1976 United States presidential election in North Carolina

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States presidential election in North Carolina North Carolina presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1972 1885 1980 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1980 65.70%Voter Turnout https://www.ncsbe.gov/results-data/voter-turnout#general North Carolina State Board of Elections November 2, 1976 x200px Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 13 927,365 55.27% Gerald Ford, second official portrait of the President of the United States, February 1976 (HQ) (cropped closer).jpg Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Michigan Bob Dole 0 741,960 44.22% 400px County results 400px Congressional district results Carter #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Ford #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% President Gerald R. Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) The 1976 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 2, 1976, and was part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Among white voters, 51% supported Ford while 48% supported Carter.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time a Democrat won North Carolina with a majority of the vote, and the last time that North Carolina would vote Democratic in a presidential election until 2008. This is also the last time a Democrat has won Gaston County, Onslow County, Polk County, Johnston County, Iredell County, Alamance County, Rowan County, Craven County, Burke County, Caldwell County, Lincoln County, Surry County, Rutherford County, Carteret County, Stanly County, Beaufort County, Stokes County, McDowell County, Alexander County, Dare County, Macon County, Transylvania County, Cherokee County, Ashe County, Clay County, and Graham County.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Primary Elections Democratic primary Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter scored a decisive victory over Alabama Gov. George Wallace in the North Carolina Democratic presidential primary on March 23, 1976, with approximately 53% of the vote to Wallace's 35%. Sen. Scoop Jackson trailed far behind, with approximately 4%.http://geocities.com/Athens/Agora/8088/Dem1976.html Elections geocities.com 11 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20091026141022/http://geocities.com/Athens/Agora/8088/Dem1976.html 26 October 2009 dead The North Carolina primary was the first in which Carter won an absolute majority and helped seal his ultimate nomination.Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter Wallace, who had won the North Carolina primary in 1972, was all but eliminated from the race by his defeat.CQ Almanac Republican primary Former California Governor Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent President Ford in the North Carolina Republican presidential primary on March 23, 1976, with approximately 52% of the vote. It was Reagan's first primary victory of 1976, and came about with key support from North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms. Reagan's win prolonged the contest for the Republican nomination and paved the way for him to be elected president in 1980. Reagan would go on to narrowly win the state in 1980.http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/commentary/524/entry North Carolina History Project How Jesse Helms Made the Reagan Revolution Possible Campaign Predictions SourceRatingAs ofThe Atlanta ConstitutionJoyce Faye S. September 13, 1976 Southerners Favour Carter, Poll Shows 2-A The Atlanta ConstitutionSafe D flipSeptember 13, 1976Simpson’s Leader-TimesOctober 18, 1976 Strategists Think Carter Gaining in North Carolina 9 Simpson’s Leader-Times Kittanning, PennsylvaniaTilt D flipOctober 18, 1976The Chapel Hill NewsOctober 24, 1976 Race Dead Heat — Poll 3 The Chapel Hill NewsTossupOctober 24, 1976Sun HeraldCullen B. October 25, 1976 Presidential Candidates Will Go Where the "Hay" Is: Ford, Carter to Visit States with Largest Electoral Vote A-1, A-2 Sun Herald Biloxi, MississippiTilt D flipOctober 25, 1976Kansas City TimesPatterson Kathleen South Still Hard To Peg Kansas City Times Kansas City, Missouri 10 October 26, 1976TossupOctober 26, 1976Daily NewsThe Strategies Vary Daily News New York City October 27, 1976 45Lean D flipOctober 27, 1976Austin American-StatesmanOctober 31, 1976 Electoral Votes: A Photo Finish — Polls A1, A6 Austin American-StatesmanLean D flipOctober 31, 1976 Results 1976 United States presidential election in North Carolinahttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1976&fips=37&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1976 Presidential General Election Results – North CarolinaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Jimmy Carter 927,365 55.23% 13 Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent) 741,960 44.19% 0 American Thomas Anderson 5,607 0.33% 0 Libertarian Roger MacBride 2,219 0.13% 0 Write-in Eugene McCarthy 855 0.01% 0 US Labor Lyndon LaRouche 755 0.04% 0 Write-ins — 169 0.01% 0 Write-in Ronald Reagan 87 0.01% 0 Totals 1,677,906 100.0% 13 Voter turnout 54.52% — Results by county CountyOur Campaigns https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2350 NC US President Race, November 02, 1976Jimmy CarterDemocraticGerald FordRepublicanThomas AndersonAmericanRoger MacBrideLibertarianLyndon LaRoucheU.S. LaborMarginTotal # % # % # % # % # % # % Alamance 17,371 57.46% 12,680 41.94% 138 0.46% 38 0.13% 4 0.01% 4,691 15.52% 30,231 Alexander 5,287 53.00% 4,661 46.73% 20 0.20% 6 0.06% 1 0.01% 626 6.27% 9,975 Alleghany 2,550 62.26% 1,532 37.40% 10 0.24% 3 0.07% 1 0.02% 1,018 24.86% 4,096 Anson 4,796 74.68% 1,608 25.04% 9 0.14% 4 0.06% 5 0.08% 3,188 49.64% 6,422 Ashe 5,193 51.14% 4,937 48.62% 19 0.19% 1 0.01% 5 0.05% 256 2.52% 10,155 Avery 1,869 37.44% 3,085 61.80% 25 0.50% 5 0.10% 8 0.16% -1,216 -24.36% 4,992 Beaufort 5,728 54.72% 4,677 44.68% 46 0.44% 11 0.11% 5 0.05% 1,051 10.04% 10,467 Bertie 4,117 75.27% 1,332 24.35% 13 0.24% 4 0.07% 4 0.07% 2,785 50.92% 5,470 Bladen 6,009 79.18% 1,546 20.37% 26 0.34% 6 0.08% 2 0.03% 4,463 58.81% 7,589 Brunswick 7,377 66.66% 3,636 32.86% 36 0.33% 15 0.14% 2 0.02% 3,741 33.80% 11,066 Buncombe 26,633 53.94% 22,461 45.49% 177 0.36% 84 0.17% 24 0.05% 4,172 8.45% 49,379 Burke 14,254 58.34% 10,070 41.22% 66 0.27% 30 0.12% 11 0.05% 4,184 17.12% 24,431 Cabarrus 12,049 48.92% 12,455 50.57% 85 0.35% 31 0.13% 10 0.04% -406 -1.65% 24,630 Caldwell 11,894 54.39% 9,872 45.15% 52 0.24% 33 0.15% 15 0.07% 2,022 9.24% 21,866 Camden 1,231 68.05% 562 31.07% 16 0.88% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 669 36.98% 1,809 Carteret 7,080 54.72% 5,786 44.72% 54 0.42% 17 0.13% 2 0.02% 1,294 10.00% 12,939 Caswell 3,707 67.54% 1,761 32.08% 19 0.35% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 1,946 35.46% 5,489 Catawba 16,862 47.22% 18,696 52.36% 101 0.28% 36 0.10% 13 0.04% -1,834 -5.14% 35,708 Chatham 6,397 59.65% 4,279 39.90% 23 0.21% 23 0.21% 3 0.03% 2,118 19.75% 10,725 Cherokee 3,571 52.15% 3,210 46.88% 60 0.88% 4 0.06% 3 0.04% 361 5.27% 6,848 Chowan 1,862 64.45% 1,019 35.27% 7 0.24% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 843 29.18% 2,889 Clay 1,569 52.09% 1,428 47.41% 14 0.46% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 141 4.68% 3,012 Cleveland 14,406 63.78% 8,106 35.89% 55 0.24% 16 0.07% 5 0.02% 6,300 27.89% 22,588 Columbus 11,148 77.41% 3,184 22.11% 51 0.35% 9 0.06% 9 0.06% 7,964 55.30% 14,401 Craven 7,553 55.77% 5,881 43.42% 70 0.52% 28 0.21% 11 0.08% 1,672 12.35% 13,543 Cumberland 24,297 62.81% 14,226 36.78% 87 0.22% 54 0.14% 19 0.05% 10,071 26.03% 38,683 Currituck 1,999 67.31% 954 32.12% 14 0.47% 0 0.00% 3 0.10% 1,045 35.19% 2,970 Dare 2,191 56.31% 1,680 43.18% 12 0.31% 6 0.15% 2 0.05% 511 13.13% 3,891 Davidson 17,859 48.46% 18,813 51.05% 132 0.36% 43 0.12% 8 0.02% -954 -2.59% 36,855 Davie 3,635 42.96% 4,772 56.39% 44 0.52% 7 0.08% 4 0.05% -1,137 -13.43% 8,462 Duplin 7,696 65.81% 3,912 33.45% 66 0.56% 12 0.10% 8 0.07% 3,784 32.36% 11,694 Durham 22,425 53.99% 18,945 45.61% 90 0.22% 58 0.14% 15 0.04% 3,480 8.38% 41,533 Edgecombe 8,001 61.70% 4,850 37.40% 101 0.78% 9 0.07% 7 0.05% 3,151 24.30% 12,968 Forsyth 39,561 50.20% 38,886 49.34% 211 0.27% 121 0.15% 29 0.04% 675 0.86% 78,808 Franklin 5,405 66.79% 2,630 32.50% 44 0.54% 14 0.17% 0 0.00% 2,775 34.29% 8,093 Gaston 22,878 53.50% 19,727 46.13% 90 0.21% 51 0.12% 18 0.04% 3,151 7.37% 42,764 Gates 2,291 75.66% 722 23.84% 4 0.13% 7 0.23% 4 0.13% 1,569 51.82% 3,028 Graham 1,791 52.31% 1,621 47.34% 8 0.23% 1 0.03% 3 0.09% 170 4.97% 3,424 Granville 5,244 63.59% 2,955 35.84% 34 0.41% 9 0.11% 4 0.05% 2,289 27.75% 8,246 Greene 2,740 66.44% 1,356 32.88% 14 0.34% 9 0.22% 5 0.12% 1,384 33.56% 4,124 Guilford 46,826 50.49% 45,441 49.00% 274 0.30% 157 0.17% 42 0.05% 1,385 1.49% 92,740 Halifax 7,892 59.54% 5,257 39.66% 82 0.62% 12 0.09% 11 0.08% 2,635 19.88% 13,254 Harnett 8,992 60.01% 5,935 39.61% 39 0.26% 10 0.07% 9 0.06% 3,057 20.40% 14,985 Haywood 10,692 64.22% 5,885 35.35% 47 0.28% 19 0.11% 5 0.03% 4,807 28.87% 16,648 Henderson 8,155 42.59% 10,830 56.56% 127 0.66% 27 0.14% 8 0.04% -2,675 -13.97% 19,147 Hertford 3,986 72.34% 1,517 27.53% 2 0.04% 2 0.04% 3 0.05% 2,469 44.81% 5,510 Hoke 3,186 77.27% 920 22.31% 8 0.19% 6 0.15% 3 0.07% 2,266 54.96% 4,123 Hyde 1,084 63.13% 623 36.28% 7 0.41% 2 0.12% 1 0.06% 461 26.85% 1,717 Iredell 13,295 52.90% 11,573 46.05% 218 0.87% 25 0.10% 20 0.08% 1,722 6.85% 25,131 Jackson 5,223 59.45% 3,536 40.25% 14 0.16% 10 0.11% 2 0.02% 1,687 19.20% 8,785 Johnston 10,301 54.56% 8,511 45.08% 44 0.23% 17 0.09% 6 0.03% 1,790 9.48% 18,879 Jones 2,016 66.95% 948 31.48% 41 1.36% 3 0.10% 3 0.10% 1,068 35.47% 3,011 Lee 5,104 57.80% 3,691 41.80% 19 0.22% 13 0.15% 4 0.05% 1,413 16.00% 8,831 Lenoir 7,650 49.44% 7,715 49.86% 87 0.56% 19 0.12% 3 0.02% -65 -0.42% 15,474 Lincoln 9,462 58.37% 6,682 41.22% 48 0.30% 15 0.09% 3 0.02% 2,780 17.15% 16,210 Macon 4,403 54.26% 3,673 45.26% 25 0.31% 10 0.12% 4 0.05% 730 9.00% 8,115 Madison 3,433 58.24% 2,446 41.49% 6 0.10% 2 0.03% 8 0.14% 987 16.75% 5,895 Martin 4,518 69.75% 1,931 29.81% 21 0.32% 4 0.06% 3 0.05% 2,587 39.94% 6,477 McDowell 6,246 58.12% 4,450 41.41% 37 0.34% 6 0.06% 7 0.07% 1,796 16.71% 10,746 Mecklenburg 63,198 50.40% 61,715 49.21% 211 0.17% 210 0.17% 65 0.05% 1,483 1.19% 125,399 Mitchell 2,031 35.14% 3,728 64.50% 14 0.24% 3 0.05% 4 0.07% -1,697 -29.36% 5,780 Montgomery 4,308 59.74% 2,872 39.83% 18 0.25% 6 0.08% 7 0.10% 1,436 19.91% 7,211 Moore 7,373 49.09% 7,577 50.45% 42 0.28% 24 0.16% 4 0.03% -204 -1.36% 15,020 Nash 8,937 50.73% 8,477 48.12% 176 1.00% 19 0.11% 7 0.04% 460 2.61% 17,616 New Hanover 14,504 50.93% 13,687 48.06% 208 0.73% 58 0.20% 20 0.07% 817 2.87% 28,477 Northampton 5,118 80.23% 1,238 19.41% 18 0.28% 2 0.03% 3 0.05% 3,880 60.82% 6,379 Onslow 7,954 56.94% 5,953 42.61% 38 0.27% 17 0.12% 8 0.06% 2,001 14.33% 13,970 Orange 15,755 62.46% 9,302 36.87% 55 0.22% 99 0.39% 15 0.06% 6,453 25.59% 25,226 Pamlico 2,113 65.85% 1,068 33.28% 19 0.59% 6 0.19% 3 0.09% 1,045 32.57% 3,209 Pasquotank 4,302 61.49% 2,651 37.89% 35 0.50% 6 0.09% 2 0.03% 1,651 23.60% 6,996 Pender 4,422 67.65% 2,063 31.56% 39 0.60% 6 0.09% 7 0.11% 2,359 36.09% 6,537 Perquimans 1,666 64.57% 909 35.23% 3 0.12% 2 0.08% 0 0.00% 757 29.34% 2,580 Person 3,977 56.55% 3,038 43.20% 15 0.21% 1 0.01% 2 0.03% 939 13.35% 7,033 Pitt 11,636 54.66% 9,532 44.78% 66 0.31% 39 0.18% 15 0.07% 2,104 9.88% 21,288 Polk 3,155 54.28% 2,605 44.82% 48 0.83% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% 550 9.46% 5,812 Randolph 12,714 46.75% 14,337 52.72% 107 0.39% 34 0.13% 5 0.02% -1,623 -5.97% 27,197 Richmond 8,793 75.39% 2,848 24.42% 17 0.15% 6 0.05% 0 0.00% 5,945 50.97% 11,664 Robeson 20,695 80.53% 4,907 19.09% 54 0.21% 9 0.04% 34 0.13% 15,788 61.44% 25,699 Rockingham 13,413 58.65% 9,362 40.93% 67 0.29% 18 0.08% 11 0.05% 4,051 17.72% 22,871 Rowan 15,363 50.82% 14,644 48.44% 183 0.61% 25 0.08% 14 0.05% 719 2.38% 30,229 Rutherford 10,361 60.52% 6,718 39.24% 29 0.17% 10 0.06% 3 0.02% 3,643 21.28% 17,121 Sampson 8,869 55.77% 6,968 43.82% 28 0.18% 23 0.14% 14 0.09% 1,901 11.95% 15,902 Scotland 4,430 69.39% 1,932 30.26% 16 0.25% 3 0.05% 3 0.05% 2,498 39.13% 6,384 Stanly 9,262 50.93% 8,845 48.63% 61 0.34% 12 0.07% 7 0.04% 417 2.30% 18,187 Stokes 6,647 52.29% 6,029 47.43% 29 0.23% 1 0.01% 5 0.04% 618 4.86% 12,711 Surry 10,024 57.31% 7,403 42.33% 46 0.26% 15 0.09% 2 0.01% 2,621 14.98% 17,490 Swain 2,151 57.04% 1,608 42.64% 7 0.19% 3 0.08% 2 0.05% 543 14.40% 3,771 Transylvania 4,636 52.74% 4,089 46.51% 47 0.53% 15 0.17% 4 0.05% 547 6.23% 8,791 Tyrrell 900 68.97% 403 30.88% 2 0.15% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 497 38.09% 1,305 Union 10,578 62.81% 6,184 36.72% 50 0.30% 18 0.11% 10 0.06% 4,394 26.09% 16,840 Vance 5,620 59.40% 3,813 40.30% 19 0.20% 7 0.07% 2 0.02% 1,807 19.10% 9,461 Wake 44,005 49.57% 44,291 49.89% 182 0.21% 280 0.32% 17 0.02% -286 -0.32% 88,775 Warren 3,185 68.72% 1,427 30.79% 15 0.32% 4 0.09% 4 0.09% 1,758 37.93% 4,635 Washington 2,840 65.12% 1,486 34.07% 29 0.66% 3 0.07% 3 0.07% 1,354 31.05% 4,361 Watauga 5,358 49.53% 5,400 49.92% 38 0.35% 17 0.16% 4 0.04% -42 -0.39% 10,817 Wayne 9,265 48.78% 9,607 50.58% 103 0.54% 9 0.05% 9 0.05% -342 -1.80% 18,993 Wilkes 10,176 46.20% 11,768 53.43% 55 0.25% 14 0.06% 11 0.05% -1,592 -7.23% 22,024 Wilson 8,209 54.42% 6,795 45.05% 62 0.41% 12 0.08% 6 0.04% 1,414 9.37% 15,084 Yadkin 4,497 42.96% 5,916 56.52% 48 0.46% 5 0.05% 2 0.02% -1,419 -13.56% 10,468 Yancey 3,932 59.14% 2,688 40.43% 19 0.29% 7 0.11% 3 0.05% 1,244 18.71% 6,649Totals927,36555.27%741,96044.22%5,6070.33%2,2190.13%7550.04%185,40511.05%1,677,906 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Anson Bertie Bladen Caswell Clay Durham Edgecombe Gates Halifax Hertford Hoke Rowan Caldwell Alexander Nash Richmond Robeson Tyrell Warren Washington Wayne Gaston Polk Ashe Stokes New Hanover Stanly Cherokee Iredell Graham McDowell Transylvania Alamance Onslow Guilford Lincoln Carteret Macon Beaufort Dare Surry Burke Craven Forsyth Johnston Buncombe Wilson Mecklenburg Pitt Rutherford Cumberland Rockingham Alleghany Union Lee Sampson Cleveland Brunswick Montgomery Jackson Currituck Yancey Harnett Madison Pasquotank Person Greene Vance Perquimans Chatham Haywood Swain Duplin Pamlico Camden Chowan Hyde Franklin Jones Granville Pender Columbus Martin Scotland By congressional district Carter won all of North Carolina's districts, two of which elected Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives. District Carter Ford RepresentativeNorth Carolina 1 1st 60.1% 39.9%Walter B. Jones Sr.North Carolina 2 2nd 61.1% 38.9%Lawrence H. FountainNorth Carolina 3 3rd 58.7% 41.3%Charles Orville WhitleyNorth Carolina 4 4th 51.1% 48.9%Ike Franklin AndrewsNorth Carolina 5 5th 50.7% 49.3%Stephen L. NealNorth Carolina 6 6th 53.5% 46.5%L. Richardson PreyerNorth Carolina 7 7th 66.7% 33.3%Charlie RoseNorth Carolina 8 8th 55.0% 45.0%Bill HefnerNorth Carolina 9 9th 51.8% 48.2%James G. MartinNorth Carolina 10 10th 54.3% 45.7%Jim BroyhillNorth Carolina 11 11th 54.3% 45.7%V. Lamar Gudger References Works cited Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 https://archive.org/details/vitalsouthhowpre0000blac 0674941306 expanded North Carolina 1976 Category:1976 North Carolina elections