1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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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 vote90
Popular vote615,717531,852
Percentage52.75%45.57%

Kentucky 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 Kentucky took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Kentucky was won by Jimmy Carter (DGeorgia), with 52.75 percent of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (RMichigan), who finished with 45.57 percent of the popular vote, and did so by winning all major demographic groups in the Commonwealth. [1] No third-party candidate amounted to 1 percent of the vote; American Party candidate Thomas Anderson came the closest with 0.71 percent.

Carter went on to become the 39th president of the United States. [2] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Warren County, Hardin County, Madison County, Christian County, Taylor County, and Lincoln County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and the last in which Boone County did not support the Republican candidate, as voters in Boone County gave the exact same number of votes to Ford as they did to Carter. [3] This is also the last presidential election in which a Democratic presidential candidate won a majority of the vote in the state.

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate PartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Jimmy Carter of Georgia Walter Mondale Democratic 9 [4] 615,71752.75%
Gerald Ford (incumbent) Robert Dole Republican 0531,85245.57%
Thomas J. Anderson Rufus Shackelford American 08,3080.71%
Eugene McCarthy Independent 06,8370.59%
Lester Maddox William Dyke American Independent 02,3280.20%
Roger MacBride David Bergland Libertarian 08140.07%
Lyndon LaRouche R. Wayne Evans U.S. Labor 05100.04%
Gus Hall Jarvis Tyner Communist 04260.04%
Peter Camejo Willie Mae Reid Socialist Workers 03500.03%

Results by county

County [5] Jimmy Carter
Democratic
Gerald Ford
Republican
Thomas Anderson
American
Eugene McCarthy
Independent
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Adair 2,36642.00%3,20156.82%260.46%100.18%310.55%-835-14.82%5,634
Allen 2,23146.69%2,50852.49%110.23%100.21%180.38%-277-5.80%4,778
Anderson 2,38857.79%1,68240.71%340.82%150.36%130.31%70617.08%4,132
Ballard 2,79475.66%64917.57%2165.85%160.43%180.49%2,14558.09%3,693
Barren 5,87860.16%3,79738.86%550.56%220.23%190.19%2,08121.30%9,771
Bath 2,11368.80%93830.54%90.29%70.23%40.13%1,17538.26%3,071
Bell 5,28450.41%5,03548.03%1000.95%300.29%340.32%2492.38%10,483
Boone 5,60249.21%5,60249.21%630.55%750.66%430.38%00.00%11,385
Bourbon 3,50459.35%2,26038.28%881.49%300.51%220.37%1,24421.07%5,904
Boyd 11,15054.50%9,10644.51%500.24%840.41%690.34%2,0449.99%20,459
Boyle 4,09553.16%3,51145.58%210.27%450.58%310.40%5847.58%7,703
Bracken 1,57763.21%87935.23%190.76%120.48%80.32%69827.98%2,495
Breathitt 3,54477.45%1,01422.16%50.11%70.15%60.13%2,53055.29%4,576
Breckinridge 3,34754.77%2,69844.15%200.33%250.41%210.34%64910.62%6,111
Bullitt 5,62359.40%3,63938.44%1001.06%560.59%490.52%1,98420.96%9,467
Butler 1,58839.89%2,36359.36%60.15%100.25%140.35%-775-19.47%3,981
Caldwell 3,01661.56%1,80836.91%460.94%150.31%140.29%1,20824.65%4,899
Calloway 8,14170.75%3,17127.56%550.48%900.78%500.43%4,97043.19%11,507
Campbell 12,42343.10%15,79854.81%1000.35%3791.32%1210.42%-3,375-11.71%28,821
Carlisle 1,98580.82%43517.71%220.90%80.33%60.24%1,55063.11%2,456
Carroll 2,25172.64%81526.30%110.35%110.35%110.35%1,43646.34%3,099
Carter 3,91554.89%3,18544.65%60.08%110.15%160.22%73010.24%7,133
Casey 1,60231.84%3,37967.15%270.54%170.34%70.14%-1,777-35.31%5,032
Christian 7,84560.75%4,96438.44%380.29%320.25%350.27%2,88122.31%12,914
Clark 4,57558.90%3,11440.09%190.24%390.50%210.27%1,46118.81%7,768
Clay 1,67431.37%3,65268.44%20.04%60.11%20.04%-1,978-37.07%5,336
Clinton 98729.12%2,35469.46%110.32%70.21%300.89%-1,367-40.34%3,389
Crittenden 1,71551.16%1,59647.61%210.63%130.39%70.21%1193.55%3,352
Cumberland 85333.76%1,65365.41%70.28%70.28%70.28%-800-31.65%2,527
Daviess 14,11451.41%12,82646.72%2660.97%1750.64%730.27%1,2884.69%27,454
Edmonson 1,41841.57%1,97657.93%70.21%40.12%60.18%-558-16.36%3,411
Elliott 1,98780.74%45518.49%50.20%80.33%60.24%1,53262.25%2,461
Estill 2,03447.15%2,25052.16%60.14%160.37%80.19%-216-5.01%4,314
Fayette 28,01243.10%35,17054.12%6280.97%8971.38%2820.43%-7,158-11.02%64,989
Fleming 2,31758.17%1,64741.35%80.20%100.25%10.03%67016.82%3,983
Floyd 10,15176.13%3,10823.31%210.16%240.18%290.22%7,04352.82%13,333
Franklin 10,47563.71%5,53633.67%2401.46%1240.75%660.40%4,93930.04%16,441
Fulton 2,37068.30%1,06030.55%270.78%90.26%40.12%1,31037.75%3,470
Gallatin 1,16471.72%43626.86%70.43%60.37%100.62%72844.86%1,623
Garrard 1,88747.32%2,04551.28%421.05%70.18%70.18%-158-3.96%3,988
Grant 2,33664.28%1,21233.35%701.93%60.17%100.28%1,12430.93%3,634
Graves 8,98272.32%3,19525.72%1721.38%330.27%380.31%5,78746.60%12,420
Grayson 3,06445.13%3,65853.87%360.53%120.18%200.29%-594-8.74%6,790
Green 2,08546.14%2,39753.04%50.11%100.22%220.49%-312-6.90%4,519
Greenup 6,88057.27%5,06242.14%210.17%270.22%230.19%1,81815.13%12,013
Hancock 1,56256.86%1,12440.92%411.49%140.51%60.22%43815.94%2,747
Hardin 7,97752.53%6,96545.87%1130.74%810.53%490.32%1,0126.66%15,185
Harlan 7,30060.80%4,62438.51%160.13%380.32%280.23%2,67622.29%12,006
Harrison 3,58264.53%1,91134.43%210.38%240.43%130.23%1,67130.10%5,551
Hart 3,18960.81%2,01338.39%70.13%150.29%200.38%1,17622.42%5,244
Henderson 7,91665.32%4,05333.45%560.46%590.49%340.28%3,86331.87%12,118
Henry 2,98570.73%1,19228.25%70.17%220.52%140.33%1,79342.48%4,220
Hickman 2,03574.93%58521.54%873.20%50.18%40.15%1,45053.39%2,716
Hopkins 7,74959.65%5,11539.38%370.28%480.37%410.32%2,63420.27%12,990
Jackson 68019.62%2,76679.80%80.23%50.14%70.20%-2,086-60.18%3,466
Jefferson 122,73147.31%130,26250.21%2,8311.09%2,2720.88%1,3490.52%-7,531-2.90%259,445
Jessamine 2,79546.55%3,08151.32%741.23%330.55%210.35%-286-4.77%6,004
Johnson 3,68342.65%4,89156.64%160.19%210.24%240.28%-1,208-13.99%8,635
Kenton 18,83345.18%22,08752.99%1760.42%4291.03%1550.37%-3,254-7.81%41,680
Knott 4,76282.40%96216.65%50.09%140.24%360.62%3,80065.75%5,779
Knox 3,64242.05%4,93156.93%130.15%240.28%510.59%-1,289-14.88%8,661
LaRue 2,20760.38%1,40938.55%140.38%110.30%140.38%79821.83%3,655
Laurel 3,81337.85%6,18661.41%280.28%180.18%280.28%-2,373-23.56%10,073
Lawrence 2,40256.08%1,83842.91%130.30%110.26%190.44%56413.17%4,283
Lee 1,09142.57%1,44956.54%30.12%70.27%130.51%-358-13.97%2,563
Leslie 1,47828.04%3,77071.52%80.15%80.15%70.13%-2,292-43.48%5,271
Letcher 4,59059.24%3,12240.29%90.12%100.13%170.22%1,46818.95%7,748
Lewis 1,92944.53%2,38355.01%60.14%60.14%80.18%-454-10.48%4,332
Lincoln 3,19853.97%2,69445.47%140.24%50.08%140.24%5048.50%5,925
Livingston 2,49773.12%87825.71%250.73%40.12%110.32%1,61947.41%3,415
Logan 4,85065.64%2,43032.89%670.91%160.22%260.35%2,42032.75%7,389
Lyon 1,60672.31%58526.34%220.99%30.14%50.23%1,02145.97%2,221
Madison 7,29951.71%6,58146.63%1060.75%880.62%400.28%7185.08%14,114
Magoffin 2,45157.49%1,79342.06%30.07%30.07%130.30%65815.43%4,263
Marion 3,52066.14%1,72332.38%270.51%300.56%220.41%1,79733.76%5,322
Marshall 6,90671.83%2,57826.82%630.66%230.24%440.46%4,32845.01%9,614
Martin 1,26737.12%2,12062.12%40.12%70.21%150.44%-853-25.00%3,413
Mason 3,39756.58%2,52942.12%260.43%360.60%160.27%86814.46%6,004
McCracken 14,95665.92%6,99730.84%5352.36%1250.55%740.33%7,95935.08%22,687
McCreary 1,82735.53%3,27263.63%220.43%100.19%110.21%-1,445-28.10%5,142
McLean 2,34665.29%1,21233.73%30.08%120.33%200.56%1,13431.56%3,593
Meade 3,03062.24%1,75536.05%200.41%410.84%220.45%1,27526.19%4,868
Menifee 1,04176.77%30422.42%50.37%10.07%50.37%73754.35%1,356
Mercer 3,41156.94%2,45140.91%851.42%210.35%230.38%96016.03%5,991
Metcalfe 1,87757.47%1,35641.52%140.43%40.12%150.46%52115.95%3,266
Monroe 1,41229.45%3,35269.91%60.13%140.29%110.23%-1,940-40.46%4,795
Montgomery 3,14160.01%2,03238.82%170.32%220.42%220.42%1,10921.19%5,234
Morgan 2,89774.34%97324.97%80.21%80.21%110.28%1,92449.37%3,897
Muhlenberg 7,05861.65%4,29237.49%280.24%310.27%400.35%2,76624.16%11,449
Nelson 4,45459.36%2,80437.37%1381.84%650.87%430.57%1,65021.99%7,504
Nicholas 1,58266.53%73831.03%451.89%30.13%100.42%84435.50%2,378
Ohio 3,50847.81%3,76451.30%220.30%250.34%180.25%-256-3.49%7,337
Oldham 2,81942.51%3,69555.72%270.41%520.78%380.57%-876-13.21%6,631
Owen 2,33276.43%67622.16%150.49%140.46%140.46%1,65654.27%3,051
Owsley 30522.31%1,05377.03%30.22%50.37%10.07%-748-54.72%1,367
Pendleton 2,14762.65%1,23035.89%190.55%200.58%110.32%91726.76%3,427
Perry 5,63355.68%4,43443.83%100.10%150.15%240.24%1,19911.85%10,116
Pike 14,32060.44%9,17838.74%470.20%460.19%1000.42%5,14221.70%23,691
Powell 1,85961.37%1,14837.90%60.20%100.33%60.20%71123.47%3,029
Pulaski 5,75238.14%9,22661.17%290.19%360.24%400.27%-3,474-23.03%15,083
Robertson 54665.94%27533.21%30.36%30.36%10.12%27132.73%828
Rockcastle 1,40835.09%2,58364.37%40.10%110.27%70.17%-1,175-29.28%4,013
Rowan 3,54160.34%2,24438.24%130.22%420.72%280.48%1,29722.10%5,868
Russell 1,80338.10%2,88260.90%140.30%120.25%210.44%-1,079-22.80%4,732
Scott 3,11855.30%2,40842.71%621.10%370.66%130.23%71012.59%5,638
Shelby 3,84156.10%2,91642.59%300.44%320.47%280.41%92513.51%6,847
Simpson 2,78264.71%1,48134.45%140.33%90.21%130.30%1,30130.26%4,299
Spencer 1,20960.97%74237.42%180.91%100.50%40.20%46723.55%1,983
Taylor 3,45650.33%3,33748.60%200.29%250.36%280.41%1191.73%6,866
Todd 2,43667.72%1,09530.44%421.17%110.31%130.36%1,34137.28%3,597
Trigg 2,72772.82%99126.46%110.29%80.21%80.21%1,73646.36%3,745
Trimble 1,56874.21%51724.47%100.47%110.52%70.33%1,05149.74%2,113
Union 3,54066.64%1,71632.30%100.19%210.40%250.47%1,82434.34%5,312
Warren 9,65750.06%9,43948.93%390.20%960.50%600.31%2181.13%19,291
Washington 2,37656.10%1,76541.68%661.56%160.38%120.28%61114.42%4,235
Wayne 2,53743.61%3,24355.75%140.24%120.21%110.19%-706-12.14%5,817
Webster 3,52370.89%1,40228.21%170.34%90.18%190.38%2,12142.68%4,970
Whitley 4,21240.53%6,10058.70%220.21%160.15%420.40%-1,888-18.17%10,392
Wolfe 1,77772.29%65926.81%140.57%20.08%60.24%1,11845.48%2,458
Woodford 2,68949.20%2,64648.42%851.56%320.59%130.24%430.78%5,465
Totals615,71752.75%531,85245.57%8,3080.71%6,8370.59%4,4280.38%83,8657.18%1,167,142

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