1976 United States presidential election in Vermont

none November 2013 June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States presidential election in Vermont Vermont presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in Vermont 1972 1980 United States presidential election in Vermont 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 3 102,085 54.34% Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Independent VermontersCarter was a fusion ticket of the Democrats and Independent Vermonters.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1976&fips=50&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1976 Presidential Election Results – Vermont May 20, 2015 Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas Georgia Walter Mondale 0 81,044 43.14% x250px County results x250px Municipality results Ford #F2B3BE 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #800000 90–100% Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) The 1976 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election which was held throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Vermont voted for incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford of Michigan and his running mate Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, defeating Democratic Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia and his running mate Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Vermont was the only state in the nation in 1976 in which every county or county-equivalent voted for Ford, despite Vermont only being Ford's 8th strongest state in the nation in terms of percentage of the vote. Ford took 54.34% of the vote to Carter's 43.14%, a victory margin of 11.20%. Anti-war former Democratic Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota, running as an independent presidential candidate, came in a distant third, with 2.13%. Primaries Presidential primaries were held in the state on March 2, 1976, for the Democratic, Republican and Liberty Union parties. Democratic primary Jimmy Carter won the state's non-binding primary against three other candidates. Delegates were later pledged at the party's state convention on May 22.23 May 1976 Vermont Democratic Delegation Is Split The New York Times https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1976/05/23/284621002.html?pageNumber=32 2 April 2018 Results of the 1976 Vermont Democratic presidential primaryVT Elections Database » 1976 President Democratic Primary https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/elections/view/75938/ 2020-12-13 VT Elections Database en-USCandidateVote#%Jimmy Carter16,33546.34%Sargent Shriver10,69930.35%Fred R. Harris4,89313.88%Ellen McCormack3,3249.43%Total valid votes35,251100% Republican primary Gerald Ford won the primary by a large margin and earned a majority of the state's delegates. Results of the 1976 Vermont Republican presidential primaryVT Elections Database » 1976 President Republican Primary https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/elections/view/75937/ 2020-12-13 VT Elections Database en-USCandidateVotePledged delegates#%Gerald Ford (incumbent)27,01484.67%17Ronald Reagan4,89215.33%3Total valid votes31,906100%20 Liberty Union primary Results of the 1976 Liberty Union presidential primaryVT Elections Database » 1976 President Liberty Union Primary https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/elections/view/75939/ 2020-12-13 VT Elections Database en-USCandidateVote#%Margaret Wright965100%Total valid votes965100% Results 1976 United States presidential election in Vermonthttp://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1976&fips=50&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1976 Presidential General Election Results - Vermont 2013-04-14 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential ElectionsPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent) 102,085 54.34% 3 Democratic/Independent Vermonters Jimmy Carter 81,044 43.14% 0 McCarthy '76 Eugene McCarthy 4,001 2.13% 0 Socialist Workers Peter Camejo 430 0.23% 0 U.S. Labor Lyndon LaRouche 196 0.10% 0 No party Write-ins 99 0.05% 0 Totals 187,855 100.00% 3 Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) 56%/66% Results by county County Gerald FordOur Campaigns; VT US President Race, November 02, 1976Republican Jimmy CarterDemocratic Eugene McCarthy“McCarthy ‘76” Peter CamejoSocialist Workers Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Addison 5,726 56.52% 4,164 41.10% 195 1.92% 33 0.33% 13 0.13% 1,562 15.42% 10,131 Bennington 6,712 54.19% 5,443 43.94% 195 1.57% 16 0.13% 21 0.17% 1,269 10.25% 12,387 Caledonia 5,488 59.63% 3,511 38.15% 171 1.86% 15 0.16% 18 0.20% 1,977 21.48% 9,203 Chittenden 22,013 53.23% 17,992 43.51% 1,154 2.79% 144 0.35% 53 0.13% 4,021 9.72% 41,356 Essex 1,161 53.04% 1,002 45.77% 19 0.87% 4 0.18% 3 0.14% 159 7.27% 2,189 Franklin 6,190 51.64% 5,610 46.80% 150 1.25% 17 0.14% 19 0.16% 580 4.84% 11,986 Grand Isle 1,004 52.59% 866 45.36% 34 1.78% 3 0.16% 2 0.10% 138 7.23% 1,909 Lamoille 3,535 61.56% 2,016 35.11% 173 3.01% 9 0.16% 9 0.16% 1,519 26.45% 5,742 Orange 4,768 58.61% 3,171 38.98% 168 2.07% 19 0.23% 9 0.11% 1,597 19.63% 8,135 Orleans 4,075 52.30% 3,561 45.71% 124 1.59% 7 0.09% 24 0.31% 514 6.59% 7,791 Rutland 11,565 53.00% 9,868 45.23% 324 1.48% 28 0.13% 34 0.16% 1,697 7.77% 21,819 Washington 10,919 53.90% 8,764 43.26% 460 2.27% 80 0.39% 36 0.18% 2,155 10.64% 20,259 Windham 7,928 52.05% 6,794 44.60% 456 2.99% 36 0.24% 18 0.12% 1,134 7.45% 15,232 Windsor 11,001 55.80% 8,282 42.01% 378 1.92% 19 0.10% 36 0.18% 2,719 13.79% 19,716Totals102,08554.34%81,04443.14%4,0012.13%4300.23%2950.16%21,04111.20%187,855 Analysis Vermont historically was a bastion of liberal Northeastern Republicanism, and by 1976 it had gone Republican in every presidential election since the founding of the Republican Party, except in the Democratic landslide of 1964, when the GOP had nominated staunch conservative Barry Goldwater. Gerald Ford, a moderate Northern Republican from Michigan, was easily able to continue the Republican tradition in Vermont, carrying the state comfortably and sweeping every county in the state against Southerner Jimmy Carter. This was the first election since 1892 when Grand Isle County had backed a losing candidate.The Political Graveyard; Grand Isle County, Vermont In addition, this was also the most recent presidential election until 2020 when sparsely populated Essex County did not vote for/back the overall winning candidate. As the Republican Party would lurch to the right with Ronald Reagan four years later in 1980, Vermont would prove to be the only state in the nation where the moderate Ford would outperform the conservative Reagan. Ford won the state by a larger margin and won more counties than Reagan, reflecting the process of realignment going on at the time both within the party and within the state. 1976 was the last time that a losing Republican candidate would carry the state of Vermont, and the last time that the state would vote Republican in a close election. It was also the last election in which Vermont was more Republican than the nation as a whole, with Ford winning the state by over 11 points despite losing the national race by 2, making Vermont 13% more Republican than the national average in the 1976 election. Vermont would vote more Democratic than the nation in every election that has followed beginning in 1980. See also United States presidential elections in Vermont References expanded Notes lower-alpha Vermont 1976 Category:1976 Vermont elections