1976 United States presidential election in California

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1976 United States presidential election in California
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  1972 November 2, 1976 1980  
Turnout81.53% (of registered voters) Decrease2.svg 0.60 pp
57.32% (of eligible voters) Decrease2.svg 7.20 pp [1]
  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 vote450
Popular vote3,882,2443,742,284
Percentage49.35%47.57%

California 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 California took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose 45 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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California narrowly voted for the Republican incumbent, Gerald Ford, over the Democratic challenger, Jimmy Carter.

Ford won the state with a plurality of 49.35% of the vote to Carter's 47.57%, a victory margin of 1.78%, which made California almost 4% more Republican than the nation-at-large.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that a Democrat has won the counties of Amador, El Dorado, Lassen, Madera, Placer, Shasta, Sierra and Yuba, [2] Carter is also the last candidate from either party to carry Los Angeles by only a plurality. This also remains the last election in which a Republican presidential candidate won at least 40% of the vote in San Francisco, and the last time that county was not the most Democratic in the state. This is also the last time when a Democrat has won the presidency without winning California and the last time that the state would vote Republican in a close election. The state would not vote for a losing candidate again until 2000, and for the loser of the popular vote until 2004.

Results

1976 United States presidential election in California [3]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent)3,882,24449.35%45
Democratic Jimmy Carter 3,742,28447.57%0
No party Eugene McCarthy (write-in)58,4120.74%0
Independent Roger MacBride 56,3880.72%0
American Independent Lester Maddox 51,0980.65%0
Peace and Freedom Margaret Wright 41,7310.53%0
Independent Peter Camejo 17,2590.22%0
Independent Gus Hall 12,7660.16%0
No party Thomas J. Anderson (write-in)4,5650.06%0
No party Jules Levin (write-in)2220.00%0
No partyWrite-ins740.00%0
No party Ben Bubar (write-in)340.00%0
No partyErnest Miller (write-in)260.00%0
No partyFrank Taylor (write-in)140.00%0
Invalid or blank votes
Totals7,867,117100.00%45
Voter turnout

Results by county

CountyGerald Ford
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Alameda 155,28038.09%235,98857.89%16,4134.02%-80,708-19.80%407,681
Alpine 22550.34%18942.28%337.38%368.06%447
Amador 3,69946.13%4,03750.35%2823.52%-338-4.22%8,018
Butte 28,40051.77%24,20344.12%2,2514.11%4,1977.65%54,854
Calaveras 3,69549.08%3,60747.91%2263.01%881.17%7,528
Colusa 2,73352.74%2,34045.16%1092.10%3937.58%5,182
Contra Costa 126,59849.35%123,74248.24%6,1942.41%2,8561.11%256,534
Del Norte 2,48145.29%2,78950.91%2083.80%-308-5.62%5,478
El Dorado 12,47247.69%12,76348.80%9193.51%-291-1.11%26,154
Fresno 72,53348.10%74,95849.71%3,3142.19%-2,425-1.61%150,805
Glenn 4,09452.67%3,50145.04%1782.29%5937.63%7,773
Humboldt 18,03441.58%23,50054.18%1,8384.24%-5,466-12.60%43,372
Imperial 10,61849.94%10,24448.18%4001.88%3741.76%21,262
Inyo 3,90558.23%2,63539.29%1662.48%1,27018.94%6,706
Kern 58,02352.29%50,56745.57%2,3712.14%7,4566.72%110,961
Kings 8,26349.65%8,06148.44%3181.91%2021.21%16,642
Lake 5,46244.46%6,37451.88%4493.64%-912-7.42%12,285
Lassen 3,00742.97%3,80154.32%1902.71%-794-11.35%6,998
Los Angeles 1,174,92647.78%1,221,89349.69%62,2582.53%-46,967-1.91%2,459,077
Madera 6,84445.96%7,62551.20%4232.84%-781-5.24%14,892
Marin 53,42552.52%43,59042.86%4,7004.62%9,8359.66%101,715
Mariposa 2,01246.61%2,09348.48%2124.91%-81-1.87%4,317
Mendocino 9,78445.49%10,65349.53%1,0724.98%-869-4.04%21,509
Merced 14,84246.08%16,63751.65%7292.27%-1,795-5.57%32,208
Modoc 1,91751.20%1,73346.29%942.51%1844.91%3,744
Mono 1,60058.80%1,02537.67%963.53%57521.13%2,721
Monterey 40,89651.02%36,84945.97%2,4083.01%4,0475.05%80,153
Napa 20,83951.83%18,04844.89%1,3183.28%2,7916.94%40,205
Nevada 8,17048.40%7,92646.95%7854.65%2441.45%16,881
Orange 408,63262.16%232,24635.33%16,5552.51%176,38626.83%657,433
Placer 18,15445.03%21,02652.16%1,1312.81%-2,872-7.13%40,311
Plumas 2,88443.94%3,42952.25%2503.81%-545-8.31%6,563
Riverside 97,77449.24%96,22848.46%4,5562.30%1,5460.78%198,558
Sacramento 123,11044.63%144,20352.27%8,5633.10%-21,093-7.64%275,876
San Benito 3,39850.87%3,12246.74%1602.40%2764.13%6,680
San Bernardino 113,26549.49%109,63647.90%5,9842.61%3,6291.59%228,885
San Diego 353,30255.74%263,65441.60%16,8392.66%89,64814.14%633,795
San Francisco 103,56140.31%133,73352.06%19,5947.63%-30,172-11.75%256,888
San Joaquin 50,27749.60%48,73348.08%2,3512.32%1,5441.52%101,361
San Luis Obispo 27,78551.17%24,92645.91%1,5872.92%2,8595.26%54,298
San Mateo 117,33850.63%102,89644.40%11,5074.97%14,4426.23%231,741
Santa Barbara 60,92250.83%55,01845.91%3,9043.26%5,9044.92%119,844
Santa Clara 219,18849.46%208,02346.94%15,9273.60%11,1652.52%443,138
Santa Cruz 31,87243.09%37,77251.06%4,3255.85%-5,900-7.97%73,969
Shasta 17,27345.63%19,20050.72%1,3813.65%-1,927-5.09%37,854
Sierra 68043.15%84153.36%553.49%-161-10.21%1,576
Siskiyou 7,07048.37%7,06048.31%4853.32%100.06%14,615
Solano 26,13642.40%33,68254.64%1,8262.96%-7,546-12.24%61,644
Sonoma 50,55547.72%50,35347.52%5,0444.76%2020.20%105,952
Stanislaus 32,93744.83%38,44852.34%2,0802.83%-5,511-7.51%73,465
Sutter 8,74554.21%6,96643.18%4202.61%1,77911.03%16,131
Tehama 6,11044.81%6,99051.27%5353.92%-880-6.46%13,635
Trinity 1,98945.66%2,17249.86%1954.48%-183-4.20%4,356
Tulare 31,86454.52%25,55143.72%1,0271.76%6,31310.80%58,442
Tuolumne 6,10446.94%6,49249.93%4073.13%-388-2.99%13,003
Ventura 82,67053.20%68,52944.10%4,2012.70%14,1419.10%155,400
Yolo 18,37642.42%23,53354.33%1,4083.25%-5,157-11.91%43,317
Yuba 5,49644.74%6,45152.51%3382.75%-955-7.77%12,285
Total3,882,24449.35%3,742,28447.57%242,5893.08%139,9601.78%7,867,117

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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