1976 United States presidential election in Iowa

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election in Iowa Iowa Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in Iowa 1972 1980 United States presidential election in Iowa 1980 November 2, 1976 x200px 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 8 632,863 49.47% Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 619,931 48.46% President 280px County results 280px Congressional district results 280px Ford #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) The 1976 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Iowa was won by incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan). with 49.47 percent of the popular vote, against Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 48.46 percent, making Iowa about 3% more Republican than the nation-at-large. This race was one of the tightest in the nation, with the two candidates being separated by just 1.01 percent and a mere thirteen thousand votes. None of the third-party candidates amounted to a significant portion of the vote, but Eugene McCarthy (NBP–Minnesota) won 1.57 percent of the popular vote and came third overall in the nation. Despite losing in Iowa, Carter went on to win the national election and became the 39th president of the United States.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1976&minper=0&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1976 Presidential General Election Results Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas This was the last time until 2020 that a Democrat was elected President without carrying the state of Iowa. Results 1976 United States presidential election in Iowahttps://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1976&fips=19&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa Gerald Ford (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 632,863 49.47% Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) 619,931 48.46% #EEEEEE Eugene McCarthy Nominated By Petition 20,051 1.57% Thomas J. Anderson American Party (1969) 3,040 0.24% Roger MacBride Libertarian Party (United States) 1,452 0.11% Gus Hall Communist Party USA 554 0.04% #FFFFFF — Write-ins 506 0.04% Peter Camejo Socialist Workers Party (United States) 267 0.02% #FF6347 Lyndon LaRouche U.S. Labor 241 0.02% Frank Zeidler Socialist Party USA 234 0.02% Julius Levin Socialist Labor Party of America 167 0.01% 1,279,306 100% Results by county Countyhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2332 IA US President Race, November 02, 1976 Our CampaignsGerald FordRepublicanJimmy CarterDemocraticEugene McCarthyNominated By PetitionThomas AndersonAmericanVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%#%#% Adair 2,326 49.26% 2,294 48.58% 65 1.38% 20 0.42% 17 0.36% 32 0.68% 4,722 Adams 1,388 47.26% 1,507 51.31% 27 0.92% 7 0.24% 8 0.27% -119 -4.05% 2,937 Allamakee 3,648 57.88% 2,568 40.74% 67 1.06% 2 0.03% 18 0.29% 1,080 17.14% 6,303 Appanoose 3,036 46.29% 3,424 52.21% 63 0.96% 10 0.15% 25 0.38% -388 -5.92% 6,558 Audubon 1,978 47.86% 2,104 50.91% 34 0.82% 9 0.22% 8 0.19% -126 -3.05% 4,133 Benton 5,014 46.85% 5,514 51.52% 137 1.28% 18 0.17% 20 0.19% -500 -4.67% 10,703 Black Hawk 30,994 50.23% 29,508 47.82% 918 1.49% 92 0.15% 193 0.31% 1,486 2.41% 61,705 Boone 5,413 44.14% 6,595 53.78% 187 1.52% 44 0.36% 24 0.20% -1,182 -9.64% 12,263 Bremer 6,252 58.51% 4,203 39.34% 176 1.65% 14 0.13% 40 0.37% 2,049 19.17% 10,685 Buchanan 4,794 51.98% 4,258 46.17% 127 1.38% 8 0.09% 36 0.39% 536 5.81% 9,223 Buena Vista 5,126 53.58% 4,227 44.18% 163 1.70% 15 0.16% 36 0.38% 899 9.40% 9,567 Butler 4,207 61.79% 2,503 36.77% 72 1.06% 17 0.25% 9 0.13% 1,704 25.02% 6,808 Calhoun 3,215 51.03% 3,001 47.63% 67 1.06% 3 0.05% 14 0.22% 214 3.40% 6,300 Carroll 4,094 42.61% 5,333 55.51% 143 1.49% 13 0.14% 25 0.26% -1,239 -12.90% 9,608 Cass 4,589 60.79% 2,866 37.97% 70 0.93% 10 0.13% 14 0.19% 1,723 22.82% 7,549 Cedar 4,308 55.08% 3,354 42.88% 105 1.34% 35 0.45% 20 0.26% 954 12.20% 7,822 Cerro Gordo 10,604 47.77% 11,189 50.41% 322 1.45% 52 0.23% 29 0.13% -585 -2.64% 22,196 Cherokee 3,993 53.40% 3,358 44.91% 97 1.30% 11 0.15% 19 0.25% 635 8.49% 7,478 Chickasaw 3,432 49.11% 3,503 50.13% 46 0.66% 5 0.07% 2 0.03% -71 -1.02% 6,988 Clarke 1,737 41.87% 2,333 56.23% 43 1.04% 17 0.41% 19 0.46% -596 -14.36% 4,149 Clay 4,548 53.51% 3,776 44.42% 102 1.20% 45 0.53% 29 0.34% 772 9.09% 8,500 Clayton 4,826 54.80% 3,804 43.19% 123 1.40% 20 0.23% 34 0.39% 1,022 11.61% 8,807 Clinton 12,401 50.55% 11,746 47.88% 285 1.16% 43 0.18% 58 0.24% 655 2.67% 24,533 Crawford 3,879 48.80% 3,903 49.11% 126 1.59% 18 0.23% 22 0.28% -24 -0.31% 7,948 Dallas 5,308 43.34% 6,722 54.89% 166 1.36% 27 0.22% 24 0.20% -1,414 -11.55% 12,247 Davis 1,631 39.50% 2,426 58.76% 51 1.24% 11 0.27% 10 0.24% -795 -19.26% 4,129 Decatur 1,932 41.05% 2,698 57.32% 39 0.83% 21 0.45% 17 0.36% -766 -16.27% 4,707 Delaware 4,161 55.62% 3,168 42.35% 117 1.56% 13 0.17% 22 0.29% 993 13.27% 7,481 Des Moines 9,023 43.94% 11,268 54.87% 173 0.84% 32 0.16% 40 0.19% -2,245 -10.93% 20,536 Dickinson 3,795 54.14% 3,074 43.85% 108 1.54% 23 0.33% 10 0.14% 721 10.29% 7,010 Dubuque 17,459 44.71% 20,548 52.62% 863 2.21% 102 0.26% 77 0.20% -3,089 -7.91% 39,049 Emmet 2,872 50.50% 2,720 47.83% 68 1.20% 9 0.16% 18 0.32% 152 2.67% 5,687 Fayette 6,618 54.69% 5,220 43.13% 180 1.49% 30 0.25% 54 0.45% 1,398 11.56% 12,102 Floyd 4,361 47.52% 4,646 50.62% 126 1.37% 32 0.35% 13 0.14% -285 -3.10% 9,178 Franklin 3,056 52.30% 2,682 45.90% 78 1.33% 11 0.19% 16 0.27% 374 6.40% 5,843 Fremont 2,163 51.80% 1,964 47.03% 35 0.84% 10 0.24% 4 0.10% 199 4.77% 4,176 Greene 2,811 46.94% 3,094 51.66% 64 1.07% 9 0.15% 11 0.18% -283 -4.72% 5,989 Grundy 4,173 62.66% 2,410 36.19% 59 0.89% 10 0.15% 8 0.12% 1,763 26.47% 6,660 Guthrie 2,644 46.87% 2,873 50.93% 92 1.63% 18 0.32% 14 0.25% -229 -4.06% 5,641 Hamilton 3,932 49.00% 3,953 49.26% 105 1.31% 11 0.14% 24 0.30% -21 -0.26% 8,025 Hancock 3,127 50.54% 2,975 48.08% 68 1.10% 11 0.18% 6 0.10% 152 2.46% 6,187 Hardin 4,682 50.19% 4,479 48.02% 128 1.37% 21 0.23% 18 0.19% 203 2.17% 9,328 Harrison 3,489 51.38% 3,228 47.54% 38 0.56% 12 0.18% 23 0.34% 261 3.84% 6,790 Henry 3,848 48.79% 3,882 49.22% 114 1.45% 25 0.32% 18 0.23% -34 -0.43% 7,887 Howard 2,618 46.62% 2,917 51.94% 55 0.98% 14 0.25% 12 0.21% -299 -5.32% 5,616 Humboldt 3,075 52.65% 2,677 45.83% 65 1.11% 10 0.17% 14 0.24% 398 6.82% 5,841 Ida 2,590 56.86% 1,868 41.01% 70 1.54% 13 0.29% 14 0.31% 722 15.85% 4,555 Iowa 3,926 52.98% 3,367 45.43% 81 1.09% 18 0.24% 19 0.26% 559 7.55% 7,411 Jackson 4,221 47.50% 4,467 50.27% 152 1.71% 14 0.16% 32 0.36% -246 -2.77% 8,886 Jasper 7,728 46.04% 8,783 52.32% 226 1.35% 18 0.11% 31 0.19% -1,055 -6.28% 16,786 Jefferson 3,746 51.71% 3,377 46.62% 73 1.01% 28 0.39% 20 0.28% 369 5.09% 7,244 Johnson 16,090 41.57% 20,208 52.20% 2,082 5.38% 43 0.11% 287 0.74% -4,118 -10.63% 38,710 Jones 4,463 50.54% 4,245 48.07% 91 1.03% 20 0.23% 12 0.14% 218 2.47% 8,831 Keokuk 2,920 44.90% 3,482 53.54% 84 1.29% 10 0.15% 8 0.12% -562 -8.64% 6,504 Kossuth 4,653 46.32% 5,190 51.66% 154 1.53% 28 0.28% 21 0.21% -537 -5.34% 10,046 Lee 8,195 46.92% 9,017 51.63% 186 1.06% 34 0.19% 33 0.19% -822 -4.71% 17,465 Linn 36,513 47.79% 38,252 50.07% 1,256 1.64% 128 0.17% 248 0.32% -1,739 -2.28% 76,397 Louisa 2,284 51.43% 2,089 47.04% 47 1.06% 11 0.25% 10 0.23% 195 4.39% 4,441 Lucas 2,071 42.32% 2,733 55.84% 68 1.39% 12 0.25% 10 0.20% -662 -13.52% 4,894 Lyon 3,558 64.06% 1,870 33.67% 56 1.01% 63 1.13% 7 0.13% 1,688 30.39% 5,554 Madison 2,681 45.36% 3,109 52.61% 83 1.40% 25 0.42% 12 0.20% -428 -7.25% 5,910 Mahaska 5,267 51.38% 4,838 47.20% 109 1.06% 24 0.23% 13 0.13% 429 4.18% 10,251 Marion 5,429 45.79% 6,226 52.51% 149 1.26% 36 0.30% 17 0.14% -797 -6.72% 11,857 Marshall 9,562 51.33% 8,695 46.67% 285 1.53% 49 0.26% 39 0.21% 867 4.66% 18,630 Mills 2,722 57.79% 1,908 40.51% 31 0.66% 44 0.93% 5 0.11% 814 17.28% 4,710 Mitchell 2,887 49.00% 2,906 49.32% 78 1.32% 8 0.14% 13 0.22% -19 -0.32% 5,892 Monona 2,636 49.09% 2,661 49.55% 49 0.91% 11 0.20% 13 0.24% -25 -0.46% 5,370 Monroe 1,581 39.56% 2,360 59.06% 35 0.88% 4 0.10% 16 0.40% -779 -19.50% 3,996 Montgomery 3,673 61.48% 2,229 37.31% 37 0.62% 30 0.50% 5 0.08% 1,444 24.17% 5,974 Muscatine 7,697 53.10% 6,567 45.30% 183 1.26% 19 0.13% 30 0.21% 1,130 7.80% 14,496 O'Brien 4,643 61.86% 2,732 36.40% 82 1.09% 35 0.47% 14 0.19% 1,911 25.46% 7,506 Osceola 1,955 58.36% 1,309 39.07% 53 1.58% 15 0.45% 18 0.54% 646 19.29% 3,350 Page 5,343 64.10% 2,865 34.37% 66 0.79% 29 0.35% 32 0.38% 2,478 29.73% 8,335 Palo Alto 2,623 44.43% 3,182 53.90% 76 1.29% 18 0.30% 5 0.08% -559 -9.47% 5,904 Plymouth 5,590 55.81% 4,284 42.77% 89 0.89% 33 0.33% 20 0.20% 1,306 13.04% 10,016 Pocahontas 2,700 45.85% 3,055 51.88% 96 1.63% 11 0.19% 27 0.46% -355 -6.03% 5,889 Polk 62,316 45.23% 71,917 52.20% 2,822 2.05% 343 0.25% 365 0.26% -9,601 -6.97% 137,763 Pottawattamie 17,264 53.09% 14,754 45.37% 291 0.89% 123 0.38% 87 0.27% 2,510 7.72% 32,519 Poweshiek 4,194 48.01% 4,360 49.91% 139 1.59% 13 0.15% 29 0.33% -166 -1.90% 8,735 Ringgold 1,543 46.25% 1,739 52.13% 37 1.11% 6 0.18% 11 0.33% -196 -5.88% 3,336 Sac 3,347 51.55% 2,996 46.14% 107 1.65% 14 0.22% 29 0.45% 351 5.41% 6,493 Scott 35,021 53.11% 29,771 45.15% 822 1.25% 147 0.22% 179 0.27% 5,250 7.96% 65,940 Shelby 3,301 52.72% 2,851 45.54% 76 1.21% 12 0.19% 21 0.34% 450 7.18% 6,261 Sioux 9,448 73.04% 3,322 25.68% 90 0.70% 57 0.44% 18 0.14% 6,126 47.36% 12,935 Story 18,394 51.85% 15,717 44.30% 1,153 3.25% 74 0.21% 138 0.39% 2,677 7.55% 35,476 Tama 4,379 48.08% 4,580 50.29% 108 1.19% 21 0.23% 20 0.22% -201 -2.21% 9,108 Taylor 2,059 50.42% 1,947 47.67% 31 0.76% 13 0.32% 34 0.83% 112 2.75% 4,084 Union 2,873 48.30% 2,955 49.68% 79 1.33% 31 0.52% 10 0.17% -82 -1.38% 5,948 Van Buren 1,804 49.14% 1,807 49.22% 36 0.98% 13 0.35% 11 0.30% -3 -0.08% 3,671 Wapello 6,786 39.30% 10,249 59.35% 152 0.88% 41 0.24% 40 0.23% -3,463 -20.05% 17,268 Warren 6,099 43.23% 7,653 54.25% 272 1.93% 65 0.46% 19 0.13% -1,554 -11.02% 14,108 Washington 4,218 54.03% 3,448 44.17% 91 1.17% 30 0.38% 20 0.26% 770 9.86% 7,807 Wayne 1,781 44.58% 2,145 53.69% 54 1.35% 9 0.23% 6 0.15% -364 -9.11% 3,995 Webster 9,068 45.35% 10,543 52.73% 298 1.49% 35 0.18% 51 0.26% -1,475 -7.38% 19,995 Winnebago 3,315 52.24% 2,950 46.49% 63 0.99% 14 0.22% 4 0.06% 365 5.75% 6,346 Winneshiek 4,765 52.08% 4,158 45.45% 162 1.77% 34 0.37% 30 0.33% 607 6.63% 9,149 Woodbury 22,853 52.79% 19,664 45.43% 555 1.28% 111 0.26% 104 0.24% 3,189 7.37% 43,287 Worth 1,964 44.38% 2,399 54.21% 51 1.15% 11 0.25% 0 0.00% -435 -9.83% 4,425 Wright 3,544 48.67% 3,637 49.95% 78 1.07% 23 0.32% 0 0.00% -93 -1.28% 7,282Total632,86349.47%619,93148.46%20,0511.57%3,0400.24%3,4210.27%12,9321.01%1,279,306 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 18em Adams Appanoose Audubon Benton Boone Cerro Gordo Chickasaw Clarke Crawford Dallas Davis Decatur Des Moines Floyd Greene Guthrie Hamilton Henry Howard Jackson Jasper Keokuk Kossuth Lee Linn Lucas Madison Marion Mitchell Monona Monroe Palo Alto Pocahontas Polk Poweshiek Ringgold Tama Union Van Buren Warren Webster Wayne Worth Wright Wapello By congressional district Ford won five congressional districts, three of which elected democrats, while Carter won one . District Ford Carter RepresentativeIowa 1 1st 48.9% 48.7%Jim LeachIowa 2 2nd 49.4% 48.5%Mike BlouinIowa 3 3rd 50.8% 47.5%Chuck GrassleyIowa 4 4th 44.9% 52.9%Neal Edward SmithIowa 5 5th 49.9% 48.0%Tom HarkinIowa 6 6th 53.3% 44.9%Berkley Bedell See also United States presidential elections in Iowa References Iowa 1976 Category:1976 Iowa elections