1976 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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1976 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Flag of West Virginia.svg
  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
Running mate Walter Mondale Bob Dole
Electoral vote60
Popular vote435,914314,760
Percentage58.07%41.93%

West Virginia Presidential Election Results 1976.svg
County Results

The 1976 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 2, 1976, in West Virginia as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. The two major party candidates, Republican Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter were the only candidates to appear on the state's ballot.

Contents

Carter won the state of West Virginia with 58.07 percent of the vote, carrying the state's 6 electoral votes. [1] He had a 16.14 point margin over the incumbent President Ford. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Putnam County, Mineral County, and Hampshire County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [2]

Results

1976 United States presidential election in West Virginia [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jimmy Carter 435,914 58.07%
Republican Gerald Ford (inc.)314,76041.93%
Total votes750,674 100.00%

Results by county

1976 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county
CountyJames Earl Carter
Democratic
Gerald Rudolph Ford
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %
Barbour 3,64752.99%3,23547.01%4125.99%6,882
Berkeley 8,21647.90%8,93552.10%-719-4.19%17,151
Boone 8,52873.52%3,07226.48%5,45647.03%11,600
Braxton 4,01267.71%1,91332.29%2,09935.43%5,925
Brooke 8,19763.11%4,79236.89%3,40526.21%12,989
Cabell 20,81151.44%19,64448.56%1,1672.88%40,455
Calhoun 2,17362.88%1,28337.12%89025.75%3,456
Clay 2,66267.49%1,28232.51%1,38034.99%3,944
Doddridge 1,24540.83%1,80459.17%-559-18.33%3,049
Fayette 15,49673.95%5,45926.05%10,03747.90%20,955
Gilmer 2,24562.09%1,37137.91%87424.17%3,616
Grant 1,32330.77%2,97669.23%-1,653-38.45%4,299
Greenbrier 8,29158.58%5,86241.42%2,42917.16%14,153
Hampshire 3,10459.68%2,09740.32%1,00719.36%5,201
Hancock 10,62761.08%6,77138.92%3,85622.16%17,398
Hardy 2,99361.70%1,85838.30%1,13523.40%4,851
Harrison 21,46758.59%15,17241.41%6,29517.18%36,639
Jackson 5,33449.88%5,36050.12%-26-0.24%10,694
Jefferson 5,16657.21%3,86442.79%1,30214.42%9,030
Kanawha 53,60255.94%42,21344.06%11,38911.89%95,815
Lewis 3,96051.46%3,73648.54%2242.91%7,696
Lincoln 5,26063.70%2,99736.30%2,26327.41%8,257
Logan 13,12276.54%4,02123.46%9,10153.09%17,143
Marion 17,80063.14%10,39136.86%7,40926.28%28,191
Marshall 8,64156.31%6,70543.69%1,93612.62%15,346
Mason 6,76956.53%5,20543.47%1,56413.06%11,974
McDowell 10,55771.99%4,10728.01%6,45043.99%14,664
Mercer 14,76157.77%10,79142.23%3,97015.54%25,552
Mineral 5,89853.48%5,13046.52%7686.96%11,028
Mingo 8,65574.20%3,01025.80%5,64548.39%11,665
Monongalia 16,16357.75%11,82742.25%4,33615.49%27,990
Monroe 3,29754.52%2,75045.48%5479.05%6,047
Morgan 1,92944.88%2,36955.12%-440-10.24%4,298
Nicholas 6,23564.30%3,46235.70%2,77328.60%9,697
Ohio 11,81748.64%12,47651.36%-659-2.71%24,293
Pendleton 2,10457.52%1,55442.48%55015.04%3,658
Pleasants 1,69951.38%1,60848.62%912.75%3,307
Pocahontas 2,33057.25%1,74042.75%59014.50%4,070
Preston 5,59549.45%5,71950.55%-124-1.10%11,314
Putnam 8,22656.50%6,33443.50%1,89212.99%14,560
Raleigh 19,76865.02%10,63734.98%9,13130.03%30,405
Randolph 7,26560.11%4,82239.89%2,44320.21%12,087
Ritchie 1,94140.31%2,87459.69%-933-19.38%4,815
Roane 3,51952.25%3,21647.75%3034.50%6,735
Summers 3,94363.63%2,25436.37%1,68927.26%6,197
Taylor 3,90557.46%2,89142.54%1,01414.92%6,796
Tucker 2,32362.46%1,39637.54%92724.93%3,719
Tyler 1,81741.95%2,51458.05%-697-16.09%4,331
Upshur 3,51342.32%4,78957.68%-1,276-15.37%8,302
Wayne 9,95862.37%6,00937.63%3,94924.73%15,967
Webster 2,93175.12%97124.88%1,96050.23%3,902
Wetzel 5,04257.07%3,79342.93%1,24914.14%8,835
Wirt 1,18253.41%1,03146.59%1516.82%2,213
Wood 17,07548.16%18,38251.84%-1,307-3.69%35,457
Wyoming 7,77564.46%4,28635.54%3,48928.93%12,061
Totals435,91458.07%314,76041.93%121,15416.14%750,674

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References

  1. "1976 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia" . Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. p. 337. ISBN   0786422173.
  3. "1976 General Election — Official Election Returns" (PDF). West Virginia Secretary of State. Retrieved February 23, 2022.