14% 7,347 Toombs 4,047 65.56% 2,126 34.44% 1,921 31.12% 6,173 Towns 1,786 60.32% 1,175 39.68% 611 20.64% 2,961 Treutlen 1,567 77.12% 465 22.88% 1,102 54.24% 2,032 Troup 7,699 63.52% 4,422 36.48% 3,277 27.04% 12,121 Turner 2,265 84.48% 416 15.52% 1,849 68.96% 2,681 Twiggs 2,515 83.06% 513 16.94% 2,002 66.12% 3,028 Union 2,795 70.78% 1,154 29.22% 1,641 41.56% 3,949 Upson 4,219 59.29% 2,897 40.71% 1,322 18.58% 7,116 Walker 8,007 62.49% 4,807 37.51% 3,200 24.98% 12,814 Walton 5,402 76.20% 1,687 23.80% 3,715 52.40% 7,089 Ware 7,719 74.36% 2,661 25.64% 5,058 48.72% 10,380 Warren 1,335 64.96% 720 35.04% 615 29.92% 2,055 Washington 3,865 69.99% 1,657 30.01% 2,208 39.98% 5,522 Wayne 4,489 74.97% 1,499 25.03% 2,990 49.94% 5,988 Webster 622 79.03% 165 20.97% 457 58.06% 787 Wheeler 1,378 80.02% 344 19.98% 1,034 60.04% 1,722 White 2,125 77.27% 625 22.73% 1,500 54.54% 2,750 Whitfield 10,475 69.96% 4,498 30.04% 5,977 39.92% 14,973 Wilcox 2,153 86.15% 346 13.85% 1,807 72.30% 2,499 Wilkes 2,461 69.76% 1,067 30.24% 1,394 39.52% 3,528 Wilkinson 2,652 76.01% 837 23.99% 1,815 52.02% 3,489 Worth 2,790 70.70% 1,156 29.30% 1,634 41.40% 3,946 Totals 979,409 66.74% 483,743 32.96% 495,666 33.78% 1,467,458 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic All 159 Notes County counts exclude a total of 4,306 write-in votes as these were not tabulated by county. 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