1976 United States presidential election in Idaho

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States presidential election in Idaho Idaho presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in Idaho 1972 1980 United States presidential election in Idaho 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 4 204,151 59.88% Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 126,549 37.12% 1976 United States presidential election in Idaho results map by county.svg 200px County results Ford #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% President Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) The 1976 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Idaho was won by incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), with 59.9 percent of the popular vote, against Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 37.1 percent of the popular vote. Two third party candidates accumulated a portion of the vote greater than one percent: Lester Maddox (AIA–Georgia) and Roger MacBride (L–Vermont). Despite losing in Idaho, Carter went on to win the national election and became the 39th president of the United States. Idaho had previously voted Republican ten times, Democrat ten times, and Populist once. With 59.88 percent of the popular vote, Idaho would prove to be Ford's second strongest state in the 1976 election after neighboring Utah.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1976&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1976 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 Carter became the first ever Democrat to win the White House without carrying Blaine, Boundary, or Butte Counties, as well as the first to do so without carrying Elmore, Idaho, Kootenai, or Shoshone Counties since Grover Cleveland in 1892, and the first to do so without carrying Bannock or Bonner Counties since Woodrow Wilson in 1912. Despite this, this would prove to be the high water mark for Democrats since Lyndon Johnson last carried the state in 1964: as of 2024, no Democrats have met Carter's 37.12%, the closest being Barack Obama's 36.09% in 2008. Results 1976 United States presidential election in Idahohttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=16&year=1976 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho January 28, 2017 Gerald Ford (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 204,151 59.88% Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) 126,549 37.12% Lester Maddox American Independent Party 5,935 1.74% Roger MacBride Libertarian Party (United States) 3,558 1.04% Lyndon LaRouche U.S. Labor Party 739 0.22% 340,932 100.00% Results by county County Gerald FordRepublican Jimmy CarterDemocratic Lester MaddoxOur Campaigns; ID US President November 02, 1976American Independent Roger MacBrideLibertarian Lyndon LaRoucheU.S. Labor Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Ada 41,135 64.39% 21,125 33.07% 717 1.12% 737 1.15% 175 0.27% 20,010 31.32% 63,889 Adams 809 54.74% 639 43.23% 15 1.01% 10 0.68% 5 0.34% 170 11.51% 1,478 Bannock 13,172 53.65% 10,261 41.80% 485 1.98% 577 2.35% 55 0.22% 2,911 11.85% 24,550 Bear Lake 2,094 66.60% 960 30.53% 74 2.35% 15 0.48% 1 0.03% 1,134 36.07% 3,144 Benewah 1,458 47.58% 1,549 50.55% 37 1.21% 16 0.52% 4 0.13% -91 -2.97% 3,064 Bingham 7,327 60.83% 4,347 36.09% 219 1.82% 119 0.99% 33 0.27% 2,980 24.74% 12,045 Blaine 2,176 56.13% 1,604 41.37% 25 0.64% 69 1.78% 3 0.08% 572 14.76% 3,877 Boise 684 58.61% 433 37.10% 22 1.89% 24 2.06% 4 0.34% 251 21.51% 1,167 Bonner 4,549 51.37% 4,065 45.91% 161 1.82% 60 0.68% 20 0.23% 484 5.46% 8,855 Bonneville 15,793 66.44% 7,230 30.41% 414 1.74% 275 1.16% 60 0.25% 8,563 36.03% 23,772 Boundary 1,458 52.15% 1,217 43.53% 92 3.29% 24 0.86% 5 0.18% 241 8.62% 2,796 Butte 751 51.16% 663 45.16% 35 2.38% 19 1.29% 0 0.00% 88 6.00% 1,468 Camas 288 62.20% 160 34.56% 8 1.73% 6 1.30% 1 0.22% 128 27.64% 463 Canyon 17,263 62.91% 9,460 34.47% 405 1.48% 277 1.01% 36 0.13% 7,803 28.44% 27,441 Caribou 2,253 64.83% 1,110 31.94% 83 2.39% 24 0.69% 5 0.14% 1,143 32.89% 3,475 Cassia 4,575 66.38% 1,881 27.29% 368 5.34% 64 0.93% 4 0.06% 2,694 39.09% 6,892 Clark 334 64.48% 169 32.63% 7 1.35% 6 1.16% 2 0.39% 165 31.85% 518 Clearwater 1,469 44.01% 1,752 52.49% 71 2.13% 33 0.99% 13 0.39% -283 -8.48% 3,338 Custer 850 60.33% 516 36.62% 40 2.84% 2 0.14% 1 0.07% 334 23.71% 1,409 Elmore 2,808 55.46% 2,164 42.74% 61 1.20% 26 0.51% 4 0.08% 644 12.72% 5,063 Franklin 2,720 67.80% 1,157 28.84% 104 2.59% 24 0.60% 7 0.17% 1,563 38.96% 4,012 Fremont 2,581 61.94% 1,445 34.68% 115 2.76% 21 0.50% 5 0.12% 1,136 27.26% 4,167 Gem 2,401 52.75% 1,978 43.45% 118 2.59% 52 1.14% 3 0.07% 423 9.30% 4,552 Gooding 2,909 58.54% 1,923 38.70% 74 1.49% 59 1.19% 4 0.08% 986 19.84% 4,969 Idaho 3,185 55.96% 2,323 40.81% 122 2.14% 54 0.95% 8 0.14% 862 15.15% 5,692 Jefferson 3,599 65.14% 1,745 31.58% 157 2.84% 21 0.38% 3 0.05% 1,854 33.56% 5,525 Jerome 3,188 61.81% 1,800 34.90% 113 2.19% 52 1.01% 5 0.10% 1,388 26.91% 5,158 Kootenai 10,493 57.78% 7,225 39.79% 306 1.69% 92 0.51% 43 0.24% 3,268 17.99% 18,159 Latah 6,846 54.90% 5,314 42.61% 96 0.77% 174 1.40% 40 0.32% 1,532 12.29% 12,470 Lemhi 1,685 56.37% 1,159 38.78% 117 3.91% 25 0.84% 3 0.10% 526 17.59% 2,989 Lewis 824 46.61% 898 50.79% 21 1.19% 18 1.02% 7 0.40% -74 -4.18% 1,768 Lincoln 909 57.75% 615 39.07% 36 2.29% 13 0.83% 1 0.06% 294 18.68% 1,574 Madison 4,190 72.38% 1,320 22.80% 153 2.64% 58 1.00% 68 1.17% 2,870 49.58% 5,789 Minidoka 3,600 56.44% 2,441 38.27% 252 3.95% 80 1.25% 5 0.08% 1,159 18.17% 6,378 Nez Perce 6,151 48.22% 6,324 49.58% 126 0.99% 110 0.86% 44 0.34% -173 -1.36% 12,755 Oneida 1,065 61.14% 637 36.57% 31 1.78% 7 0.40% 2 0.11% 428 24.57% 1,742 Owyhee 1,519 57.52% 1,054 39.91% 41 1.55% 21 0.80% 6 0.23% 465 17.61% 2,641 Payette 3,115 57.44% 2,195 40.48% 75 1.38% 35 0.65% 3 0.06% 920 16.96% 5,423 Power 1,374 49.96% 1,286 46.76% 52 1.89% 38 1.38% 0 0.00% 88 3.20% 2,750 Shoshone 3,570 51.67% 3,216 46.55% 77 1.11% 39 0.56% 7 0.10% 354 5.12% 6,909 Teton 904 63.04% 514 35.84% 12 0.84% 3 0.21% 1 0.07% 390 27.20% 1,434 Twin Falls 12,659 65.82% 6,085 31.64% 310 1.61% 145 0.75% 34 0.18% 6,574 34.18% 19,233 Valley 1,374 59.33% 897 38.73% 22 0.95% 20 0.86% 3 0.13% 477 20.60% 2,316 Washington 2,044 53.47% 1,693 44.28% 66 1.73% 14 0.37% 6 0.16% 351 9.19% 3,823Totals204,15159.88%126,54937.12%5,9351.74%3,5581.04%7390.22%77,60222.76%340,932 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Benewah Clearwater Lewis Nez Perce By Congressional District Ford won both congressional districts.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=16&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data uselectionatlas.org District Ford Carter RepresentativeIdaho 1 1st 59.8% 40.2%Steve SymmsIdaho 2 2nd 63.8% 36.2%George V. 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