1976 United States presidential election in Missouri

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1976 United States presidential election in Missouri
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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 vote120
Popular vote998,387927,443
Percentage51.10%47.47%

Missouri 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 Missouri took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Missouri was won by Jimmy Carter (DGeorgia), with 51.10% of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (RMichigan), who finished with 47.47% of the popular vote.

Jimmy Carter went on to become the 39th president of the United States. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Laclede County, McDonald County, Bollinger County, Webster County, Pettis County, and Cass County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate, [1] and the last time a Democrat won Missouri with the majority of the vote. This is also the last time St.Louis City was not the most Democratic County instead being Reynolds County.

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Missouri [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jimmy Carter 998,387 51.10%
Republican Gerald Ford (inc.)927,44347.47%
Independent Eugene McCarthy 24,0291.23%
Write-In3,4710.19%
Total votes1,953,600 100%

Results by county

1976 United States presidential election in Missouri by county [3]
CountyJames Earl Carter
Democratic
Gerald Rudolph Ford
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Adair 3,68440.34%5,24957.47%2002.19%-1,565-17.14%9,133
Andrew 3,04248.96%3,13050.38%410.66%-88-1.42%6,213
Atchison 1,92649.01%1,96049.87%441.12%-34-0.87%3,930
Audrain 5,60050.76%5,37848.75%540.49%2222.01%11,032
Barry 5,04649.72%5,05349.79%490.48%-7-0.07%10,148
Barton 2,32645.81%2,70853.34%430.85%-382-7.52%5,077
Bates 4,28855.80%3,35043.60%460.60%93812.21%7,684
Benton 2,68448.04%2,87551.46%280.50%-191-3.42%5,587
Bollinger 2,74056.36%2,11343.46%90.19%62712.90%4,862
Boone 17,67450.65%16,37346.92%8462.42%1,3013.73%34,893
Buchanan 17,42751.07%16,44648.19%2510.74%9812.87%34,124
Butler 6,75954.14%5,66945.41%570.46%1,0908.73%12,485
Caldwell 2,11349.92%2,09449.47%260.61%190.45%4,233
Callaway 4,84348.15%5,11550.85%1011.00%-272-2.70%10,059
Camden 3,97546.71%4,46952.51%660.78%-494-5.80%8,510
Cape Girardeau 10,44045.07%12,60754.42%1170.51%-2,167-9.36%23,164
Carroll 3,11451.24%2,93648.31%270.44%1782.93%6,077
Carter 1,15457.50%84241.95%110.55%31215.55%2,007
Cass 9,00855.16%7,18243.98%1400.86%1,82611.18%16,330
Cedar 2,19244.15%2,75255.43%210.42%-560-11.28%4,965
Chariton 3,05558.70%2,12840.89%210.40%92717.81%5,204
Christian 3,83045.37%4,55353.93%590.70%-723-8.56%8,442
Clark 1,67951.28%1,58248.32%130.40%972.96%3,274
Clay 26,60950.86%24,96247.71%7441.42%1,6473.15%52,315
Clinton 3,42454.59%2,80744.75%410.65%6179.84%6,272
Cole 7,94935.32%14,37063.86%1840.82%-6,421-28.53%22,503
Cooper 3,08745.34%3,69454.25%280.41%-607-8.91%6,809
Crawford 3,56552.17%3,22447.18%440.64%3414.99%6,833
Dade 1,68145.31%2,01554.31%140.38%-334-9.00%3,710
Dallas 2,45349.96%2,43049.49%270.55%230.47%4,910
Daviess 2,25053.69%1,91945.79%220.52%3317.90%4,191
DeKalb 2,02353.53%1,73946.02%170.45%2847.52%3,779
Dent 2,93154.27%2,43345.05%370.69%4989.22%5,401
Douglas 1,98142.45%2,65256.82%340.73%-671-14.38%4,667
Dunklin 7,10768.06%3,31431.73%220.21%3,79336.32%10,443
Franklin 11,69548.04%12,24250.29%4051.66%-547-2.25%24,342
Gasconade 1,70229.95%3,92569.08%550.97%-2,223-39.12%5,682
Gentry 2,24955.74%1,77243.92%140.35%47711.82%4,035
Greene 33,82446.84%37,69152.20%6900.96%-3,867-5.36%72,205
Grundy 2,59749.25%2,64650.18%300.57%-49-0.93%5,273
Harrison 2,30447.87%2,47851.49%310.64%-174-3.62%4,813
Henry 5,28255.62%4,16843.89%470.49%1,11411.73%9,497
Hickory 1,39849.54%1,40349.72%210.74%-5-0.18%2,822
Holt 1,52946.08%1,77753.56%120.36%-248-7.47%3,318
Howard 2,76961.62%1,69037.61%350.78%1,07924.01%4,494
Howell 5,26552.47%4,69246.76%780.78%5735.71%10,035
Iron 2,64659.68%1,76539.81%230.52%88119.87%4,434
Jackson 130,12055.27%101,40143.07%3,9201.66%28,71912.20%235,441
Jasper 14,91046.38%17,08653.15%1530.48%-2,176-6.77%32,149
Jefferson 25,15957.29%18,26141.58%4951.13%6,89815.71%43,915
Johnson 5,55149.47%5,51349.14%1561.39%380.34%11,220
Knox 1,31951.60%1,21647.57%210.82%1034.03%2,556
Laclede 4,38151.69%4,06747.99%270.32%3143.71%8,475
Lafayette 6,41048.18%6,82351.28%720.54%-413-3.10%13,305
Lawrence 5,31547.72%5,78451.93%380.34%-469-4.21%11,137
Lewis 2,48655.28%1,98344.10%280.62%50311.19%4,497
Lincoln 4,47354.95%3,58143.99%861.06%89210.96%8,140
Linn 4,09256.55%3,11443.03%300.41%97813.52%7,236
Livingston 3,81955.69%3,01043.90%280.41%80911.80%6,857
Macon 4,29655.88%3,36043.70%320.42%93612.17%7,688
Madison 2,22955.88%1,73943.59%210.53%49012.28%3,989
Maries 1,79654.52%1,48545.08%130.39%3119.44%3,294
Marion 6,12452.51%5,50147.17%380.33%6235.34%11,663
McDonald 3,11150.93%2,94948.28%480.79%1622.65%6,108
Mercer 1,17753.33%1,02546.44%50.23%1526.89%2,207
Miller 2,73939.89%4,09559.64%320.47%-1,356-19.75%6,866
Mississippi 3,36665.79%1,73333.87%170.33%1,63331.92%5,116
Moniteau 2,46244.32%3,07755.39%160.29%-615-11.07%5,555
Monroe 3,03965.35%1,58534.09%260.56%1,45431.27%4,650
Montgomery 2,53548.35%2,66550.83%430.82%-130-2.48%5,243
Morgan 2,73848.94%2,83150.60%260.46%-93-1.66%5,595
New Madrid 5,31965.38%2,79834.39%190.23%2,52130.99%8,136
Newton 7,04549.26%7,14249.94%1140.80%-97-0.68%14,301
Nodaway 4,87551.13%4,55847.81%1011.06%3173.32%9,534
Oregon 2,56469.07%1,12230.23%260.70%1,44238.85%3,712
Osage 2,01538.24%3,22461.19%300.57%-1,209-22.95%5,269
Ozark 1,34143.19%1,75456.49%100.32%-413-13.30%3,105
Pemiscot 4,68164.69%2,54135.12%140.19%2,14029.57%7,236
Perry 2,80140.49%4,08659.06%310.45%-1,285-18.57%6,918
Pettis 7,88751.56%7,34448.01%650.42%5433.55%15,296
Phelps 6,26150.04%6,15349.18%980.78%1080.86%12,512
Pike 3,77052.64%3,35546.84%370.52%4155.79%7,162
Platte 8,65150.73%8,10347.51%3001.76%5483.21%17,054
Polk 3,66348.26%3,89351.29%340.45%-230-3.03%7,590
Pulaski 4,37060.13%2,86539.42%320.44%1,50520.71%7,267
Putnam 1,09743.02%1,44456.63%90.35%-347-13.61%2,550
Ralls 2,31862.95%1,33436.23%300.81%98426.72%3,682
Randolph 5,83961.59%3,59437.91%480.51%2,24523.68%9,481
Ray 5,53565.42%2,85333.72%730.86%2,68231.70%8,461
Reynolds 2,14370.73%87929.01%80.26%1,26441.72%3,030
Ripley 2,57760.71%1,64038.63%280.66%93722.07%4,245
Saint Charles 22,06345.30%26,10553.60%5361.10%-4,042-8.30%48,704
Saint Clair 2,27155.35%1,80844.07%240.58%46311.28%4,103
Saint Francois 8,85255.63%7,00244.01%570.36%1,85011.63%15,911
Saint Louis County 196,91543.51%246,98854.57%8,7231.93%-50,073-11.06%452,626
Saint Louis City 118,70367.04%58,36732.96%00.00%60,33634.07%177,070
Sainte Genevieve 3,09157.54%2,24141.72%400.74%85015.82%5,372
Saline 5,89054.31%4,88345.03%720.66%1,0079.29%10,845
Schuyler 1,41754.08%1,19345.53%100.38%2248.55%2,620
Scotland 1,44952.65%1,28646.73%170.62%1635.92%2,752
Scott 8,07559.48%5,47340.31%280.21%2,60219.17%13,576
Shannon 1,96065.97%98933.29%220.74%97132.68%2,971
Shelby 2,22760.16%1,45339.25%220.59%77420.91%3,702
Stoddard 6,09760.30%3,98939.45%250.25%2,10820.85%10,111
Stone 2,35840.36%3,45759.17%270.46%-1,099-18.81%5,842
Sullivan 2,31351.58%2,14147.75%300.67%1723.84%4,484
Taney 3,62643.46%4,69656.28%220.26%-1,070-12.82%8,344
Texas 4,63857.84%3,33841.63%420.52%1,30016.21%8,018
Vernon 4,92156.67%3,71542.78%480.55%1,20613.89%8,684
Warren 2,16439.85%3,21459.19%520.96%-1,050-19.34%5,430
Washington 3,54358.01%2,52641.36%390.64%1,01716.65%6,108
Wayne 2,98760.25%1,96339.59%80.16%1,02420.65%4,958
Webster 3,75951.39%3,51047.98%460.63%2493.40%7,315
Worth 96955.40%77144.08%90.51%19811.32%1,749
Wright 2,78144.92%3,39754.87%130.21%-616-9.95%6,191
Totals998,38751.27%927,44347.63%21,3151.09%70,9443.64%1,947,145

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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