1976 United States presidential election in Maine

none January 2017 June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States presidential election in Maine Maine presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in Maine 1972 1980 United States presidential election in Maine 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 4 236,320 48.91% Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 232,279 48.07% 350px County results 350px Congressional district results 350px Municipality results Ford #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #D40000 70–80% #800000 90–100% Carter #D3E7FF 30–40% #c8e0ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% #002B84 90–100% Tie #d2b1d9ff 40–50% President Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) The 1976 presidential election in Maine took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election, which took place across all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the electoral college, to vote for president and vice president. Maine narrowly voted for incumbent Republican president Gerald Ford over his Democratic opponent, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. Ford took 48.91% of the vote to Carter’s 48.07%, a victory margin of 0.84%.Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Maine The anti-war former Democratic senator from Minnesota, Eugene McCarthy, received 2.21% of the vote in Maine, which possibly helped Ford carry the state, as he most likely siphoned more votes from Carter than Ford. Despite his narrow loss nationwide, Ford actually managed to carry four of the six New England states. Carter only won the heavily Democratic states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, which made New England Ford's second strongest region in the nation after the West. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time that a Democrat won the national election without carrying Maine, and the last time until 2020 when a Democrat won without carrying Maine's 2nd congressional district, since the state moved from being a winner take all one four years earlier in 1972. Results Gerald Ford (incumbent) Republican 236,320 Michigan 48.91% 4 Robert Dole Kansas Jimmy Carter Democrat 232,279 Georgia 48.07% 0 Walter Mondale Minnesota Eugene McCarthy Independent 10,874 Minnesota 2.25% 0 — — Benjamin Bubar Prohibition 3,495 Maine 0.72% 0 Earl Dodge Colorado Write-in candidates — — 179 0.04% 0 — — Thomas J. Anderson — 27 Tennessee 0.01% 0 Rufus Shackelford Florida Gus Hall — 14 New York 0.00% 0 Jarvis Tyner Pennsylvania Roger MacBride — 10 Virginia 0.00% 0 David Bergland California Lester Maddox — 8 Georgia 0.00% 0 William Dyke Wisconsin Peter Camejo — 1 New York 0.00% 0 Willie Mae Reid Illinois Julius Levin — 1 New Jersey 0.00% 0 Constance Blomen 483,208 100.00% 4 270 Results by congressional district Ford won both of Maine's congressional districts. 1976 1976 General Election: Presidential https://digitalmaine.com/tabulations_for_elections_1970s/62 Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions District Ford Carter RepresentativeMaine 1 1st 49.22% 47.90%David F. EmeryMaine 2 2nd 48.54% 48.27%William Cohen Results by county CountyOur Campaigns; ME US President Race, November 02, 1976 Gerald FordRepublican Jimmy CarterDemocratic Eugene McCarthyIndependent Benjamin BubarProhibition Various candidatesWrite-ins Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Androscoggin 16,330 37.40% 26,484 60.65% 670 1.53% 175 0.40% 6 0.01% -10,154 -23.25% 43,665 Aroostook 15,550 48.52% 15,484 48.31% 495 1.54% 515 1.61% 7 0.02% 66 0.21% 32,051 Cumberland 48,959 49.64% 47,007 47.66% 2,329 2.36% 315 0.32% 16 0.02% 1,952 1.98% 98,626 Franklin 5,799 50.94% 5,140 45.15% 318 2.79% 118 1.04% 9 0.08% 659 5.79% 11,384 Hancock 12,064 61.40% 6,725 34.23% 596 3.03% 241 1.23% 21 0.11% 5,339 27.17% 19,647 Kennebec 22,534 47.53% 23,473 49.51% 1,002 2.11% 372 0.78% 26 0.05% -939 -1.98% 47,407 Knox 8,315 56.24% 5,922 40.05% 414 2.80% 129 0.87% 6 0.04% 2,393 16.19% 14,786 Lincoln 7,554 59.03% 4,818 37.65% 366 2.86% 49 0.38% 10 0.08% 2,736 21.38% 12,797 Oxford 10,551 49.04% 10,340 48.06% 459 2.13% 129 0.60% 37 0.17% 211 0.98% 21,516 Penobscot 29,016 52.17% 24,672 44.36% 1,367 2.46% 533 0.96% 25 0.04% 4,344 7.81% 55,613 Piscataquis 4,084 50.48% 3,727 46.07% 173 2.14% 103 1.27% 3 0.04% 357 4.41% 8,090 Sagadahoc 5,988 50.42% 5,529 46.56% 287 2.42% 63 0.53% 9 0.08% 459 3.86% 11,876 Somerset 8,868 46.76% 9,465 49.91% 464 2.45% 158 0.83% 11 0.06% -597 -3.15% 18,966 Waldo 6,289 54.06% 4,853 41.72% 348 2.99% 131 1.13% 12 0.10% 1,436 12.34% 11,633 Washington 7,039 49.45% 6,644 46.67% 307 2.16% 242 1.70% 3 0.02% 395 2.78% 14,235 York 27,380 44.95% 31,996 52.52% 1,279 2.10% 222 0.36% 39 0.06% -4,616 -7.57% 60,916Totals236,32048.91%232,27948.07%10,8742.25%3,4950.72%2400.05%4,0410.84%483,208 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Kennebec Somerset York See also United States presidential elections in Maine References Maine 1976 Category:1976 Maine elections