1976 United States elections

none February 2026 January 2025 1976 Presidential election year November 2 Republican Party (US)Gerald Ford (R) 95th Democratic gain Democratic +2.1% Jimmy Carter (D) 297 Gerald Ford (R) 240 1976 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Ford, blue denotes states won by Carter. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. 34 of 100 seats Democratic hold Republican +1 1976 Senate results #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold#9A9A9A Independent hold All 435 voting members Democratic hold Democratic +13.6% Democratic +1 400px 1976 House of Representatives results #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold 15 (14 states, 1 territories) Democratic +1 1976 gubernatorial election resultsTerritorial races not shown #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold Elections were held on November 2, 1976, and elected the members of the 95th United States Congress. The Democratic Party won the presidential election and retained control of Congress.Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk 10 April 2017 Former Democratic Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia defeated Republican incumbent President Gerald Ford.1976 Presidential Election http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/elections/presidential/presidential_election_1976.html US Elections University of Connecticut 13 August 2011 13 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110813194802/http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/elections/presidential/presidential_election_1976.html dead Carter won the popular vote by two points and finished with 297 electoral votes, taking a mix of Southern and Northern states. Ford, who had taken office after the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of Republican President Richard Nixon in 1974, defeated former California Governor Ronald Reagan to take the Republican nomination. The convention nominated Kansas Senator Bob Dole as Ford's running mate, instead of sitting Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. Carter defeated a slew of competitors in the 1976 Democratic primaries, including California Governor Jerry Brown, Alabama Governor George Wallace, Arizona Congressman Mo Udall, Washington Senator Henry M. Jackson, and Idaho Senator Frank Church. Neither the House nor Senate saw major changes in partisan composition, so the Democrats retained control of Congress. Democrats won the nationwide popular vote for the House of Representatives by a margin of 13.6 percentage points.Election Statistics, 1920 to Present https://history.house.gov/Institution/Election-Statistics/Election-Statistics/ United States House of Representatives In the gubernatorial elections, the Democratic Party picked up one seat. See also 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States House of Representatives elections 1976 United States Senate elections 1976 United States gubernatorial elections References 1976 Presidential Election http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1976 The American Presidency Project 19 June 2017 1976