1976 United States presidential election in New York

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election right 1976 United States presidential election in New York New York Flag of New York (1901-2020).svg presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in New York 1972 1980 United States presidential election in New York 1980 November 2, 1976 x200px Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Liberal Georgia Walter Mondale 41 3,389,558 51.95% Gerald Ford, second official portrait of the President of the United States, February 1976 (HQ) (cropped closer).jpg Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Conservative Michigan Bob Dole 0 3,100,791 47.52% 400px 400px County results Carter #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Ford #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% President Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) The 1976 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose 41 electors to the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President. New York was won by Democratic Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, in a narrow victory against incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford, who failed to gain the presidency through formal election that year. Carter was running with Minnesota Senator Walter Mondale, and President Ford had selected Kansas Senator Bob Dole. The presidential election of 1976 was a very partisan election in New York, with more than 99% of the electorate voting for either Carter or Ford.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1976&fips=36&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1976 Presidential General Election Results — New York Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2013-07-09 Carter took 51.95% of the popular vote to Ford's 47.52%, a victory margin of 4.43%. New York weighed in as being slightly more Democratic than the national average, by about 2%. The vast majority of counties in New York state were won by the Republican Ford, but the highly populated regions of New York City, Buffalo and Albany were able to tip the scales for the Democratic Carter. Despite Ford being a Northern moderate, the Southerner Carter won commanding victories over Ford in four of the five boroughs of New York City. Carter broke 70% of the vote in Manhattan and the Bronx, and received over 60% of the vote in Brooklyn and Queens. Overall Carter took a citywide vote total of 66.37%, up to that point the third highest vote share ever received by a Democratic presidential candidate in New York City, surpassed only by the nationwide landslide victories of Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936, despite the fact that Carter was only winning a narrow 2-point victory nationwide. The massive raw vote margin in New York City was the vital key to Carter's narrow margin of victory in New York state. One reason for Ford's unusually weak performance in the city was likely his initial refusal to grant the nearly bankrupt city a federal bailout during the city's 1975 fiscal crisis, sparking the infamous New York Daily News headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead."Ford to New York: Drop Dead http://www.nydailynews.com/features/bronxisburning/battle-for-the-city/Ford-to-New-York-Drop-Dead.html October 30, 1975 Frank Van Riper Daily News New York March 2, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20081006064254/http://www.nydailynews.com/features/bronxisburning/battle-for-the-city/Ford-to-New-York-Drop-Dead.html October 6, 2008 While Ford ultimately would extend federal loans to the city to prevent it from falling into bankruptcy, the damage to Ford's reputation in New York City likely contributed to his poor performance among voters there, and to his narrow loss in both New York state and in the nation overall, as Ford would have won the 1976 election and retained the presidency had he carried New York state. Results thumb|left|144px|President Ford’s initial refusal to grant a federal bailout to a nearly bankrupt New York City during the city's 1975 fiscal crisis sparked infamous headlines damaging Ford's reputation in the city, likely contributing to his poor performance in New York City in the 1976 election. 1976 United States presidential election in New YorkPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Jimmy Carter 3,244,165 49.65% Liberal Jimmy Carter 145,393 2.23% Total Jimmy Carter 3,389,558 51.87% 41 Republican Gerald Ford 2,825,913 43.24% Conservative Gerald Ford 274,878 4.21% Total Gerald Ford (incumbent) 3,100,791 47.45% 0 Free Libertarian Roger MacBride 12,197 0.19% 0 Communist Gus Hall 10,270 0.16% 0 Socialist Workers Peter Camejo 6,996 0.11% 0 U.S. Labor Lyndon LaRouche 5,413 0.08% 0 Write-ins Various candidates 4,342"notseparated" Although McCarthy, Anderson and Maddox were separated from other write-in candidates, none of the write-in votes were separated by county; they were given only as a state-wide total.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2349 NY US President Race, November 02, 1976 Our Campaigns 0.07% 0 Write-ins Eugene McCarthy 4,303"notseparated" 0.07% 0 Write-ins Thomas J. Anderson 451"notseparated" 0.01% 0 Write-ins Lester Maddox 99"notseparated" 0.00% 0 Totals 6,534,170 100.0% 41 New York City results alt=A map showing the results by borough for the 1976 US presidential election in New York City.|thumb|Results by borough for the 1976 US presidential election in New York City. 1976 presidential election in New York CityManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Staten IslandTotal Democratic-LiberalJimmy Carter337,438238,786419,382379,90747,8671,423,38066.37%73.22%70.77%68.34%60.54%45.45% Republican-ConservativeGerald Ford117,70296,842190,728244,39656,995706,66332.95%25.54%28.70%31.08%38.95%54.11% CommunistGus Hall2,0757011,4321,034905,3320.25%0.45%0.21%0.23%0.16%0.09% Socialist WorkersPeter Camejo1,4684538707671023,6600.17%0.32%0.13%0.14%0.12%0.10% Free LibertarianRoger MacBride6832765515771152,2020.10%0.15%0.08%0.09%0.09%0.11% U.S. LaborLyndon LaRouche5922615486151012,1170.10%0.13%0.08%0.09%0.10%0.10% Write-insWrite-ins88072132207561,3470.06%TOTAL460,838337,391613,643627,503105,3262,144,701100.00% Results by county County Jimmy CarterDemocratic/Liberal Gerald FordRepublican/Conservative Roger MacBrideFree Libertarian Gus HallCommunist Peter CamejoSocialist Workers Lyndon LaRoucheU.S. Labor Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % # % Albany 71,616 50.29% 69,592 48.87% 519 0.36% 148 0.10% 1950.14% 138 0.10% 2,024 1.42% 142,409 Allegany 6,134 34.06% 11,769 65.35% 36 0.20% 14 0.08% 160.09% 9 0.05% −5,635 −31.29% 18,010 Bronx 238,786 70.77% 96,842 28.70% 276 0.08% 701 0.21% 4530.13% 261 0.08% 141,944 42.07% 337,391 Broome 39,827 43.93% 50,340 55.53% 174 0.19% 79 0.09% 850.09% 44 0.05% −10,513 −11.60% 90,658 Cattaraugus 13,768 41.19% 19,469 58.25% 71 0.21% 23 0.07% 210.06% 41 0.12% −5,701 −17.06% 33,422 Cayuga 13,348 40.03% 19,775 59.31% 44 0.13% 30 0.09% 160.05% 42 0.13% −6,427 −19.28% 33,343 Chautauqua 27,447 44.68% 33,730 54.90% 137 0.22% 40 0.07% 420.07% 40 0.07% −6,283 −10.22% 61,436 Chemung 17,207 45.25% 20,640 54.28% 55 0.14% 28 0.07% 220.06% 45 0.12% −3,433 −9.03% 38,026 Chenango 7,356 37.08% 12,384 62.43% 47 0.24% 16 0.08% 80.04% 19 0.10% −5,028 −25.35% 19,837 Clinton 11,555 42.63% 15,433 56.94% 44 0.16% 20 0.07% 250.09% 22 0.08% −3,878 −14.31% 27,103 Columbia 10,514 39.56% 15,871 59.72% 82 0.31% 38 0.14% 270.10% 42 0.16% −5,357 −20.16% 26,574 Cortland 6,947 37.96% 11,222 61.32% 67 0.37% 12 0.07% 160.09% 13 0.07% −4,275 −23.36% 18,300 Delaware 7,254 36.59% 12,443 62.76% 40 0.20% 17 0.09% 110.06% 14 0.07% −5,189 −26.17% 19,827 Dutchess 37,531 41.65% 51,312 56.94% 264 0.30% 76 0.09% 880.10% 62 0.07% −13,781 −15.29% 90,111 Erie 229,397 50.66% 220,310 48.65% 1,346 0.30% 540 0.12% 2520.06% 508 0.11% 9,087 2.01% 452,843 Essex 6,556 38.97% 10,194 60.59% 34 0.20% 23 0.14% 80.05% 9 0.05% −3,638 −21.62% 16,824 Franklin 7,248 44.87% 8,846 54.77% 23 0.14% 9 0.06% 60.04% 9 0.06% −1,598 −9.90% 16,152 Fulton 9,323 43.10% 12,161 56.23% 71 0.33% 15 0.07% 50.02% 17 0.08% −2,838 −13.13% 21,629 Genesee 10,803 42.30% 14,567 57.04% 61 0.24% 26 0.10% 80.03% 22 0.09% −3,764 −14.74% 25,536 Greene 7,740 40.18% 11,370 59.02% 56 0.29% 16 0.08% 260.14% 26 0.14% −3,630 −18.84% 19,264 Hamilton 1,052 31.22% 2,306 68.43% 8 0.24% 3 0.09% 10.03% 0 0.00% −1,254 −37.21% 3,370 Herkimer 12,875 45.37% 15,362 54.14% 58 0.20% 24 0.08% 190.07% 23 0.08% −2,487 −8.77% 28,377 Jefferson 13,503 39.68% 20,401 59.95% 32 0.09% 29 0.09% 140.04% 27 0.08% −6,898 −20.27% 34,028 Kings 419,382 68.34% 190,728 31.08% 551 0.09% 1,432 0.23% 8700.14% 548 0.09% 228,654 37.26% 613,643 Lewis 3,764 39.07% 5,840 60.62% 15 0.16% 6 0.06% 40.04% 4 0.04% −2,076 −21.55% 9,633 Livingston 9,629 40.43% 14,044 58.96% 78 0.33% 28 0.12% 100.04% 21 0.09% −4,415 −18.53% 23,819 Madison 8,822 35.87% 15,674 63.74% 39 0.16% 15 0.06% 160.07% 25 0.10% −6,852 −27.87% 24,591 Monroe 134,739 44.40% 167,303 55.14% 781 0.26% 243 0.08% 1770.06% 191 0.06% −32,564 −10.74% 303,434 Montgomery 11,271 45.57% 13,281 53.70% 59 0.24% 27 0.11% 170.07% 30 0.12% −2,010 −8.13% 24,734 Nassau 302,869 47.64% 329,176 51.78% 955 0.15% 734 0.12% 5150.08% 334 0.05% −26,307 −4.14% 635,756 New York 337,438 73.22% 117,702 25.54% 683 0.15% 2,075 0.45% 1,4680.32% 592 0.13% 219,736 47.68% 460,838 Niagara 43,667 48.39% 46,101 51.09% 232 0.26% 52 0.06% 460.05% 79 0.09% −2,434 −2.70% 90,239 Oneida 47,779 45.08% 57,655 54.40% 251 0.24% 85 0.08% 470.04% 89 0.08% −9,876 −9.32% 105,988 Onondaga 76,097 39.51% 115,474 59.96% 312 0.16% 214 0.11% 1030.05% 126 0.07% −39,377 −20.45% 192,578 Ontario 14,044 39.63% 21,118 59.59% 100 0.28% 35 0.10% 130.04% 31 0.09% −7,074 −19.96% 35,441 Orange 40,362 44.51% 49,685 54.80% 183 0.20% 113 0.12% 610.07% 60 0.07% −9,323 −10.29% 90,673 Orleans 5,927 39.45% 8,994 59.87% 48 0.32% 11 0.07% 100.07% 7 0.05% −3,067 −20.42% 15,023 Oswego 16,332 40.36% 23,949 59.19% 83 0.21% 42 0.10% 180.04% 27 0.07% −7,617 −18.83% 40,463 Otsego 9,787 39.54% 14,796 59.77% 51 0.21% 25 0.10% 100.04% 29 0.12% −5,009 −20.23% 24,754 Putnam 11,963 38.95% 18,523 60.31% 65 0.21% 38 0.12% 340.11% 25 0.08% −6,560 −21.36% 30,711 Queens 379,907 60.54% 244,396 38.95% 577 0.09% 1,034 0.16% 7670.12% 615 0.10% 135,511 21.59% 627,503 Rensselaer 28,979 41.60% 40,229 57.76% 213 0.31% 64 0.09% 420.06% 59 0.08% −11,250 −16.16% 69,653 Richmond 47,867 45.45% 56,995 54.11% 115 0.11% 90 0.09% 1020.10% 101 0.10% −9,128 −8.66% 105,326 Rockland 48,673 47.93% 52,087 51.30% 208 0.21% 166 0.16% 1100.11% 46 0.05% −3,414 −3.37% 101,540 Saratoga 23,768 38.04% 38,296 61.29% 220 0.35% 76 0.12% 260.04% 51 0.08% −14,528 −23.25% 62,486 Schenectady 31,838 42.60% 40,789 54.58% 242 0.33% 117 0.16% 690.09% 88 0.12% −8,951 −11.98% 74,732 Schoharie 5,250 41.95% 7,154 57.16% 39 0.31% 20 0.16% 160.13% 18 0.14% −1,904 −15.21% 12,515 Schuyler 2,885 40.13% 4,267 59.35% 17 0.24% 6 0.08% 60.08% 5 0.07% −1,382 −19.22% 7,189 Seneca 5,745 42.53% 7,659 56.70% 44 0.33% 10 0.07% 50.04% 9 0.07% −1,914 −14.17% 13,508 St. Lawrence 17,503 43.83% 22,249 55.71% 55 0.14% 43 0.11% 220.06% 15 0.04% −4,746 −11.88% 39,934 Steuben 14,685 38.63% 23,164 60.93% 80 0.21% 40 0.11% 280.07% 18 0.05% −8,479 −22.30% 38,015 Suffolk 208,263 45.27% 248,908 54.10% 1,035 0.23% 486 0.11% 3910.09% 328 0.07% −40,645 −8.83% 460,048 Sullivan 14,189 50.50% 13,709 48.79% 70 0.25% 46 0.16% 300.11% 34 0.12% 480 1.71% 28,096 Tioga 6,969 36.89% 11,824 62.58% 32 0.17% 17 0.09% 150.08% 11 0.06% −4,855 −25.69% 18,893 Tompkins 12,808 44.67% 15,463 53.93% 58 0.20% 38 0.13% 730.26% 19 0.07% −2,655 −9.26% 28,671 Ulster 30,190 45.64% 35,353 53.44% 207 0.31% 130 0.20% 890.13% 57 0.09% −5,163 −7.80% 66,153 Warren 7,264 33.15% 14,548 66.39% 41 0.19% 17 0.08% 120.05% 13 0.06% −7,284 −33.24% 21,912 Washington 7,262 34.06% 13,946 65.40% 56 0.26% 25 0.12% 130.06% 12 0.06% −6,684 −31.34% 21,324 Wayne 12,061 38.22% 19,324 61.24% 81 0.26% 16 0.05% 70.02% 14 0.04% −7,263 −23.02% 31,557 Westchester 173,153 45.06% 208,527 54.26% 706 0.18% 705 0.18% 3830.10% 229 0.06% −35,374 −9.20% 384,296 Wyoming 5,737 36.92% 9,726 62.59% 45 0.29% 15 0.10% 40.03% 12 0.08% −3,989 −25.67% 15,539 Yates 2,903 33.21% 5,796 66.30% 25 0.29% 7 0.08% 40.05% 7 0.08% −2,893 −33.09% 8,742Totals3,389,55851.87%3,100,79147.45%12,1970.19%10,2700.16%6,9960.11%5,4130.08%288,7674.42%6,534,420 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Albany Erie Queens Sullivan By congressional district Despite losing the state, Ford won 23 of the state's 39 congressional districts, including 13 which elected Democrats, while the remaining 11 districts were won by Carter, including one which elected a Republican.1976 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District https://wwu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=470d69283c9e42b9ab2d56b9ed42f693 28 May 2026 en 2 November 1976 District Carter Ford RepresentativeNew York 1 1st 45.6% 54.4%Otis G. PikeNew York 2 2nd 45.4% 54.6%Thomas DowneyNew York 3 3rd 45.8% 54.2%Jerome AmbroNew York 4 4th 48.8% 51.2%Norman F. LentNew York 5 5th 48.3% 51.7%John W. WydlerNew York 6 6th 49.5% 50.5%Lester WolffNew York 7 7th 71.6% 28.4%Joseph P. AddabboNew York 8 8th 66.7% 33.3%Ben RosenthalNew York 9 9th 45.7% 54.3%James J. DelaneyNew York 10 10th 57.2% 42.8%Mario BiaggiNew York 11 11th 70% 30%James H. ScheuerNew York 12 12th 82.5% 17.5%Shirley ChisholmNew York 13 13th 71.7% 28.3%Stephen SolarzNew York 14 14th 78.1% 21.9%Fred RichmondNew York 15 15th 49.8% 50.2%Leo C. ZeferettiNew York 16 16th 71.3% 28.7%Elizabeth HoltzmanNew York 17 17th 54.8% 45.2%John MurphyNew York 18 18th 63.1% 36.9%Ed KochNew York 19 19th 87.1% 12.9%Charlie RangelNew York 20 20th76.7%23.3%Bella AbzugTed WeissNew York 21 21st 90.7% 9.3%Herman BadilloNew York 22 22nd 76.5% 23.5%Jonathan B. BinghamNew York 23 23rd52.5%47.5%Peter A. PeyserBruce CaputoNew York 24 24th 47% 53%Richard OttingerNew York 25 25th 42.1% 57.9%Hamilton Fish IVNew York 26 26th 46.4% 53.6%Benjamin GilmanNew York 27 27th 44.9% 55.1%Matt McHughNew York 28 28th 48.6% 51.4%Samuel StrattonNew York 29 29th 39% 61%Edward W. PattisonNew York 30 30th 41.8% 58.2%Robert C. McEwenNew York 31 31st 44.1% 55.9%Don MitchellNew York 32 32nd 39.1% 60.9%James M. HanleyNew York 33 33rd 39.5% 60.5%William F. WalshNew York 34 34th 43.4% 56.6%Frank HortonNew York 35 35th 43.4% 56.6%Barber ConableNew York 36 36th 46.3% 53.7%John LaFalceNew York 37 37th 63.4% 36.6%Henry J. NowakNew York 38 38th 44.6% 55.4%Jack KempNew York 39 39th 42.1% 57.9%Stan Lundine Analysis Even though Ford won in 55 of New York state's 62 counties, Carter's landslide in heavily populated New York City provided Carter with a citywide vote advantage over Ford of 716,717 votes, which was more than twice Carter's statewide victory margin of 288,767 votes. Without Carter winning the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, Ford would have won the state by 437,078 votes, (with 9.7% margin) and the presidency with an Electoral College victory of 281 to 256. There was a significant difference between the results of Upstate New York and Downstate New York in this election. Ford won Upstate by 11% and Carter won Downstate by 16%,May 2022. Ford won 50 of the 53 counties in Upstate New York. Carter only won the following three upstate counties: Albany (Albany), Erie (Buffalo), and Sullivan (Monticello). Although Carter won only four of the nine counties in densely populated Downstate New York, he won all four of them by between 21 and 47 percentage points, whereas the five counties in Downstate New York that Ford won all went to him by much smaller margins of between 3 and 9 percentage points. The 1976 Democratic National Convention was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, in July 1976. At the convention, electors and delegates met for 3 days in New York City before formally nominating Carter to run for the presidency. See also United States presidential elections in New York Presidency of Jimmy Carter Watergate scandal Notes References expanded New York 1976 Category:1976 New York (state) elections