1976 United States presidential election in Idaho

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1976 United States presidential election in Idaho
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  1972 November 2, 1976 1980  
  Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg
Nominee Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Michigan Georgia
Running mate Bob Dole Walter Mondale
Electoral vote40
Popular vote204,151126,549
Percentage59.88%37.12%

Idaho 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 Idaho took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Idaho was won by incumbent President Gerald Ford (RMichigan), with 59.9 percent of the popular vote, against Jimmy Carter (DGeorgia), with 37.1 percent of the popular vote. Two third party candidates accumulated a portion of the vote greater than one percent: Lester Maddox (AIAGeorgia) and Roger MacBride (LVermont). Despite losing in Idaho, Carter went on to win the national election and became the 39th president of the United States. Idaho had previously voted Republican ten times, Democrat ten times, and Populist once.

With 59.88 percent of the popular vote, Idaho would prove to be Ford's second strongest state in the 1976 election after neighboring Utah. [1] Carter became the first ever Democrat to win the White House without carrying Blaine, Boundary, or Butte Counties, as well as the first to do so without carrying Elmore, Idaho, Kootenai, or Shoshone Counties since Grover Cleveland in 1892, and the first to do so without carrying Bannock or Bonner Counties since Woodrow Wilson in 1912.

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Idaho [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gerald Ford (inc.) 204,151 59.88%
Democratic Jimmy Carter 126,54937.12%
American Independent Lester Maddox 5,9351.74%
Libertarian Roger MacBride 3,5581.04%
U.S. Labor Lyndon LaRouche 7390.22%
Total votes340,932 100.00%

Results by county

CountyGerald Rudolph Ford
Republican
James Earl Carter
Democratic
Lester Garfield Maddox [3]
American Independent
Roger Lea MacBride [3]
Libertarian
Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. [3]
U.S. Labor
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Ada 41,13564.39%21,12533.07%7171.12%7371.15%1750.27%20,01031.32%63,889
Adams 80954.74%63943.23%151.01%100.68%50.34%17011.50%1,478
Bannock 13,17253.65%10,26141.80%4851.98%5772.35%550.22%2,91111.86%24,550
Bear Lake 2,09466.60%96030.53%742.35%150.48%10.03%1,13436.07%3,144
Benewah 1,45847.58%1,54950.55%371.21%160.52%40.13%-91-2.97%3,064
Bingham 7,32760.83%4,34736.09%2191.82%1190.99%330.27%2,98024.74%12,045
Blaine 2,17656.13%1,60441.37%250.64%691.78%30.08%57214.75%3,877
Boise 68458.61%43337.10%221.89%242.06%40.34%25121.51%1,167
Bonner 4,54951.37%4,06545.91%1611.82%600.68%200.23%4845.47%8,855
Bonneville 15,79366.44%7,23030.41%4141.74%2751.16%600.25%8,56336.02%23,772
Boundary 1,45852.15%1,21743.53%923.29%240.86%50.18%2418.62%2,796
Butte 75151.16%66345.16%352.38%191.29%00.00%885.99%1,468
Camas 28862.20%16034.56%81.73%61.30%10.22%12827.65%463
Canyon 17,26362.91%9,46034.47%4051.48%2771.01%360.13%7,80328.44%27,441
Caribou 2,25364.83%1,11031.94%832.39%240.69%50.14%1,14332.89%3,475
Cassia 4,57566.38%1,88127.29%3685.34%640.93%40.06%2,69439.09%6,892
Clark 33464.48%16932.63%71.35%61.16%20.39%16531.85%518
Clearwater 1,46944.01%1,75252.49%712.13%330.99%130.39%-283-8.48%3,338
Custer 85060.33%51636.62%402.84%20.14%10.07%33423.70%1,409
Elmore 2,80855.46%2,16442.74%611.20%260.51%40.08%64412.72%5,063
Franklin 2,72067.80%1,15728.84%1042.59%240.60%70.17%1,56338.96%4,012
Fremont 2,58161.94%1,44534.68%1152.76%210.50%50.12%1,13627.26%4,167
Gem 2,40152.75%1,97843.45%1182.59%521.14%30.07%4239.29%4,552
Gooding 2,90958.54%1,92338.70%741.49%591.19%40.08%98619.84%4,969
Idaho 3,18555.96%2,32340.81%1222.14%540.95%80.14%86215.14%5,692
Jefferson 3,59965.14%1,74531.58%1572.84%210.38%30.05%1,85433.56%5,525
Jerome 3,18861.81%1,80034.90%1132.19%521.01%50.10%1,38826.91%5,158
Kootenai 10,49357.78%7,22539.79%3061.69%920.51%430.24%3,26818.00%18,159
Latah 6,84654.90%5,31442.61%960.77%1741.40%400.32%1,53212.29%12,470
Lemhi 1,68556.37%1,15938.78%1173.91%250.84%30.10%52617.60%2,989
Lewis 82446.61%89850.79%211.19%181.02%70.40%-74-4.19%1,768
Lincoln 90957.75%61539.07%362.29%130.83%10.06%29418.68%1,574
Madison 4,19072.38%1,32022.80%1532.64%581.00%681.17%2,87049.58%5,789
Minidoka 3,60056.44%2,44138.27%2523.95%801.25%50.08%1,15918.17%6,378
Nez Perce 6,15148.22%6,32449.58%1260.99%1100.86%440.34%-173-1.36%12,755
Oneida 1,06561.14%63736.57%311.78%70.40%20.11%42824.57%1,742
Owyhee 1,51957.52%1,05439.91%411.55%210.80%60.23%46517.61%2,641
Payette 3,11557.44%2,19540.48%751.38%350.65%30.06%92016.96%5,423
Power 1,37449.96%1,28646.76%521.89%381.38%00.00%883.20%2,750
Shoshone 3,57051.67%3,21646.55%771.11%390.56%70.10%3545.12%6,909
Teton 90463.04%51435.84%120.84%30.21%10.07%39027.20%1,434
Twin Falls 12,65965.82%6,08531.64%3101.61%1450.75%340.18%6,57434.18%19,233
Valley 1,37459.33%89738.73%220.95%200.86%30.13%47720.60%2,316
Washington 2,04453.47%1,69344.28%661.73%140.37%60.16%3519.18%3,823
Totals204,15159.88%126,54937.12%5,9351.74%3,5581.04%7390.22%77,60222.76%340,932

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References

  1. "1976 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho" . Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Our Campaigns; ID US President November 02, 1976