1976 United States presidential election in Arkansas

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States presidential election in Arkansas Arkansas 1924 presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1972 1980 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1980 November 2, 1976 x200px Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 6 499,614 64.94% 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 0 268,753 34.93% 1976 United States presidential election in Arkansas results map by county.svg 250px County results Carter #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Ford #e27f90 50–60% President Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic The 1976 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the wider 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College. Arkansas overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic Party, former governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter and his running mate Minnesota U.S. Senator Walter Mondale with 64.94% of the vote. The Carter/Mondale ticket defeated Republican incumbent president Gerald Ford of Michigan and his running mate Kansas U.S. Senator Bob Dole in the state by a margin of 30.01%. Arkansas weighed in as nearly thirty percent more Democratic than the national average.Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas Among white voters, 58% supported Carter while 42% supported Ford.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Searcy County and Crawford County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Results 1976 United States presidential election in ArkansasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Jimmy Carter 499,614 64.94% 6 Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent) 268,753 34.93% 0 Write-insEugene McCarthy6470.08%0 Write-insThomas J. Anderson3820.05%0 Totals 769,396 100.00% 6 Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) 51%/75% Results by county CountyJimmy CarterDemocraticGerald FordRepublicanVarious candidatesWrite-insMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % Arkansas 5,640 69.46% 2,480 30.54% 3,160 38.92% 8,120 Ashley 5,253 62.88% 3,092 37.01% 9 0.11% 2,161 25.87% 8,354 Baxter 5,766 49.49% 5,885 50.51% -119 -1.02% 11,651 Benton 11,289 47.00% 12,670 52.75% 61 0.25% -1,381 -5.75% 24,020 Boone 5,388 57.64% 3,959 42.36% 1,429 15.28% 9,347 Bradley 3,567 75.88% 1,134 24.12% 2,433 51.76% 4,701 Calhoun 2,014 80.11% 495 19.69% 5 0.20% 1,519 60.42% 2,514 Carroll 3,791 57.01% 2,804 42.17% 55 0.83% 987 14.84% 6,650 Chicot 3,868 70.39% 1,621 29.50% 6 0.11% 2,247 40.89% 5,495 Clark 6,641 78.32% 1,816 21.42% 22 0.26% 4,825 56.90% 8,479 Clay 5,664 74.95% 1,893 25.05% 3,771 49.90% 7,557 Cleburne 5,726 74.07% 1,992 25.77% 13 0.17% 3,734 48.30% 7,731 Cleveland 2,320 78.22% 646 21.78% 1,674 56.44% 2,966 Columbia 4,708 52.31% 4,287 47.63% 6 0.07% 421 4.68% 9,001 Conway 6,443 74.67% 2,177 25.23% 9 0.10% 4,266 49.44% 8,629 Craighead 13,840 69.02% 6,213 30.98% 7,627 38.04% 20,053 Crawford 5,946 55.52% 4,764 44.48% 1,182 11.04% 10,710 Crittenden 8,249 61.26% 5,202 38.63% 14 0.10% 3,047 22.63% 13,465 Cross 4,198 68.40% 1,909 31.11% 30 0.49% 2,289 37.29% 6,137 Dallas 3,266 76.20% 1,012 23.61% 8 0.19% 2,254 52.59% 4,286 Desha 4,228 75.50% 1,372 24.50% 2,856 51.00% 5,600 Drew 3,750 68.43% 1,730 31.57% 2,020 36.86% 5,480 Faulkner 11,423 74.45% 3,904 25.44% 16 0.10% 7,519 49.01% 15,343 Franklin 3,703 65.24% 1,973 34.76% 1,730 30.48% 5,676 Fulton 2,670 71.87% 1,038 27.94% 7 0.19% 1,632 43.93% 3,715 Garland 15,707 60.02% 10,394 39.72% 69 0.26% 5,313 20.30% 26,170 Grant 3,797 78.39% 1,047 21.61% 2,750 56.78% 4,844 Greene 7,495 73.54% 2,690 26.39% 7 0.07% 4,805 47.15% 10,192 Hempstead 5,397 65.37% 2,859 34.63% 2,538 30.74% 8,256 Hot Spring 7,809 78.12% 2,187 21.88% 5,622 56.24% 9,996 Howard 3,207 67.06% 1,575 32.94% 1,632 34.12% 4,782 Independence 7,116 71.17% 2,878 28.79% 4 0.04% 4,238 42.38% 9,998 Izard 3,328 70.48% 1,394 29.52% 1,934 40.96% 4,722 Jackson 6,456 78.36% 1,783 21.64% 4,673 56.72% 8,239 Jefferson 21,001 72.33% 8,034 27.67% 12,967 44.66% 29,035 Johnson 5,044 69.89% 2,173 30.11% 2,871 39.78% 7,217 Lafayette 2,342 61.49% 1,467 38.51% 875 22.98% 3,809 Lawrence 5,167 75.08% 1,708 24.82% 7 0.10% 3,459 50.26% 6,882 Lee 3,463 68.74% 1,574 31.24% 1 0.02% 1,889 37.50% 5,038 Lincoln 3,045 81.33% 699 18.67% 2,346 62.66% 3,744 Little River 3,142 68.71% 1,431 31.29% 1,711 37.42% 4,573 Logan 5,313 64.06% 2,909 35.07% 72 0.87% 2,404 28.99% 8,294 Lonoke 7,761 75.36% 2,522 24.49% 16 0.16% 5,239 50.87% 10,299 Madison 2,926 53.91% 2,502 46.09% 424 7.82% 5,428 Marion 2,979 59.30% 2,045 40.70% 934 18.60% 5,024 Miller 6,648 58.58% 4,679 41.23% 22 0.19% 1,969 17.35% 11,349 Mississippi 10,292 63.03% 6,009 36.80% 27 0.17% 4,283 26.23% 16,328 Monroe 3,556 73.35% 1,285 26.51% 7 0.14% 2,271 46.84% 4,848 Montgomery 2,420 72.37% 924 27.63% 1,496 44.74% 3,344 Nevada 3,101 72.64% 1,163 27.24% 5 0.12% 1,938 45.40% 4,269 Newton 1,840 53.32% 1,611 46.68% 229 6.64% 3,451 Ouachita 8,946 76.47% 2,753 23.53% 6,193 52.94% 11,699 Perry 2,310 73.52% 832 26.48% 1,478 47.04% 3,142 Phillips 7,774 69.93% 3,342 30.06% 1 0.01% 4,432 39.87% 11,117 Pike 2,822 69.40% 1,234 30.35% 10 0.25% 1,588 39.05% 4,066 Poinsett 6,835 71.45% 2,726 28.50% 5 0.05% 4,109 42.95% 9,566 Polk 3,505 58.75% 2,432 40.76% 29 0.49% 1,073 17.99% 5,966 Pope 8,355 65.62% 4,348 34.15% 29 0.23% 4,007 31.47% 12,732 Prairie 2,836 77.72% 813 22.28% 2,023 55.44% 3,649 Pulaski 63,541 62.62% 37,690 37.14% 244 0.24% 25,851 25.48% 101,475 Randolph 4,551 74.34% 1,571 25.66% 2,980 48.68% 6,122 St. Francis 6,851 65.12% 3,639 34.59% 30 0.29% 3,212 30.53% 10,520 Saline 12,008 74.41% 4,123 25.55% 7 0.04% 7,885 48.86% 16,138 Scott 2,880 66.79% 1,427 33.09% 5 0.12% 1,453 33.70% 4,312 Searcy 3,180 54.09% 2,699 45.91% 481 8.18% 5,879 Sebastian 15,768 47.11% 17,671 52.79% 34 0.10% -1,903 -5.68% 33,473 Sevier 3,391 69.53% 1,468 30.10% 18 0.37% 1,923 39.43% 4,877 Sharp 3,532 62.15% 2,151 37.85% 1,381 24.30% 5,683 Stone 2,718 72.54% 1,014 27.06% 15 0.40% 1,704 45.48% 3,747 Union 8,257 51.03% 7,918 48.93% 7 0.04% 339 2.10% 16,182 Van Buren 4,004 71.14% 1,624 28.86% 2,380 42.28% 5,628 Washington 15,610 52.32% 14,132 47.37% 92 0.31% 1,478 4.95% 29,834 White 11,412 70.58% 4,756 29.42% 6,656 41.16% 16,168 Woodruff 3,040 78.09% 848 21.78% 5 0.13% 2,192 56.31% 3,893 Yell 5,785 74.96% 1,932 25.04% 3,853 49.92% 7,717Totals499,61464.94%268,75334.93%1,0290.13%230,86130.01%769,396 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Boone Carroll Chicot Clark Cleburne Columbia Craighead Crawford Desha Hot Spring Franklin Garland Fulton Jackson Jefferson Logan Lonoke Lee Lincoln Phillips Madison Marion Miller Newton Polk Pope Searcy Sharp Union Van Buren Washington Woodruff Arkansas Ashley Bradley Calhoun Clay Cleveland Conway Cross Crittenden Dallas Faulkner Drew Grant Greene Hempstead Howard Independence Izard Johnson Lafayette Lawrence Little River Mississippi Monroe Montgomery Nevada Ouachita Perry Pike Poinsett Prairie Pulaski Randolph St. Francis Saline Scott Sevier Stone White Yell By congressional district Carter won all four congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.1976 Presidential General Election Results - Arkansas US Election Atlas District Carter Ford RepresentativeArkansas 1 1st 69.7% 30.3%William Vollie Alexander Jr.Arkansas 2 2nd 67.7% 32.3%Jim Guy TuckerArkansas 3 3rd 56.4% 43.6%John Paul HammerschmidtArkansas 4 4th 68.7% 31.3%Ray Thornton See also United States presidential elections in Arkansas 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 1976 Category:1976 Arkansas elections Arkansas