1976 United States presidential election in Texas

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States presidential election in Texas Texas presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in Texas 1972 1980 United States presidential election in Texas 1980 November 2, 1976 64.83% (of registered voters) 46.14% (of voting age population)https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/historical/70-92.shtml Turnout and Voter Registration Figures (1970-current) x200px Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 26 2,082,319 51.14% 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 1,953,300 47.97% 350px County results 350px Congressional district results 350px Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Ford #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) The 1976 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Texas was won by former governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia with 51.14% of the vote,http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=48&year=1976 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Texas April 8, 2016 giving him 26 electoral votes. This result made Texas about 1% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. He also beat the incumbent President Gerald Ford in the general election. To date, this remains the last time that a Democratic presidential candidate won Texas, and the last time Texas voted more Democratic than the nation-at-large. Carter's southern roots as a former governor of Georgia struck a chord with many voters in Texas, along with strong anti-Republican sentiment following Watergate. Still, this was a relatively weak performance for a victorious Democratic candidate in Texas, and two factors can be identified. One was Carter's underwhelming performance in the more rural counties, and the second being President Ford's strong performances in Dallas and Harris counties, and some of their surrounding suburbs. The rise of the Republican Party in these areas would result in Ronald Reagan's win in the state four years later. Carter won 191 of the state's 254 counties, including 74 which have never voted Democratic in any presidential race since: Martin, Grayson, Chambers, Motley, Gaines, Live Oak, Mason, Sherman, Colorado, Stephens, Lamb, Oldham, Floyd, Real, Fayette, Terry, Donley, Parmer, Dallam, Moore, Hale, Wheeler, Bailey, Armstrong, Hamilton, Goliad, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Wilbarger, Wilson, Castro, Eastland, Gonzales, Parker, Hood, Johnson, Anderson, Brazoria, Matagorda, Kinney, Medina, Wharton, Lavaca, Archer, Bosque, Aransas, Bell, Borden, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Cochran, Coryell, Walker, Shackelford, King, Jeff Davis, Wichita, McLennan, Llano, Hockley, Garza, Hunt, Young, Wood, Jackson, Lynn, Howard, Ellis, and Lampasas.‘Counties Voting for the Same Party Since 1980'; in Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century'; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Among white voters, 53% supported Ford while 46% supported Carter.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 Primaries Democratic primaries Jimmy Carter - 47.65% Lloyd Bentsen - 22.20% George Wallace - 17.53% Republican primaries Ronald Reagan - 66.36% Gerald Ford (incumbent) - 33.37% Results right|thumb|Gerald Ford (right) watching election returns with Joe Garagiola on election night in 1976. Garagiola is reacting to television reports that Ford had just been projected as having lost Texas to Carter. 1976 United States presidential election in TexasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Jimmy Carter 2,082,319 51.14% 26 Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent) 1,953,300 47.97% 0 Independent Eugene McCarthy 20,118 0.49% 0 American Thomas Anderson 11,442 0.28% 0 - Other 4,705 0.12% 0 Totals 4,071,884 100.0% 26 Results by county County Jimmy CarterDemocratic Gerald FordRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Anderson 5,499 56.60% 4,172 42.94% 44 0.45% 1,327 13.66% 9,715 Andrews 1,777 45.14% 2,127 54.03% 33 0.84% -350 -8.89% 3,937 Angelina 9,750 56.98% 7,223 42.21% 139 0.81% 2,527 14.77% 17,112 Aransas 2,136 51.09% 1,985 47.48% 60 1.44% 151 3.61% 4,181 Archer 1,577 61.58% 966 37.72% 18 0.70% 611 23.86% 2,561 Armstrong 513 49.95% 506 49.27% 8 0.78% 7 0.68% 1,027 Atascosa 4,565 64.55% 2,415 34.15% 92 1.30% 2,150 30.40% 7,072 Austin 2,313 45.96% 2,686 53.37% 34 0.68% -373 -7.41% 5,033 Bailey 1,356 51.62% 1,255 47.77% 16 0.61% 101 3.85% 2,627 Bandera 1,183 42.77% 1,554 56.18% 29 1.05% -371 -13.41% 2,766 Bastrop 4,788 66.46% 2,383 33.08% 33 0.46% 2,405 33.38% 7,204 Baylor 1,335 62.68% 783 36.76% 12 0.56% 552 25.92% 2,130 Bee 3,690 54.89% 2,953 43.93% 79 1.18% 737 10.96% 6,722 Bell 17,499 53.17% 15,126 45.96% 287 0.87% 2,373 7.21% 32,912 Bexar 146,581 54.00% 121,176 44.64% 3,673 1.35% 25,405 9.36% 271,430 Blanco 923 47.19% 1,015 51.89% 18 0.92% -92 -4.70% 1,956 Borden 234 60.00% 150 38.46% 6 1.54% 84 21.54% 390 Bosque 2,954 60.50% 1,912 39.16% 17 0.35% 1,042 21.34% 4,883 Bowie 12,445 56.02% 9,590 43.17% 179 0.81% 2,855 12.85% 22,214 Brazoria 21,711 52.01% 19,475 46.65% 558 1.34% 2,236 5.36% 41,744 Brazos 10,628 39.81% 15,685 58.75% 387 1.45% -5,057 -18.94% 26,700 Brewster 1,227 46.76% 1,368 52.13% 29 1.11% -141 -5.37% 2,624 Briscoe 823 73.55% 285 25.47% 11 0.98% 538 48.08% 1,119 Brooks 2,782 81.13% 641 18.69% 6 0.17% 2,141 62.44% 3,429 Brown 5,577 55.25% 4,483 44.41% 35 0.35% 1,094 10.84% 10,095 Burleson 2,924 71.65% 1,142 27.98% 15 0.37% 1,782 43.67% 4,081 Burnet 3,818 57.53% 2,777 41.85% 41 0.62% 1,041 15.68% 6,636 Caldwell 3,647 61.59% 2,235 37.75% 39 0.66% 1,412 23.84% 5,921 Calhoun 3,642 60.09% 2,377 39.22% 42 0.69% 1,265 20.87% 6,061 Callahan 2,241 58.00% 1,581 40.92% 42 1.09% 660 17.08% 3,864 Cameron 25,310 60.10% 16,448 39.06% 353 0.84% 8,862 21.04% 42,111 Camp 2,146 65.33% 1,133 34.49% 6 0.18% 1,013 30.84% 3,285 Carson 1,542 54.60% 1,269 44.94% 13 0.46% 273 9.66% 2,824 Cass 5,134 57.85% 3,712 41.83% 29 0.33% 1,422 16.02% 8,875 Castro 2,033 66.09% 1,007 32.74% 36 1.17% 1,026 33.35% 3,076 Chambers 2,927 60.33% 1,835 37.82% 90 1.85% 1,092 22.51% 4,852 Cherokee 6,509 62.20% 3,921 37.47% 35 0.33% 2,588 24.73% 10,465 Childress 1,578 60.09% 1,043 39.72% 5 0.19% 535 20.37% 2,626 Clay 2,568 67.88% 1,200 31.72% 15 0.40% 1,368 36.16% 3,783 Cochran 1,031 59.29% 701 40.31% 7 0.40% 330 18.98% 1,739 Coke 844 61.29% 517 37.55% 16 1.16% 327 23.74% 1,377 Coleman 2,264 57.24% 1,669 42.20% 22 0.56% 595 15.04% 3,955 Collin 14,039 39.00% 21,608 60.02% 353 0.98% -7,569 -21.02% 36,000 Collingsworth 1,169 64.80% 629 34.87% 6 0.33% 540 29.93% 1,804 Colorado 3,028 49.84% 2,991 49.23% 56 0.92% 37 0.61% 6,075 Comal 4,068 38.54% 6,377 60.42% 109 1.03% -2,309 -21.88% 10,554 Comanche 3,414 72.16% 1,297 27.41% 20 0.42% 2,117 44.75% 4,731 Concho 715 59.83% 474 39.67% 6 0.50% 241 20.16% 1,195 Cooke 4,483 48.05% 4,804 51.50% 42 0.45% -321 -3.45% 9,329 Coryell 4,710 52.75% 4,140 46.37% 79 0.88% 570 6.38% 8,929 Cottle 1,047 76.93% 311 22.85% 3 0.22% 736 54.08% 1,361 Crane 664 39.52% 963 57.32% 53 3.15% -299 -17.80% 1,680 Crockett 804 50.00% 802 49.88% 2 0.12% 2 0.12% 1,608 Crosby 2,176 70.38% 897 29.01% 19 0.61% 1,279 41.37% 3,092 Culberson 407 51.72% 373 47.40% 7 0.89% 34 4.32% 787 Dallam 1,029 51.27% 936 46.64% 42 2.09% 93 4.63% 2,007 Dallas 196,303 42.27% 263,081 56.65% 5,001 1.08% -66,778 -14.38% 464,385 Dawson 2,162 46.46% 2,474 53.17% 17 0.37% -312 -6.71% 4,653 Deaf Smith 2,613 48.08% 2,776 51.08% 46 0.85% -163 -3.00% 5,435 Delta 1,563 78.50% 421 21.15% 7 0.35% 1,142 57.35% 1,991 Denton 18,887 47.58% 20,440 51.50% 365 0.92% -1,553 -3.92% 39,692 DeWitt 2,540 47.68% 2,754 51.70% 33 0.62% -214 -4.02% 5,327 Dickens 1,222 77.78% 343 21.83% 6 0.38% 879 55.95% 1,571 Dimmit 1,721 65.59% 890 33.92% 13 0.50% 831 31.67% 2,624 Donley 1,095 60.70% 704 39.02% 5 0.28% 391 21.68% 1,804 Duval 4,267 86.36% 661 13.38% 13 0.26% 3,606 72.98% 4,941 Eastland 4,320 64.53% 2,340 34.95% 35 0.52% 1,980 29.58% 6,695 Ector 10,802 35.62% 18,973 62.56% 553 1.82% -8,171 -26.94% 30,328 Edwards 258 38.39% 412 61.31% 2 0.30% -154 -22.92% 672 Ellis 9,991 58.58% 6,996 41.02% 68 0.40% 2,995 17.56% 17,055 El Paso 45,477 50.83% 42,697 47.72% 1,291 1.44% 2,780 3.11% 89,465 Erath 4,821 61.89% 2,925 37.55% 44 0.56% 1,896 24.34% 7,790 Falls 4,277 65.13% 2,261 34.43% 29 0.44% 2,016 30.70% 6,567 Fannin 5,845 73.20% 2,102 26.32% 38 0.48% 3,743 46.88% 7,985 Fayette 3,428 52.80% 3,030 46.67% 35 0.54% 398 6.13% 6,493 Fisher 1,993 77.37% 573 22.24% 10 0.39% 1,420 55.13% 2,576 Floyd 1,991 58.32% 1,402 41.07% 21 0.62% 589 17.25% 3,414 Foard 706 74.32% 240 25.26% 4 0.42% 466 49.06% 950 Fort Bend 11,264 39.13% 17,354 60.28% 169 0.59% -6,090 -21.15% 28,787 Franklin 1,636 68.05% 758 31.53% 10 0.42% 878 36.52% 2,404 Freestone 2,679 61.43% 1,674 38.39% 8 0.18% 1,005 23.04% 4,361 Frio 2,598 66.48% 1,280 32.75% 30 0.77% 1,318 33.73% 3,908 Gaines 1,880 53.05% 1,643 46.36% 21 0.59% 237 6.69% 3,544 Galveston 37,873 59.42% 25,251 39.62% 611 0.96% 12,622 19.80% 63,735 Garza 957 55.48% 755 43.77% 13 0.75% 202 11.71% 1,725 Gillespie 1,260 25.79% 3,541 72.49% 84 1.72% -2,281 -46.70% 4,885 Glasscock 190 46.00% 218 52.78% 5 1.21% -28 -6.78% 413 Goliad 875 50.55% 846 48.87% 10 0.58% 29 1.68% 1,731 Gonzales 3,219 64.05% 1,789 35.59% 18 0.36% 1,430 28.46% 5,026 Gray 3,872 38.87% 6,010 60.33% 80 0.80% -2,138 -21.46% 9,962 Grayson 17,015 58.48% 11,981 41.18% 99 0.34% 5,034 17.30% 29,095 Gregg 9,827 35.59% 17,582 63.68% 203 0.74% -7,755 -28.09% 27,612 Grimes 2,656 64.03% 1,473 35.51% 19 0.46% 1,183 28.52% 4,148 Guadalupe 6,054 46.80% 6,766 52.31% 115 0.89% -712 -5.51% 12,935 Hale 5,580 50.70% 5,390 48.97% 37 0.34% 190 1.73% 11,007 Hall 1,633 70.57% 671 29.00% 10 0.43% 962 41.57% 2,314 Hamilton 1,981 62.12% 1,176 36.88% 32 1.00% 805 25.24% 3,189 Hansford 983 40.86% 1,401 58.23% 22 0.91% -418 -17.37% 2,406 Hardeman 1,403 63.06% 805 36.18% 17 0.76% 598 26.88% 2,225 Hardin 6,558 61.36% 4,046 37.86% 84 0.79% 2,512 23.50% 10,688 Harris 321,897 46.97% 357,536 52.17% 5,831 0.85% -35,639 -5.20% 685,264 Harrison 7,796 49.85% 7,787 49.79% 56 0.36% 9 0.06% 15,639 Hartley 774 48.47% 811 50.78% 12 0.75% -37 -2.31% 1,597 Haskell 2,512 74.78% 838 24.95% 9 0.27% 1,674 49.83% 3,359 Hays 7,005 54.41% 5,714 44.38% 156 1.21% 1,291 10.03% 12,875 Hemphill 707 44.80% 858 54.37% 13 0.82% -151 -9.57% 1,578 Henderson 8,245 63.73% 4,658 36.01% 34 0.26% 3,587 27.72% 12,937 Hidalgo 35,021 64.15% 19,199 35.17% 373 0.68% 15,822 28.98% 54,593 Hill 5,327 66.32% 2,680 33.37% 25 0.31% 2,647 32.95% 8,032 Hockley 3,949 55.39% 3,137 44.00% 44 0.62% 812 11.39% 7,130 Hood 3,181 62.85% 1,857 36.69% 23 0.45% 1,324 26.16% 5,061 Hopkins 4,992 65.75% 2,556 33.67% 44 0.58% 2,436 32.08% 7,592 Houston 3,179 58.64% 2,229 41.12% 13 0.24% 950 17.52% 5,421 Howard 6,984 58.34% 4,899 40.92% 89 0.74% 2,085 17.42% 11,972 Hudspeth 479 54.37% 395 44.84% 7 0.79% 84 9.53% 881 Hunt 8,543 55.79% 6,676 43.59% 95 0.62% 1,867 12.20% 15,314 Hutchinson 3,691 37.16% 6,137 61.78% 105 1.06% -2,446 -24.62% 9,933 Irion 297 49.17% 302 50.00% 5 0.83% -5 -0.83% 604 Jack 1,814 63.18% 1,049 36.54% 8 0.28% 765 26.64% 2,871 Jackson 2,524 56.94% 1,884 42.50% 25 0.56% 640 14.44% 4,433 Jasper 5,422 63.00% 3,167 36.80% 18 0.21% 2,255 26.20% 8,607 Jeff Davis 309 50.91% 288 47.45% 10 1.65% 21 3.46% 607 Jefferson 47,581 59.07% 32,451 40.29% 514 0.64% 15,130 18.78% 80,546 Jim Hogg 1,645 79.32% 429 20.68% 0 0.00% 1,216 58.64% 2,074 Jim Wells 7,961 68.93% 3,547 30.71% 42 0.36% 4,414 38.22% 11,550 Johnson 10,864 59.93% 7,194 39.69% 69 0.38% 3,670 20.24% 18,127 Jones 3,318 61.26% 2,072 38.26% 26 0.48% 1,246 23.00% 5,416 Karnes 2,996 63.50% 1,675 35.50% 47 1.00% 1,321 28.00% 4,718 Kaufman 6,302 61.76% 3,867 37.90% 35 0.34% 2,435 23.86% 10,204 Kendall 1,190 31.37% 2,543 67.04% 60 1.58% -1,353 -35.67% 3,793 Kenedy 139 67.80% 65 31.71% 1 0.49% 74 36.09% 205 Kent 474 73.26% 171 26.43% 2 0.31% 303 46.83% 647 Kerr 3,767 37.75% 6,021 60.34% 190 1.90% -2,254 -22.59% 9,978 Kimble 759 46.51% 846 51.84% 27 1.65% -87 -5.33% 1,632 King 100 50.76% 96 48.73% 1 0.51% 4 2.03% 197 Kinney 516 61.21% 318 37.72% 9 1.07% 198 23.49% 843 Kleberg 5,803 60.15% 3,771 39.09% 73 0.76% 2,032 21.06% 9,647 Knox 1,498 72.72% 551 26.75% 11 0.53% 947 45.97% 2,060 Lamar 8,601 65.78% 4,443 33.98% 32 0.24% 4,158 31.80% 13,076 Lamb 3,374 58.02% 2,413 41.50% 28 0.48% 961 16.52% 5,815 Lampasas 2,376 59.67% 1,563 39.25% 43 1.08% 813 20.42% 3,982 La Salle 1,294 65.25% 677 34.14% 12 0.61% 617 31.11% 1,983 Lavaca 3,458 57.98% 2,466 41.35% 40 0.67% 992 16.63% 5,964 Lee 1,937 58.64% 1,348 40.81% 18 0.54% 589 17.83% 3,303 Leon 2,085 63.94% 1,161 35.60% 15 0.46% 924 28.34% 3,261 Liberty 7,086 60.54% 4,552 38.89% 66 0.56% 2,534 21.65% 11,704 Limestone 3,825 64.83% 2,045 34.66% 30 0.51% 1,780 30.17% 5,900 Lipscomb 644 41.05% 911 58.06% 14 0.89% -267 -17.01% 1,569 Live Oak 1,656 55.93% 1,287 43.47% 18 0.61% 369 12.46% 2,961 Llano 2,361 54.60% 1,947 45.03% 16 0.37% 414 9.57% 4,324 Loving 35 40.70% 47 54.65% 4 4.65% -12 -13.95% 86 Lubbock 24,797 38.92% 38,478 60.40% 432 0.68% -13,681 -21.48% 63,707 Lynn 1,575 57.13% 1,166 42.29% 16 0.58% 409 14.84% 2,757 McCulloch 1,888 58.87% 1,300 40.54% 19 0.59% 588 18.33% 3,207 McLennan 30,091 53.76% 25,370 45.33% 509 0.91% 4,721 8.43% 55,970 McMullen 194 47.20% 217 52.80% 0 0.00% -23 -5.60% 411 Madison 1,885 63.66% 1,062 35.87% 14 0.47% 823 27.79% 2,961 Marion 1,860 58.73% 1,291 40.76% 16 0.51% 569 17.97% 3,167 Martin 907 56.06% 698 43.14% 13 0.80% 209 12.92% 1,618 Mason 814 49.63% 805 49.09% 21 1.28% 9 0.54% 1,640 Matagorda 4,971 56.94% 3,679 42.14% 81 0.93% 1,292 14.80% 8,731 Maverick 2,840 74.70% 924 24.30% 38 1.00% 1,916 50.40% 3,802 Medina 3,681 52.68% 3,252 46.54% 55 0.79% 429 6.14% 6,988 Menard 543 54.30% 441 44.10% 16 1.60% 102 10.20% 1,000 Midland 7,725 28.41% 19,178 70.52% 292 1.07% -11,453 -42.11% 27,195 Milam 4,871 66.59% 2,404 32.86% 40 0.55% 2,467 33.73% 7,315 Mills 1,012 59.18% 684 40.00% 14 0.82% 328 19.18% 1,710 Mitchell 1,730 61.70% 1,058 37.73% 16 0.57% 672 23.97% 2,804 Montague 4,087 64.93% 2,182 34.67% 25 0.40% 1,905 30.26% 6,294 Montgomery 13,718 46.25% 15,739 53.07% 202 0.68% -2,021 -6.82% 29,659 Moore 2,767 49.63% 2,759 49.49% 49 0.88% 8 0.14% 5,575 Morris 3,071 62.28% 1,843 37.38% 17 0.34% 1,228 24.90% 4,931 Motley 522 54.32% 428 44.54% 11 1.14% 94 9.78% 961 Nacogdoches 6,697 47.36% 7,315 51.73% 129 0.91% -618 -4.37% 14,141 Navarro 6,995 63.20% 4,012 36.25% 61 0.55% 2,983 26.95% 11,068 Newton 3,468 77.03% 1,011 22.46% 23 0.51% 2,457 54.57% 4,502 Nolan 3,094 55.80% 2,431 43.84% 20 0.36% 663 11.96% 5,545 Nueces 52,755 61.11% 32,797 37.99% 773 0.90% 19,958 23.12% 86,325 Ochiltree 1,084 30.22% 2,471 68.89% 32 0.89% -1,387 -38.67% 3,587 Oldham 554 60.81% 354 38.86% 3 0.33% 200 21.95% 911 Orange 15,177 61.99% 9,147 37.36% 160 0.65% 6,030 24.63% 24,484 Palo Pinto 5,170 65.40% 2,684 33.95% 51 0.65% 2,486 31.45% 7,905 Panola 3,731 53.48% 3,218 46.12% 28 0.40% 513 7.36% 6,977 Parker 8,186 63.12% 4,692 36.18% 91 0.70% 3,494 26.94% 12,969 Parmer 1,914 56.01% 1,487 43.52% 16 0.47% 427 12.49% 3,417 Pecos 1,971 46.56% 2,234 52.78% 28 0.66% -263 -6.22% 4,233 Polk 4,384 62.93% 2,529 36.30% 54 0.78% 1,855 26.63% 6,967 Potter 11,917 45.77% 13,819 53.08% 300 1.15% -1,902 -7.31% 26,036 Presidio 1,232 63.64% 687 35.49% 17 0.88% 545 28.15% 1,936 Rains 1,339 72.18% 510 27.49% 6 0.32% 829 44.69% 1,855 Randall 9,074 34.21% 17,115 64.53% 335 1.26% -8,041 -30.32% 26,524 Reagan 563 45.62% 666 53.97% 5 0.41% -103 -8.35% 1,234 Real 510 52.63% 448 46.23% 11 1.14% 62 6.40% 969 Red River 3,670 66.33% 1,852 33.47% 11 0.20% 1,818 32.86% 5,533 Reeves 2,613 60.18% 1,711 39.41% 18 0.41% 902 20.77% 4,342 Refugio 2,218 58.91% 1,537 40.82% 10 0.27% 681 18.09% 3,765 Roberts 202 35.94% 350 62.28% 10 1.78% -148 -26.34% 562 Robertson 3,741 74.88% 1,244 24.90% 11 0.22% 2,497 49.98% 4,996 Rockwall 1,828 46.44% 2,087 53.02% 21 0.53% -259 -6.58% 3,936 Runnels 2,068 48.30% 2,203 51.45% 11 0.26% -135 -3.15% 4,282 Rusk 6,063 46.95% 6,800 52.65% 52 0.40% -737 -5.70% 12,915 Sabine 2,391 72.54% 904 27.43% 1 0.03% 1,487 45.11% 3,296 San Augustine 1,817 63.31% 1,047 36.48% 6 0.21% 770 26.83% 2,870 San Jacinto 2,406 68.18% 1,094 31.00% 29 0.82% 1,312 37.18% 3,529 San Patricio 9,469 61.51% 5,853 38.02% 73 0.47% 3,616 23.49% 15,395 San Saba 1,408 70.22% 582 29.03% 15 0.75% 826 41.19% 2,005 Schleicher 468 47.13% 516 51.96% 9 0.91% -48 -4.83% 993 Scurry 2,639 48.34% 2,797 51.24% 23 0.42% -158 -2.90% 5,459 Shackelford 764 50.33% 748 49.28% 6 0.40% 16 1.05% 1,518 Shelby 4,680 63.35% 2,695 36.48% 12 0.16% 1,985 26.87% 7,387 Sherman 718 50.71% 679 47.95% 19 1.34% 39 2.76% 1,416 Smith 16,856 42.92% 22,238 56.62% 181 0.46% -5,382 -13.70% 39,275 Somervell 1,054 75.77% 332 23.87% 5 0.36% 722 51.90% 1,391 Starr 4,646 87.25% 664 12.47% 15 0.28% 3,982 74.78% 5,325 Stephens 1,796 52.38% 1,621 47.27% 12 0.35% 175 5.11% 3,429 Sterling 174 45.67% 202 53.02% 5 1.31% -28 -7.35% 381 Stonewall 812 75.89% 252 23.55% 6 0.56% 560 52.34% 1,070 Sutton 768 47.73% 831 51.65% 10 0.62% -63 -3.92% 1,609 Swisher 2,811 78.59% 753 21.05% 13 0.36% 2,058 57.54% 3,577 Tarrant 122,287 49.18% 124,433 50.05% 1,911 0.77% -2,146 -0.87% 248,631 Taylor 14,453 41.84% 19,822 57.38% 268 0.78% -5,369 -15.54% 34,543 Terrell 321 50.00% 317 49.38% 4 0.62% 4 0.62% 642 Terry 2,859 57.17% 2,113 42.25% 29 0.58% 746 14.92% 5,001 Throckmorton 658 64.76% 356 35.04% 2 0.20% 302 29.72% 1,016 Titus 4,205 61.64% 2,603 38.16% 14 0.21% 1,602 23.48% 6,822 Tom Green 11,064 46.97% 12,316 52.29% 174 0.74% -1,252 -5.32% 23,554 Travis 78,585 51.63% 71,031 46.67% 2,597 1.71% 7,554 4.96% 152,213 Trinity 2,100 66.58% 1,042 33.04% 12 0.38% 1,058 33.54% 3,154 Tyler 3,322 62.47% 1,965 36.95% 31 0.58% 1,357 25.52% 5,318 Upshur 4,902 59.70% 3,272 39.85% 37 0.45% 1,630 19.85% 8,211 Upton 686 43.95% 869 55.67% 6 0.38% -183 -11.72% 1,561 Uvalde 2,299 42.19% 3,103 56.95% 47 0.86% -804 -14.76% 5,449 Val Verde 4,603 56.46% 3,476 42.64% 73 0.90% 1,127 13.82% 8,152 Van Zandt 6,449 65.15% 3,385 34.20% 64 0.65% 3,064 30.95% 9,898 Victoria 7,326 43.02% 9,594 56.34% 108 0.63% -2,268 -13.32% 17,028 Walker 5,105 50.19% 4,974 48.90% 92 0.90% 131 1.29% 10,171 Waller 2,828 58.17% 1,992 40.97% 42 0.86% 836 17.20% 4,862 Ward 2,046 48.51% 2,123 50.33% 49 1.16% -77 -1.82% 4,218 Washington 2,635 40.54% 3,820 58.77% 45 0.69% -1,185 -18.23% 6,500 Webb 10,362 70.50% 4,222 28.72% 114 0.78% 6,140 41.78% 14,698 Wharton 5,914 55.56% 4,682 43.99% 48 0.45% 1,232 11.57% 10,644 Wheeler 1,598 55.33% 1,273 44.08% 17 0.59% 325 11.25% 2,888 Wichita 22,017 53.35% 19,024 46.10% 225 0.55% 2,993 7.25% 41,266 Wilbarger 3,280 59.90% 2,145 39.17% 51 0.93% 1,135 20.73% 5,476 Willacy 2,984 65.48% 1,542 33.84% 31 0.68% 1,442 31.64% 4,557 Williamson 9,355 55.00% 7,481 43.98% 174 1.02% 1,874 11.02% 17,010 Wilson 3,973 67.32% 1,926 32.63% 3 0.05% 2,047 34.69% 5,902 Winkler 1,382 42.31% 1,842 56.40% 42 1.29% -460 -14.09% 3,266 Wise 5,133 64.06% 2,856 35.64% 24 0.30% 2,277 28.42% 8,013 Wood 4,107 56.84% 3,076 42.57% 43 0.60% 1,031 14.27% 7,226 Yoakum 1,181 44.07% 1,477 55.11% 22 0.82% -296 -11.04% 2,680 Young 3,473 56.33% 2,652 43.01% 41 0.66% 821 13.32% 6,166 Zapata 1,216 72.29% 462 27.47% 4 0.24% 754 44.82% 1,682 Zavala 1,822 70.67% 735 28.51% 21 0.81% 1,087 42.16% 2,578Totals2,082,31951.14%1,953,30047.97%36,2650.89%129,0193.17%4,071,884 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 12em Anderson Aransas Archer Armstrong Atascosa Bailey Bee Bell Bexar Borden Bsoque Bowie Brazoria Briscoe Brown Burnet Calhoun Callahan Carson Castro Chambers Childress Cochran Coleman Collingsworth Colorado Coryell Crockett Culberson Dallam Donley Dickens Dimmit Fisher Eastland Ellis El Paso Fayette Floyd Frio Hidalgo Gaines Garza Goliad Gonzales Grayson Jefferson Jim Wells Kenedy Hale Hall Hamilton Harrison Hays Hockley Hood Howard Hudspeth Hunt Jack Jackson Jeff Davis Johnson Karnes King Kinney Lamb Lampasas Lavaca Lee Live Oak Llano Lynn La Salle Morris Newton McLennan Martin Mason Matagorda Medina Menard Mitchell Moore Motley Oldham Orange Presidio Robertson Panola Parker Parmer Real Reeves Shackelford Sherman Sterling Stonewall Swisher Terry Terrell Val Verde Walker Wheeler Wichita Wilbarger Williamson Wilson Wood Willacy Zavala Young Angelina Bastrop Baylor Burleson Caldwell Cameron Camp Cass Cherokee Clay Coke Comanche Concho Crosby Delta Erath Falls Fannin Foard Franklin Freestone Galveston Grimes Hardeman Hardin Haskell Henderson Hill Hopkins Houston Jasper Jones Kaufman Kent Kleberg Knox Lamar Leon Liberty Limestone McCulloch Madison Marion Milam Mills Montague Navarro Nolan Nueces Palo Pinto Polk Rains Red River Refugio Sabine San Augustine San Jacinto San Patricio San Saba Shelby Somervell Throckmorton Titus Travis Trinity Tyler Upshur Van Zandt Waller Wise By congressional district Carter won 17 of the state's 24 congressional districts, while the other 7 were won by Ford, including 5 which elected Democrats.1976 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District https://wwu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=470d69283c9e42b9ab2d56b9ed42f693 26 May 2026 en 2 November 1976 District Carter Ford RepresentativeTexas 1 1st 60.1% 39.9%Sam B. Hall Jr.Texas 2 2nd 58% 42%Charles WilsonTexas 3 3rd 27.3% 72.7%James M. CollinsTexas 4 4th 50.8% 49.2%Ray RobertsTexas 5 5th53%47%Alan SteelmanJim MattoxTexas 6 6th 51% 49%Tiger TeagueTexas 7 7th 26.4% 73.6%Bill ArcherTexas 8 8th 63.1% 36.9%Bob EckhardtTexas 9 9th 59.2% 40.8%Jack BrooksTexas 10 10th 54.3% 45.7%J. J. PickleTexas 11 11th 57.1% 42.9%William R. PoageTexas 12 12th 55.9% 44.1%Jim WrightTexas 13 13th 49.4% 50.6%Jack HightowerTexas 14 14th 58.1% 41.9%John Andrew YoungTexas 15 15th 65.6% 34.4%Kika de la GarzaTexas 16 16th 49.6% 50.4%Richard Crawford WhiteTexas 17 17th 57.3% 42.7%Omar BurlesonTexas 18 18th 75.6% 24.4%Barbara JordanTexas 19 19th 42.3% 57.7%George H. MahonTexas 20 20th 74.4% 25.6%Henry B. GonzálezTexas 21 21st 40.3% 59.7%Bob KruegerTexas 22 22nd49.9%50.1%Ron PaulRobert GammageTexas 23 23rd 59.3% 40.7%Abraham KazenTexas 24 24th 55.5% 44.5%Dale Milford See also United States presidential elections in Texas 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 Texas Category:1976 Texas elections