1976 United States presidential election in Montana

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1976 United States presidential election in Montana
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  1972 November 2, 1976 (1976-11-02) 1980  
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Nominee Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Michigan Georgia
Running mate Bob Dole Walter Mondale
Electoral vote40
Popular vote173,703149,259
Percentage52.84%45.40%

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County Results

President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Montana was part of the 1976 United States presidential election, which took place on November 2, 1976. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Montana voted for the Republican nominee, President Gerald Ford, over the Democratic nominee, former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. Ford won Montana by a margin of 7.44%. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which McCone County and Wibaux County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate. [1] Carter became the first ever Democrat to win the White House without carrying Daniels, Judith Basin, Pondera, Teton, or Toole Counties, as well as the first to do so without carrying Cascade County since Grover Cleveland in 1892, and the first to do so without carrying Chouteau or Valley Counties since Woodrow Wilson in 1912.

This was the first time Teton county voted for a losing candidate since 1896. With Laramie County, Wyoming, simultaneously voting for its first loser since 1892, only Crook County, Oregon, maintained a perfect winning record in the 20th century. It would maintain it until voting twice against Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996.

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Montana [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent)173,70352.84%4
Democratic Jimmy Carter 149,25945.40%0
Americanist Thomas J. Anderson 5,7721.76%0
Totals328,734100.00%4

Results by county

CountyGerald Rudolph Ford
Republican
James Earl Carter
Democratic
Thomas Jefferson Anderson
Americanist
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Beaverhead 2,46169.46%1,01328.59%691.95%1,44840.87%3,543
Big Horn 1,61544.49%1,96254.05%531.46%-347-9.56%3,630
Blaine 1,34949.25%1,35649.51%341.24%-7-0.26%2,739
Broadwater 82059.04%55740.10%120.86%26318.93%1,389
Carbon 2,12152.44%1,85345.81%711.76%2686.63%4,045
Carter 55857.41%34435.39%707.20%21422.02%972
Cascade 15,28950.11%14,67848.11%5441.78%6112.00%30,511
Chouteau 1,81452.35%1,56845.25%832.40%2467.10%3,465
Custer 3,12055.25%2,42542.94%1021.81%69512.31%5,647
Daniels 81649.79%79748.63%261.59%191.16%1,639
Dawson 2,63953.21%2,20144.38%1202.42%4388.83%4,960
Deer Lodge 2,19735.57%3,85962.48%1201.94%-1,662-26.91%6,176
Fallon 93451.98%84747.13%160.89%874.84%1,797
Fergus 3,55657.73%2,47040.10%1342.18%1,08617.63%6,160
Flathead 10,49455.69%7,82741.53%5242.78%2,66714.15%18,845
Gallatin 11,06263.36%6,21535.60%1831.05%4,84727.76%17,460
Garfield 62567.79%27329.61%242.60%35238.18%922
Glacier 1,89250.81%1,75547.13%772.07%1373.68%3,724
Golden Valley 30253.08%25544.82%122.11%478.26%569
Granite 74658.65%50940.02%171.34%23718.63%1,272
Hill 3,27445.10%3,87853.42%1081.49%-604-8.32%7,260
Jefferson 1,38752.26%1,21045.59%572.15%1776.67%2,654
Judith Basin 80950.12%77247.83%332.04%372.29%1,614
Lake 3,80952.83%3,25345.12%1482.05%5567.71%7,210
Lewis and Clark 10,15554.84%8,11843.84%2441.32%2,03711.00%18,517
Liberty 63854.86%50643.51%191.63%13211.35%1,163
Lincoln 3,01748.02%3,14650.07%1201.91%-129-2.05%6,283
McCone 73048.70%74949.97%201.33%-19-1.27%1,499
Madison 1,68864.67%87033.33%521.99%81831.34%2,610
Meagher 56560.17%36438.76%101.06%20121.41%939
Mineral 67944.85%81954.10%161.06%-140-9.25%1,514
Missoula 16,35051.36%15,09947.43%3881.22%1,2513.93%31,837
Musselshell 1,11754.09%92244.65%261.26%1959.44%2,065
Park 3,28157.16%2,36441.18%951.66%91715.98%5,740
Petroleum 21163.75%11033.23%103.02%10130.51%331
Phillips 1,34754.18%1,11744.93%220.88%2309.25%2,486
Pondera 1,66652.89%1,41344.86%712.25%2538.03%3,150
Powder River 68355.30%42934.74%1239.96%25420.57%1,235
Powell 1,61054.56%1,30244.12%391.32%30810.44%2,951
Prairie 59758.59%41540.73%70.69%18217.86%1,019
Ravalli 4,89456.29%3,50440.30%2963.40%1,39015.99%8,694
Richland 2,18951.35%1,96146.00%1132.65%2285.35%4,263
Roosevelt 1,82246.38%2,06152.47%451.15%-239-6.08%3,928
Rosebud 1,53851.16%1,41347.01%551.83%1254.16%3,006
Sanders 1,73848.60%1,72548.24%1133.16%130.36%3,576
Sheridan 1,11441.05%1,56057.48%401.47%-446-16.43%2,714
Silver Bow 7,50639.28%11,37759.53%2271.19%-3,871-20.26%19,110
Stillwater 1,44654.88%1,14343.38%461.75%30311.50%2,635
Sweet Grass 1,13568.41%50230.26%221.33%63338.16%1,659
Teton 1,73051.72%1,50645.02%1093.26%2246.70%3,345
Toole 1,46956.43%1,08041.49%542.07%38914.94%2,603
Treasure 31555.85%23942.38%101.77%7613.48%564
Valley 2,52050.82%2,35247.43%871.75%1683.39%4,959
Wheatland 75557.20%53540.53%302.27%22016.67%1,320
Wibaux 30844.57%35250.94%314.49%-44-6.37%691
Yellowstone 25,20157.11%18,32941.54%5951.35%6,87215.57%44,125
Totals173,70352.84%149,25945.40%5,7721.76%24,4447.44%328,734

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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