1976 United States presidential election in Maryland

none 1976 United States presidential election October 2022 October 2022 1976 United States presidential election in Maryland Maryland Presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in Maryland 1972 1980 United States presidential election in Maryland 1980 November 2, 1976 All 10 Maryland electoral votes to the Electoral College x200px Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 10 759,612 53.04% 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 0 672,661 46.96% 375px 350px County results Carter #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% Ford #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% President Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) The 1976 United States presidential election in Maryland was held on November 2, 1976 as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford of Michigan and his running mate Senator Bob Dole of Kansas lost to the Democratic challengers, Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia and Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Carter and Mondale won Maryland with 53.04% of the vote compared to Ford and Dole’s 46.96% – a comfortable margin of 6.08%. After Nixon had won every county-equivalent in the state except for Baltimore City in 1972, Carter won ten of the state's 23 counties, most critically the populous Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in the Washington metropolitan area, and won Baltimore City by almost 100,000 raw votes. Carter began a Democratic winning streak in Prince George's County that continues to this day.1976 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – Maryland by County As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which a Democrat carried Allegany, Calvert, Cecil, and St. Mary’s Counties.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 In this election, Maryland voted 4.01% more Democratic than the nation at-large.Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ 2023-03-31 uselectionatlas.org Results 1976 United States presidential election in Marylandhttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1976&fips=24&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2015-09-18 1976 Presidential General Election Results - MarylandPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Jimmy Carter Walter Mondale 759,612 53.04% 10 Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent) Bob Dole 672,661 46.96% 0 Results by county County Jimmy CarterDemocratic Gerald FordRepublican Margin Total votes castMaryland State Board of Elections, ‘For President of the United States’ Maryland General Election Returns – November 2, 1976 (Annapolis, 1976) # % # % # %Allegany15,96750.85%15,43549.15%5321.70%31,402Anne Arundel54,35146.97%61,35353.03%-7,002-6.06%115,704Baltimore118,50545.27%143,29354.73%-24,788-9.46%261,798Baltimore City178,59368.60%81,76231.40%96,83137.20%260,355Calvert4,62657.36%3,43942.64%1,18714.72%8,065Caroline3,01749.21%3,11450.79%-97-1.58%6,131Carroll9,94038.83%15,66161.17%-5,721-22.34%25,601Cecil8,95053.33%7,83346.67%1,1176.66%16,783Charles9,52555.00%7,79245.00%1,73310.00%17,317Dorchester4,52848.71%4,76851.29%-240-2.58%9,296Frederick14,54244.77%17,94155.23%-3,399-10.46%32,483Garrett3,33241.80%4,64058.20%-1,308-16.40%7,972Harford19,89045.00%24,30955.00%-4,419-10.00%44,199Howard20,53349.20%21,20050.80%-667-1.60%41,733Kent3,21153.23%2,82146.77%3906.46%6,032Montgomery131,09851.66%122,67448.34%8,4243.32%253,772Prince George's111,74357.97%81,02742.03%30,71615.94%192,770Queen Anne's3,45749.84%3,47950.16%-22-0.32%6,936Somerset3,47251.62%3,25448.38%2183.24%6,726St. Mary's7,22756.17%5,64043.83%1,58712.34%12,867Talbot3,71538.85%5,84861.15%-2,133-22.30%9,563Washington15,90244.05%20,19455.95%-4,292-11.90%36,096Wicomico9,41247.18%10,53752.82%-1,125-5.64%19,949Worcester4,07646.73%4,64753.27%-571-6.54%8,723Totals759,61253.04%672,66146.96%86,9516.08%1,432,273 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Allegany Calvert Cecil Charles Kent Montgomery Prince George's Somerset St. Mary's Results by congressional district Carter won 5 of the state's 8 congressional districts, including 2 that elected Republicans, while Ford won the remaining 3 districts, 2 of which elected Democrats.1976 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District https://wwu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=470d69283c9e42b9ab2d56b9ed42f693 25 May 2026 en 2 November 1976 District Carter Ford RepresentativeMaryland 1 1st 49.3% 50.7%Robert BaumanMaryland 2 2nd 48.3% 51.7%Clarence LongMaryland 3 3rd51.5%48.5%Paul SarbanesBarbara MikulskiMaryland 4 4th50.1% 49.9%Marjorie HoltMaryland 5 5th58.7% 41.3%Gladys SpellmanMaryland 6 6th 45.2% 54.8%Goodloe ByronMaryland 7 7th81.6% 18.4%Parren MitchellMaryland 8 8th51.7%48.3%Gilbert GudeNewton Steers See also United States presidential elections in Maryland 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States elections References Maryland 1976 Presidential