1976 United States presidential election in Georgia

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States presidential election in Georgia presidential 1956 no Georgia (U.S. state) 1972 United States presidential election in Georgia 1972 1980 United States presidential election in Georgia 1980 1976 11 2 x200px Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 12 979,409 66.74% 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 0 483,743 32.96% President Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) 1976 United States presidential election in Georgia results map by county.svg 290px County results Carter #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% The 1976 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on November 2, 1976. The Democratic candidate, former Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter, overwhelmingly won his home state with 66.74% of the vote ahead of the Republican Party nominee, incumbent President Gerald Ford, giving him the state's 12 electoral votes. Carter carried all of Georgia's 159 counties (the last time any presidential candidate has won every single county in the state) and 10 congressional districts by wide margins.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=13&year=1976 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia April 25, 2016 This is the only presidential election in Georgia's history where the Democratic candidate carried all of Georgia's counties, despite the state's long Democratic streak, which had ended only in 1964.Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 425 0313257957 Even though Carter's percentage of the vote was lower than that of several previous Democratic victors in the state, such as Woodrow Wilson, James M. Cox, John W. Davis, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, none of these had carried every county in the state. In particular, Carter remains the only Democrat to carry historically pro-Union, East Tennessee-orientedMosher, John; Weber, Jennifer L.: Copperheads: The Rise and Fall of Lincoln's Opponents in the North (book review); History, 35(3) (2007), pp. 303–304. Fannin County since 1912, and the only Democrat to obtain a majority of the vote there since William Jennings Bryan in 1900.Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote, 1896–1932, p. 165. There are a further seven counties, in addition to Fannin, that have never voted Democratic again since 1976: Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Fayette, Columbia, Lee and Lowndes.Sullivan, Robert David; 'How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century'; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016. Douglas and Rockdale counties would not vote Democratic for president again until 2008, and Cobb and Gwinnett would not do so until 2016. The election represented a complete flip from the previous election when President Richard Nixon also won Georgia with 75% of the vote and carried every county. Georgia swung 84 points Democratic, the largest partisan swing of any state in 1976. Ford did carry one of Georgia's 161 historical counties, with the former Milton County backing the incumbent president 51.1%–48.9%. In fact, Ford carried many precincts in northern Fulton and DeKalb Counties, some by landslide margins. For example, one precinct in Dunwoody voted for Ford by a margin of 1245 to 500. Among white voters, 58% supported Carter while 42% supported Ford.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 Results United States presidential election in Georgia, 1976PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic James Carter 979,409 66.74% 12 Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent) 483,743 32.96% 0 Write-in Thomas J. Anderson 1,168 0.08% 0 Write-in Lester Maddox 1,071 0.07% 0 Write-in Eugene McCarthy 991 0.07% 0 Write-in Write-ins (scattered) 847 0.06% 0 Write-in Roger MacBride 175 0.01% 0 Write-in Peter Camejo 43 0.00% 0 Write-in Gus Hall 3 0.00% 0 Write-in Ernest Miller 3 0.00% 0 Write-in Julius Levin 2 0.00% 0 Write-in Frank Zeidler 2 0.00% 0 Write-in Lyndon LaRouche 1 0.00% 0 Totals 1,467,458 100.00% 12 Voter turnout 42% — Results by county CountyFortson, Jr. Ben W. https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/data/dlg/ggpd/pdfs/dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bs700-b-ps1-bs4-b1976-bfolio.pdf Official State of Georgia tabulation by counties for Presidential electors: U.S. Representatives, state officers and constitutional amendments, General Election November 2, 1976 Georgia Secretary of State 1976 Report August 12, 2024 Digital Library of GeorgiaJimmy CarterDemocraticGerald FordRepublicanMarginTotal votes castCounty counts exclude a total of 4,306 write-in votes as these were not tabulated by county.#%#%#%Appling3,58578.86%96121.14%2,62457.72%4,546Atkinson1,56081.80%34718.20%1,21363.60%1,907Bacon2,39580.13%59419.87%1,80160.26%2,989Baker1,16279.21%30520.79%85758.42%1,467Baldwin4,67456.41%3,61243.59%1,06212.82%8,286Banks2,38787.85%33012.15%2,05773.70%2,717Barrow4,75677.71%1,36422.29%3,39255.42%6,120Bartow8,16681.32%1,87618.68%6,29062.64%10,042Ben Hill2,44975.05%81424.95%1,63550.10%3,263Berrien3,39485.95%55514.05%2,83971.90%3,949Bibb31,90271.34%12,81928.66%19,08342.68%44,721Bleckley2,60572.83%97227.17%1,63345.66%3,577Brantley2,29486.50%35813.50%1,93673.00%2,652Brooks2,65370.65%1,10229.35%1,55141.30%3,755Bryan2,04572.88%76127.12%1,28445.76%2,806Bulloch5,19962.23%3,15637.77%2,04324.46%8,355Burke3,01465.82%1,56534.18%1,44931.64%4,579Butts2,89877.97%81922.03%2,07955.94%3,717Calhoun1,39476.17%43623.83%95852.34%1,830Camden2,96274.85%99525.15%1,96749.70%3,957Candler1,38868.24%64631.76%74236.48%2,034Carroll10,05073.41%3,64026.59%6,41046.82%13,690Catoosa6,02061.31%3,79938.69%2,22122.62%9,819Charlton1,75079.47%45220.53%1,29858.94%2,202Chatham32,07557.04%24,16042.96%7,91514.08%56,235Chattahoochee50673.98%17826.02%32847.96%684Chattooga4,68681.17%1,08718.83%3,59962.34%5,773Cherokee6,53971.48%2,60928.52%3,93042.96%9,148Clarke11,34263.18%6,61036.82%4,73226.36%17,952Clay94776.25%29523.75%65252.50%1,242Clayton21,43262.42%12,90537.58%8,52724.84%34,337Clinch1,41478.69%38321.31%1,03157.38%1,797Cobb45,00256.73%34,32443.27%10,67812.46%79,326Coffee4,60176.45%1,41723.55%3,18452.90%6,018Colquitt6,92876.06%2,18123.94%4,74752.12%9,109Columbia4,67457.73%3,42342.27%1,25115.46%8,097Cook2,88281.14%67018.86%2,21262.28%3,552Coweta6,19567.05%3,04432.95%3,15134.10%9,239Crawford1,84282.97%37817.03%1,46465.94%2,220Crisp3,74773.83%1,32826.17%2,41947.66%5,075Dade2,26361.98%1,38838.02%87523.96%3,651Dawson1,38478.91%37021.09%1,01457.82%1,754Decatur3,73659.91%2,50040.09%1,23619.82%6,236DeKalb86,87256.40%67,16043.60%19,71212.80%154,032Dodge5,26786.13%84813.87%4,41972.26%6,115Dooly2,44178.84%65521.16%1,78657.68%3,096Dougherty11,46155.11%9,33744.89%2,12410.22%20,798Douglas7,80566.35%3,95933.65%3,84632.70%11,764Early2,40567.52%1,15732.48%1,24835.04%3,562Echols58584.05%11115.95%47468.10%696Effingham2,90663.73%1,65436.27%1,25227.46%4,560Elbert4,73083.11%96116.89%3,76966.22%5,691Emanuel4,60375.51%1,49324.49%3,11051.02%6,096Evans1,63168.62%74631.38%88537.24%2,377Fannin3,40256.25%2,64643.75%75612.50%6,048Fayette3,71856.72%2,83743.28%88113.44%6,555Floyd15,15166.27%7,71333.73%7,43832.54%22,864Forsyth4,69376.48%1,44323.52%3,25052.96%6,136Franklin4,19285.92%68714.08%3,50571.84%4,879Fulton129,84967.84%61,55232.16%68,29735.68%191,401Gilmer2,49966.46%1,26133.54%1,23832.92%3,760Glascock70465.49%37134.51%33330.98%1,075Glynn9,45963.65%5,40336.35%4,05627.30%14,862Gordon6,05278.09%1,69821.91%4,35456.18%7,750Grady3,75875.66%1,20924.34%2,54951.32%4,967Greene2,53479.54%65220.46%1,88259.08%3,186Gwinnett20,83859.97%13,91240.03%6,92619.94%34,750Habersham5,12079.56%1,31520.44%3,80559.12%6,435Hall12,80471.54%5,09328.46%7,71143.08%17,897Hancock2,11776.48%65123.52%1,46652.96%2,768Haralson4,55077.76%1,30122.24%3,24955.52%5,851Harris2,86164.95%1,54435.05%1,31729.90%4,405Hart4,60584.26%86015.74%3,74568.52%5,465Heard1,59378.63%43321.37%1,16057.26%2,026Henry5,71768.56%2,62231.44%3,09537.12%8,339Houston13,16470.90%5,40429.10%7,76041.80%18,568Irwin2,01278.20%56121.80%1,46156.40%2,573Jackson5,93182.72%1,23917.28%4,69265.44%7,170Jasper1,85272.88%68927.12%1,16345.76%2,541Jeff Davis2,40579.45%62220.55%1,78358.90%3,027Jefferson3,11570.41%1,30929.59%1,80640.82%4,424Jenkins1,82076.37%56323.63%1,25752.74%2,383Johnson2,21076.00%69824.00%1,51252.00%2,908Jones3,47172.49%1,31727.51%2,15444.98%4,788Lamar2,78576.68%84723.32%1,93853.36%3,632Lanier1,26985.98%20714.02%1,06271.96%1,476Laurens8,61772.42%3,28127.58%5,33644.84%11,898Lee1,72760.87%1,11039.13%61721.74%2,837Liberty3,32877.27%97922.73%2,34954.54%4,307Lincoln1,58373.32%57626.68%1,00746.64%2,159Long1,24384.85%22215.15%1,02169.70%1,465Lowndes8,83066.18%4,51233.82%4,31832.36%13,342Lumpkin2,30180.79%54719.21%1,75461.58%2,848McDuffie3,02464.09%1,69435.91%1,33028.18%4,718McIntosh1,97878.71%53521.29%1,44357.42%2,513Macon3,01382.53%63817.47%2,37565.06%3,651Madison3,36775.12%1,11524.88%2,25250.24%4,482Marion1,31481.87%29118.13%1,02363.74%1,605Meriwether4,83076.91%1,45023.09%3,38053.82%6,280Miller1,53676.34%47623.66%1,06052.68%2,012Mitchell4,49574.09%1,57225.91%2,92348.18%6,067Monroe2,96273.32%1,07826.68%1,88446.64%4,040Montgomery1,61072.00%62628.00%98442.00%2,236Morgan2,27471.55%90428.45%1,37042.90%3,178Murray3,51179.80%88920.20%2,62259.60%4,400Muscogee24,09264.09%13,49635.91%10,59628.18%37,588Newton6,29474.65%2,13725.35%4,15749.30%8,431Oconee2,22865.30%1,18434.70%1,04430.60%3,412Oglethorpe1,85469.57%81130.43%1,04339.14%2,665Paulding5,42079.10%1,43220.90%3,98858.20%6,852Peach3,98977.43%1,16322.57%2,82654.86%5,152Pickens2,57172.55%97327.45%1,59845.10%3,544Pierce2,62882.85%54417.15%2,08465.70%3,172Pike1,90371.03%77628.97%1,12742.06%2,679Polk6,11575.88%1,94424.12%4,17151.76%8,059Pulaski2,31882.70%48517.30%1,83365.40%2,803Putnam2,04070.96%83529.04%1,20541.92%2,875Quitman67768.38%31331.62%36436.76%990Rabun2,39880.23%59119.77%1,80760.46%2,989Randolph2,18674.53%74725.47%1,43949.06%2,933Richmond24,04257.33%17,89342.67%6,14914.66%41,935Rockdale4,64060.94%2,97439.06%1,66621.88%7,614Schley78374.50%26825.50%51549.00%1,051Screven2,16864.83%1,17635.17%99229.66%3,344Seminole2,07475.28%68124.72%1,39350.56%2,755Spalding7,59367.00%3,73933.00%3,85434.00%11,332Stephens5,56080.58%1,34019.42%4,22061.16%6,900Stewart1,63279.03%43320.97%1,19958.06%2,065Sumter5,32872.19%2,05327.81%3,27544.38%7,381Talbot1,63478.07%45921.93%1,17556.14%2,093Taliaferro74876.02%23623.98%51252.04%984Tattnall3,55672.84%1,32627.16%2,23045.68%4,882Taylor1,96279.56%50420.44%1,45859.12%2,466Telfair3,53484.73%63715.27%2,89769.46%4,171Terrell2,34866.78%1,16833.22%1,18033.56%3,516Thomas6,14765.32%3,26334.68%2,88430.64%9,410Tift5,18570.57%2,16229.43%3,02341.14%7,347Toombs4,04765.56%2,12634.44%1,92131.12%6,173Towns1,78660.32%1,17539.68%61120.64%2,961Treutlen1,56777.12%46522.88%1,10254.24%2,032Troup7,69963.52%4,42236.48%3,27727.04%12,121Turner2,26584.48%41615.52%1,84968.96%2,681Twiggs2,51583.06%51316.94%2,00266.12%3,028Union2,79570.78%1,15429.22%1,64141.56%3,949Upson4,21959.29%2,89740.71%1,32218.58%7,116Walker8,00762.49%4,80737.51%3,20024.98%12,814Walton5,40276.20%1,68723.80%3,71552.40%7,089Ware7,71974.36%2,66125.64%5,05848.72%10,380Warren1,33564.96%72035.04%61529.92%2,055Washington3,86569.99%1,65730.01%2,20839.98%5,522Wayne4,48974.97%1,49925.03%2,99049.94%5,988Webster62279.03%16520.97%45758.06%787Wheeler1,37880.02%34419.98%1,03460.04%1,722White2,12577.27%62522.73%1,50054.54%2,750Whitfield10,47569.96%4,49830.04%5,97739.92%14,973Wilcox2,15386.15%34613.85%1,80772.30%2,499Wilkes2,46169.76%1,06730.24%1,39439.52%3,528Wilkinson2,65276.01%83723.99%1,81552.02%3,489Worth2,79070.70%1,15629.30%1,63441.40%3,946Totals979,40966.74%483,74332.96%495,66633.78%1,467,458 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic All 159 By congressional district Carter carried all 10 districts in Georgia. District Carter Ford RepresentativeGeorgia 1 1st 64.4% 35.6%Ronald "Bo" GinnGeorgia 2 2nd 69.1% 30.9%Dawson MathisGeorgia 3 3rd 69.1% 30.9%Jack BrinkleyGeorgia 4 4th 57.2% 42.8%Elliott H. LevitasGeorgia 5 5th 67.5% 32.5%Andrew YoungGeorgia 6 6th 67.5% 32.5%John FlyntGeorgia 7 7th 64.2% 35.8%Larry McdonaldGeorgia 8 8th 74.8% 25.2%Billy Lee EvansGeorgia 9 9th 70.9% 29.1%Ed JenkinsGeorgia 10 10th 65.9% 34.1%Doug Barnard Jr. Notes 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 Georgia Category:1976 Georgia (U.S. state) elections