1976 United States presidential election in Illinois

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1976 United States presidential election in Illinois
Flag of Illinois.svg
  1972 November 2, 1976 1980  
Turnout75.47%
  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 vote260
Popular vote2,364,2692,271,295
Percentage50.10%48.13%

Illinois 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 Illinois was held on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and The District of Columbia, were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

In the last two presidential elections, Illinois had voted Republican. In 1972, the state had, like the rest of the nation outside Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, voted strongly for Richard Nixon who carried every county except college-dominated Jackson, although Democrat George McGovern ran 3% above his national vote percentage in the state. This is one of two times in the 20th century that the state voted for a losing candidate (the other being 1916).

By the second week of September polls were showing Carter ahead of incumbent President Gerald Ford by 14%, but running much weaker in the emerging “Rust Belt” industrial states [1] – his lead in Illinois would be estimated at four percentage points. [2] A few days later another poll had Ford already ahead in Illinois, [3] but another poll had the incumbent President narrowly behind. [4]

Defeated Republican primary candidate and future President Ronald Reagan helped Ford in his fall campaign in Illinois, [5] although Carter preceded him in visiting the state – doing so for the first time on September 24. [6] Ford’s running mate Bob Dole followed Carter to the state and said that Carter had “3 positions on every issue” during a tour through Rock Island, Quincy and Decatur. At this time it was also thought that Ford was helped by the strong GOP gubernatorial campaign of James R. Thompson. [7]

At the beginning of October, Illinois was viewed as “too close to call”, [8] before Carter paid a second visit to the state – with the support of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley viewed essential to his chances of carrying the state’s electoral votes due to the coolness of the northern and central parts of the state toward a Southern Evangelical Democrat. [9] Carter would subsequently move ahead, but the state remained very close as election day neared, with South Side black voters considered a critical aspect of Carter’s hopes. [10]

Gerald Ford won Illinois with 50.10 percent of the vote, [11] but lost the general election to Jimmy Carter of Georgia. Illinois’ result was 4% more Republican than the nation at large.

Ford’s win was due to his large majorities in the traditionally Republican collar counties, chiefly DuPage, which he won by a margin ten thousand votes greater than his statewide total margin. Carter did well in Cook County and Dixie Southern Illinois, but his majorities there were much smaller than New Deal era Democrats had won. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that a Democrat won the White House without carrying Illinois (one of only three such elections, the others being 1884 and 1916), and also the most recent presidential election when Illinois would vote more Republican than the nation. The state would not vote for a losing candidate again until 2000, and for the loser of the popular vote until 2004.

Primaries

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for congress and those for state offices. [12]

Turnout

Turnout in the primary election was 36.29%, with a total of 2,087,807 votes cast. [12]

Turnout in the general election was 75.47%, with a total of 4,719,304 votes cast. [12] State-run primaries were held for the Democratic and Republican parties on March 16. [12]

Democratic

1976 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
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  1972 March 16, 1976 (1976-03-16) 1980  

169 Democratic National Convention delegates
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Candidate Jimmy Carter George Wallace Sargent Shriver
Home state Georgia Alabama Maryland
Delegate count5330
Popular vote630,915361,798214,024
Percentage48.09%27.58%16.31%

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Candidate Fred R. Harris Adlai Stevenson III Hubert Humphrey
Home state Oklahoma Illinois Minnesota
Delegate count0856
Popular vote98,862N/AN/A
Percentage7.54%N/AN/A

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Candidate Dan Walker
Home state Illinois
Delegate count4
Popular voteN/A
PercentageN/A

1976 Democratic Presidential Primary in Illinois results map by county.svg
County Results

The 1976 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 16, 1976 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1976 presidential election.

The popular vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional district on delegate candidates, who had either pledged to support a candidate or been uncommitted. [12]

The popular vote of the "beauty contest" saw a plurality won by Jimmy Carter.

While he was not a candidate for the popular vote, in the vote for delegates a plurality of the state's delegates were won by delegates supporting favorite son Adlai Stevenson III, with Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter placing second. [13] Stevenson was used as a stand-in by Richard M. Daley to get otherwise uncommitted delegates elected.[ citation needed ]

1976 Democratic presidential primary [12] [14] [15]
CandidateVotes %Delegates
Jimmy Carter 630,91548.0953
George C. Wallace 361,79827.583
Sargent Shriver 214,02416.310
Fred R. Harris 98,8627.540
Write-ins 6,3150.480
Adlai Stevenson III 85
Hubert Humphrey 6
Dan Walker 4
Uncommitted18
Totals1,311,914100169

Republican

1976 Illinois Republican presidential primary
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  1972 March 16, 1976 (1976-03-16) 1980  
  Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg Ronald Reagan with cowboy hat 12-0071M edit (1).jpg
Candidate Gerald Ford Ronald Reagan
Home state Michigan California
Delegate count7013
Popular vote456,750311,295
Percentage58.87%40.12%

1976 Republican Presidential Primary in Illinois results map by county.svg
County Results

The 1976 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 16, 1976 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1976 presidential election.

The popular vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional district on delegate candidates who had either pledged to support a candidate or indicated their intent to enter the convention uncommitted. [12]

1976 Republican presidential primary [12] [14] [15]
CandidateVotes%Delegates
Gerald R. Ford (incumbent)456,75058.8770
Ronald Reagan 311,29540.1213
Lar "America First" Daly 7,5820.980
Write-ins 2660.030
Uncommitted13
Totals775,89310096

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate PartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV) [12]
Gerald Ford (incumbent) Robert Dole Republican 262,364,26950.10%
Jimmy Carter Walter Mondale Democratic 02,271,29548.13%
Eugene McCarthy John Clay Independent 055,9391.19%
Gus Hall Jarvis Tyner Communist 09,2500.20%
Roger MacBride David Bergland Libertarian 08,0570.17%
Peter Camejo Willie Mae Reid Socialist Workers 03,6150.08%
Julius Levin Constance Blomen Socialist Labor 02,4220.05%
Lyndon LaRouche R. Wayne Evans U.S. Labor 02,0180.04%
Ronald Reagan (write-in)05040.01%
Tom Anderson (write-in) American Party 03870.01%
Rufus Shackelford (write-in)0670.00%
Other write-ins01,4810.03%
Total264,719,304100%

Results by county

County [16] Gerald Ford
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
Eugene McCarthy
Independent
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%
Adams 18,18959.67%11,92639.12%2740.90%960.31%6,26320.55%30,485
Alexander 2,34941.52%3,24657.37%220.39%410.72%-897-15.85%5,658
Bond 3,71649.69%3,68249.24%630.84%170.23%340.45%7,478
Boone 6,47058.38%4,45840.23%1271.15%270.24%2,01218.15%11,082
Brown 1,51948.95%1,53349.40%130.42%381.22%-14-0.45%3,103
Bureau 10,85458.20%7,56640.57%1700.91%580.31%3,28817.63%18,648
Calhoun 1,36446.35%1,54952.63%280.95%20.07%-185-6.28%2,943
Carroll 5,05959.34%3,37239.55%730.86%220.26%1,68719.79%8,526
Cass 3,52449.33%3,58950.24%250.35%60.08%-65-0.91%7,144
Champaign 34,54654.74%26,85842.56%1,4252.26%2780.44%7,68812.18%63,107
Christian 7,44543.90%9,30654.87%1660.98%430.25%-1,861-10.97%16,960
Clark 4,50652.26%4,07147.22%370.43%80.09%4355.04%8,622
Clay 3,86049.94%3,83749.64%230.30%90.12%230.30%7,729
Clinton 7,24553.00%6,27545.90%1391.02%120.09%9707.10%13,671
Coles 11,02154.66%8,63942.85%4342.15%680.34%2,38211.81%20,162
Cook 987,49844.69%1,180,81453.44%27,7061.25%13,7300.62%-193,316-8.75%2,209,748
Crawford 5,52251.99%5,00747.14%730.69%200.19%5154.85%10,622
Cumberland 2,51847.12%2,75251.50%320.60%420.79%-234-4.38%5,344
DeKalb 18,19359.21%11,53537.54%7402.41%2600.85%6,65821.67%30,728
DeWitt 4,13753.97%3,47745.36%300.39%220.29%6608.61%7,666
Douglas 4,63554.39%3,82644.90%440.52%170.20%8099.49%8,522
DuPage 175,05568.77%72,13728.34%4,0581.59%3,2971.30%102,91840.43%254,547
Edgar 5,84253.01%5,05845.89%840.76%370.34%7847.12%11,021
Edwards 2,37958.51%1,64840.53%240.59%150.37%73117.98%4,066
Effingham 7,19453.72%5,95244.45%1130.84%1320.99%1,2429.27%13,391
Fayette 5,05949.33%5,12850.00%590.58%90.09%-69-0.67%10,255
Ford 4,80163.56%2,69035.61%420.56%200.26%2,11127.95%7,553
Franklin 7,42036.51%12,81863.07%400.20%460.23%-5,398-26.56%20,324
Fulton 9,58850.23%9,31448.79%1300.68%580.30%2741.44%19,090
Gallatin 1,49936.36%2,61163.33%90.22%40.10%-1,112-26.97%4,123
Greene 3,70647.35%4,05751.83%450.57%190.24%-351-4.48%7,827
Grundy 7,58157.43%5,53441.92%590.45%270.20%2,04715.51%13,201
Hamilton 2,43344.25%3,03655.22%230.42%60.11%-603-10.97%5,498
Hancock 6,04355.54%4,73043.47%820.75%260.24%1,31312.07%10,881
Hardin 1,39346.17%1,60253.10%120.40%100.33%-209-6.93%3,017
Henderson 2,21050.15%2,15248.83%330.75%120.27%581.32%4,407
Henry 12,84956.03%9,82242.83%1990.87%640.28%3,02713.20%22,934
Iroquois 10,12965.43%5,16733.38%860.56%990.64%4,96232.05%15,481
Jackson 10,15242.09%12,94053.64%9053.75%1250.52%-2,788-11.55%24,122
Jasper 2,79449.45%2,77249.06%781.38%60.11%220.39%5,650
Jefferson 7,42244.93%8,98954.41%660.40%430.26%-1,567-9.48%16,520
Jersey 4,27347.57%4,62551.49%750.83%100.11%-352-3.92%8,983
Jo Daviess 5,47856.90%3,97941.33%1301.35%410.43%1,49915.57%9,628
Johnson 2,41752.23%2,18247.15%240.52%50.11%2355.08%4,628
Kane 59,27562.15%34,05735.71%1,2831.35%7590.80%25,21826.44%95,374
Kankakee 23,00354.63%18,39443.68%3440.82%3670.87%4,60910.95%42,108
Kendall 9,01167.50%4,20231.48%1100.82%260.19%4,80936.02%13,349
Knox 14,12354.39%11,52544.38%2450.94%740.28%2,59810.01%25,967
Lake 92,23160.32%57,74137.77%2,3881.56%5340.35%34,49022.55%152,894
LaSalle 25,11451.39%23,10547.28%5031.03%1430.29%2,0094.11%48,865
Lawrence 4,34551.47%4,04447.90%420.50%110.13%3013.57%8,442
Lee 8,67457.54%6,07640.30%2081.38%1180.78%2,59817.24%15,076
Livingston 10,09764.56%5,17433.08%3031.94%660.42%4,92331.48%15,640
Logan 8,62359.94%5,68639.52%630.44%140.10%2,93720.42%14,386
Macon 24,89346.44%28,24352.69%3660.68%970.18%-3,350-6.25%53,599
Macoupin 10,24245.55%11,91052.97%2230.99%1110.49%-1,668-7.42%22,486
Madison 44,18343.32%56,45755.35%1,0851.06%2730.27%-12,274-12.03%101,998
Marion 8,72946.63%9,83452.53%1240.66%330.18%-1,105-5.90%18,720
Marshall 4,01760.30%2,57038.58%590.89%160.24%1,44721.72%6,662
Mason 3,84749.01%3,94750.29%380.48%170.22%-100-1.28%7,849
Massac 3,22646.50%3,66652.85%330.48%120.17%-440-6.35%6,937
McDonough 9,68362.33%5,46435.17%2721.75%1150.74%4,21927.16%15,534
McHenry 37,11567.50%16,79930.55%8711.58%2040.37%20,31636.95%54,989
McLean 28,49362.10%16,60136.18%5921.29%1930.42%11,89225.92%45,879
Menard 3,13757.25%2,30142.00%350.64%60.11%83615.25%5,479
Mercer 4,81653.62%4,09045.54%630.70%130.14%7268.08%8,982
Monroe 5,60257.66%3,98441.00%1101.13%200.21%1,61816.66%9,716
Montgomery 7,37946.56%8,32252.51%1270.80%200.13%-943-5.95%15,848
Morgan 8,88553.88%7,40344.90%1550.94%460.28%1,4828.98%16,489
Moultrie 2,80345.44%3,33254.01%270.44%70.11%-529-8.57%6,169
Ogle 11,07362.22%6,46336.32%2031.14%580.33%4,61025.90%17,797
Peoria 46,52656.65%34,60642.14%7440.91%2470.30%11,92014.51%82,123
Perry 5,28646.39%5,97652.44%760.67%570.50%-690-6.05%11,395
Piatt 4,44255.39%3,50943.75%440.55%250.31%93311.64%8,020
Pike 4,97549.21%5,00649.52%370.37%920.91%-31-0.31%10,110
Pope 1,18752.18%1,07047.03%140.62%40.18%1175.15%2,275
Pulaski 1,83642.26%2,48957.28%120.28%80.18%-653-15.02%4,345
Putnam 1,57253.13%1,34445.42%270.91%160.54%2287.71%2,959
Randolph 8,19048.07%8,69351.02%1340.79%210.12%-503-2.95%17,038
Richland 4,43455.03%3,48543.25%720.89%660.82%94911.78%8,057
Rock Island 34,00747.72%35,99450.51%7511.05%5090.71%-1,987-2.79%71,261
Saline 5,97044.25%7,47255.38%330.24%180.13%-1,502-11.13%13,493
Sangamon 43,30952.24%38,01745.85%9201.11%6640.80%5,2926.39%82,910
Schuyler 2,63556.44%2,01443.14%160.34%40.09%62113.30%4,669
Scott 1,78955.35%1,42444.06%140.43%50.15%36511.29%3,232
Shelby 5,23445.54%6,17253.70%650.57%220.19%-938-8.16%11,493
St. Clair 40,33339.91%59,17758.55%9840.97%5710.56%-18,844-18.64%101,065
Stark 2,19163.34%1,14633.13%290.84%932.69%1,04530.21%3,459
Stephenson 11,67861.02%7,19237.58%2131.11%540.28%4,48623.44%19,137
Tazewell 28,95155.14%22,82143.47%4020.77%3290.63%6,13011.67%52,503
Union 3,53141.16%5,00358.32%360.42%80.09%-1,472-17.16%8,578
Vermilion 19,75151.24%18,43847.83%2530.66%1040.27%1,3133.41%38,546
Wabash 3,38854.41%2,78144.66%310.50%270.43%6079.75%6,227
Warren 5,82259.25%3,80838.75%780.79%1181.20%2,01420.50%9,826
Washington 4,48557.18%3,22241.08%680.87%690.88%1,26316.10%7,844
Wayne 5,21154.39%4,30344.91%400.42%270.28%9089.48%9,581
White 4,60046.31%5,30653.42%160.16%110.11%-706-7.11%9,933
Whiteside 14,30855.34%11,25543.53%2210.85%700.27%3,05311.81%25,854
Will 61,78453.85%51,10344.54%1,3581.18%4820.42%10,6819.31%114,727
Williamson 10,70343.59%13,60055.39%2100.86%400.16%-2,897-11.80%24,553
Winnebago 52,73654.15%42,39943.54%1,0441.07%1,2081.24%10,33710.61%97,387
Woodford 8,89964.00%4,81934.66%1050.76%810.58%4,08029.34%13,904
Totals2,364,26950.10%2,271,29548.13%55,9391.19%27,3300.58%92,9741.97%4,718,833

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  8. Apple, R.W.; ‘Poll Shows Carter Is Ahead in States Needed for Victory’; The New York Times, October 3, 1976, p. 1
  9. Evans, Rowland and Novak, Robert; ‘Carter’s Illinois Strategy’; The Washington Post, October 8, 1976, p. A25
  10. Kaiser, Robert; ‘Black Vote Could Carry Carter to Victory’; The Boston Globe, October 28, 1976, p. 2
  11. "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Illinois". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 2, 1976 JUDICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, MARCH, 16, 1976" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  13. Kraft, Joseph; ‘Can Carter Unify the Democrats’; The Boston Globe , June 11, 1976, p. 15
  14. 1 2 "Late Vote Totals In Illinois Races". The New York Times. March 18, 1976. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  15. 1 2 "Ford and Carter Amass Delegates in Illinois Races – Georgian Shows Surprising Strength in the Tabulation, Though Stevenson Leads – New Momentum Seen – Reagan, Resisting, Pressed Again to Quit as Gesture Toward Party Unity Ford and Carter Amassing Delegates". The New York Times. March 18, 1976. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  16. Our Campaigns; IL US President 1976