1976 United States presidential election in Colorado

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States presidential election in Colorado Colorado presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in Colorado 1972 1980 United States presidential election in Colorado 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 7 584,367 54.05% Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 460,353 42.58% President 1976 United States presidential election in Colorado results map by county.svg 280px County results Ford #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) The 1976 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Colorado was won by incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan) with 54.05% of the popular vote, against Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 42.58% of the popular vote. Like most of the Mountain West, Colorado was comfortably in Ford's column; Colorado was Ford's ninth-best state overall (and one of only nine which he won by double digits). Ford held Carter's margin in the city of Denver to 2.8%, and rolled up large margins in the reliably Republican suburban Denver-area counties of Jefferson and Arapahoe. He also ran well in Boulder County, at the time a traditionally Republican county; he would be the last Republican apart from Reagan in his 1984 landslide to win a majority in the county. Despite the large national swing in favor of the Democrats, Ford even took back Pitkin County, which had supported McGovern in 1972. Nevertheless, Carter showed some strength in some rural parts of Colorado that later Democrats would fail to replicate. As of the 2024 presidential election, this was the last occasion on which Dolores County, Prowers County, Phillips County, and Cheyenne County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 159-161 0786422173Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 None of the third-party candidates amounted to a significant portion of the vote, but Eugene McCarthy (I–Minnesota) won 2.41% of the popular vote, proportionally significantly ahead of his national 0.91%. This was the first presidential election in which Colorado recorded one million votes. Despite losing in Colorado, Carter went on to win the national election and became the 39th president of the United States. Colorado had previously voted Republican fifteen times, Democratic nine times, and Populist once (for James B. Weaver in 1892).https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1976&fips=8&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado Leip David Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas Lucretia Potts, Jeanne Meyer, Kay Johnson, Sheldon Sheperd, Fern Wolaver, Martyn Butler, and Clyde Kissinger served as Republican presidential electors.December 13, 1976 Springs Woman Voting For Defeated President 1A The Gazette https://www.newspapers.com/article/colorado-springs-gazette-telegraph/140355547/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240206025049/https://www.newspapers.com/article/colorado-springs-gazette-telegraph/140355547/ February 6, 2024 Newspapers.com Results 1976 United States presidential election in Colorado Gerald Ford (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 584,367 54.05% Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) 460,353 42.58% Eugene McCarthy Independent (politician) #ddddcc 26,107 2.41% Roger MacBride Libertarian Party (United States) 5,330 0.49% Benjamin Bubar Colorado Prohibition #ff00ff 2,882 0.27% Peter Camejo Socialist Labor Party of America 1,126 0.10% Lyndon LaRouche U.S. Labor #ff6347 ddddcc 567 0.05% Gus Hall Communist Party USA 403 0.04% 1,081,135 100% By county CountyOur Campaigns; CO US President, November 02, 1976Gerald FordRepublicanJimmy CarterDemocraticEugene McCarthyIndependentRoger MacBrideLibertarianVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Adams 35,392 45.30% 40,551 51.90% 1,618 2.07% 416 0.53% 150 0.19% -5,159 -6.60% 78,127 Alamosa 2,599 53.51% 2,052 42.25% 179 3.69% 15 0.31% 12 0.25% 547 11.26% 4,857 Arapahoe 63,154 63.45% 33,685 33.85% 1,748 1.76% 449 0.45% 490 0.49% 29,469 29.60% 99,526 Archuleta 768 53.63% 632 44.13% 29 2.03% 1 0.07% 2 0.14% 136 9.50% 1,432 Baca 1,303 51.97% 1,164 46.43% 28 1.12% 10 0.40% 2 0.08% 139 5.54% 2,507 Bent 1,156 46.61% 1,268 51.13% 39 1.57% 4 0.16% 13 0.52% -112 -4.52% 2,480 Boulder 42,830 52.71% 33,284 40.96% 4,252 5.23% 558 0.69% 329 0.40% 9,546 11.75% 81,253 Chaffee 2,925 56.66% 2,064 39.98% 118 2.29% 18 0.35% 37 0.72% 861 16.68% 5,162 Cheyenne 610 48.15% 625 49.33% 22 1.74% 8 0.63% 2 0.16% -15 -1.18% 1,267 Clear Creek 1,477 55.36% 1,069 40.07% 80 3.00% 9 0.34% 33 1.24% 408 15.29% 2,668 Conejos 1,426 44.65% 1,698 53.16% 45 1.41% 7 0.22% 18 0.56% -272 -8.51% 3,194 Costilla 392 26.96% 1,033 71.05% 16 1.10% 2 0.14% 11 0.76% -641 -44.09% 1,454 Crowley 834 54.90% 667 43.91% 14 0.92% 2 0.13% 2 0.13% 167 10.99% 1,519 Custer 491 62.39% 259 32.91% 27 3.43% 7 0.89% 3 0.38% 232 29.48% 787 Delta 4,980 58.82% 3,232 38.17% 194 2.29% 35 0.41% 26 0.31% 1,748 20.65% 8,467 Denver 105,960 46.73% 112,229 49.50% 5,386 2.38% 1,105 0.49% 2,058 0.91% -6,269 -2.77% 226,738 Dolores 343 45.61% 374 49.73% 26 3.46% 6 0.80% 3 0.40% -31 -4.12% 752 Douglas 5,078 65.54% 2,459 31.74% 162 2.09% 38 0.49% 11 0.14% 2,619 33.80% 7,748 Eagle 2,963 64.18% 1,502 32.53% 111 2.40% 34 0.74% 7 0.15% 1,461 31.65% 4,617 El Paso 50,929 59.13% 32,911 38.21% 1,574 1.83% 530 0.62% 186 0.22% 18,018 20.92% 86,130 Elbert 1,279 52.72% 1,068 44.02% 64 2.64% 13 0.54% 2 0.08% 211 8.70% 2,426 Fremont 5,647 52.44% 4,886 45.38% 174 1.62% 29 0.27% 32 0.30% 761 7.06% 10,768 Garfield 4,699 59.74% 2,852 36.26% 223 2.83% 41 0.52% 51 0.65% 1,847 23.48% 7,866 Gilpin 451 41.19% 563 51.42% 59 5.39% 14 1.28% 8 0.73% -112 -10.23% 1,095 Grand 1,703 61.77% 910 33.01% 113 4.10% 22 0.80% 9 0.33% 793 28.76% 2,757 Gunnison 2,568 61.88% 1,250 30.12% 260 6.27% 30 0.72% 42 1.01% 1,318 31.76% 4,150 Hinsdale 189 66.55% 83 29.23% 11 3.87% 1 0.35% 0 0.00% 106 37.32% 284 Huerfano 1,182 37.35% 1,932 61.04% 38 1.20% 7 0.22% 6 0.19% -750 -23.69% 3,165 Jackson 455 60.83% 279 37.30% 14 1.87% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 176 23.53% 748 Jefferson 87,080 60.44% 52,782 36.64% 3,141 2.18% 770 0.53% 300 0.21% 34,298 23.80% 144,073 Kiowa 598 52.59% 529 46.53% 8 0.70% 1 0.09% 1 0.09% 69 6.06% 1,137 Kit Carson 1,888 52.28% 1,647 45.61% 59 1.63% 10 0.28% 7 0.19% 241 6.67% 3,611 La Plata 6,228 59.05% 3,843 36.44% 312 2.96% 65 0.62% 99 0.94% 2,385 22.61% 10,547 Lake 1,575 48.03% 1,549 47.24% 89 2.71% 26 0.79% 40 1.22% 26 0.79% 3,279 Larimer 32,169 60.72% 19,005 35.87% 1,356 2.56% 297 0.56% 156 0.29% 13,164 24.85% 52,983 Las Animas 2,615 36.45% 4,459 62.15% 82 1.14% 8 0.11% 11 0.15% -1,844 -25.70% 7,175 Lincoln 1,276 53.46% 1,059 44.37% 47 1.97% 4 0.17% 1 0.04% 217 9.09% 2,387 Logan 4,256 53.32% 3,543 44.39% 140 1.75% 22 0.28% 21 0.26% 713 8.93% 7,982 Mesa 17,924 65.44% 8,807 32.15% 541 1.98% 74 0.27% 44 0.16% 9,117 33.29% 27,390 Mineral 235 55.56% 167 39.48% 20 4.73% 1 0.24% 0 0.00% 68 16.08% 423 Moffat 2,099 55.68% 1,451 38.49% 120 3.18% 30 0.80% 70 1.86% 648 17.19% 3,770 Montezuma 3,002 57.99% 1,993 38.50% 152 2.94% 20 0.39% 10 0.19% 1,009 19.49% 5,177 Montrose 4,838 58.42% 3,164 38.20% 220 2.66% 19 0.23% 41 0.50% 1,674 20.22% 8,282 Morgan 4,603 53.34% 3,798 44.01% 136 1.58% 20 0.23% 72 0.83% 805 9.33% 8,629 Otero 4,597 51.54% 4,118 46.17% 72 0.81% 19 0.21% 114 1.28% 479 5.37% 8,920 Ouray 645 62.50% 333 32.27% 49 4.75% 4 0.39% 1 0.10% 312 30.23% 1,032 Park 1,034 55.24% 741 39.58% 67 3.58% 13 0.69% 17 0.91% 293 15.66% 1,872 Phillips 1,142 48.12% 1,173 49.43% 48 2.02% 7 0.29% 3 0.13% -31 -1.31% 2,373 Pitkin 2,955 53.61% 2,194 39.80% 304 5.52% 46 0.83% 13 0.24% 761 13.81% 5,512 Prowers 2,578 46.13% 2,861 51.20% 57 1.02% 9 0.16% 83 1.49% -283 -5.07% 5,588 Pueblo 18,518 41.06% 25,841 57.29% 568 1.26% 120 0.27% 56 0.12% -7,323 -16.23% 45,103 Rio Blanco 1,439 67.24% 627 29.30% 57 2.66% 13 0.61% 4 0.19% 812 37.94% 2,140 Rio Grande 2,627 62.37% 1,475 35.02% 88 2.09% 14 0.33% 8 0.19% 1,152 27.35% 4,212 Routt 2,822 54.13% 2,130 40.86% 213 4.09% 39 0.75% 9 0.17% 692 13.27% 5,213 Saguache 1,094 49.50% 1,059 47.92% 51 2.31% 1 0.05% 5 0.23% 35 1.58% 2,210 San Juan 221 53.77% 167 40.63% 21 5.11% 1 0.24% 1 0.24% 54 13.14% 411 San Miguel 622 43.83% 674 47.50% 106 7.47% 14 0.99% 3 0.21% -52 -3.67% 1,419 Sedgwick 902 53.06% 773 45.47% 21 1.24% 3 0.18% 1 0.06% 129 7.59% 1,700 Summit 1,826 58.15% 1,087 34.62% 166 5.29% 36 1.15% 25 0.80% 739 23.53% 3,140 Teller 1,410 55.93% 986 39.11% 94 3.73% 24 0.95% 7 0.28% 424 16.82% 2,521 Washington 1,440 52.63% 1,211 44.26% 61 2.23% 16 0.58% 8 0.29% 229 8.37% 2,736 Weld 21,976 55.35% 16,501 41.56% 922 2.32% 153 0.39% 150 0.38% 5,475 13.79% 39,702 Yuma 2,350 52.20% 2,025 44.98% 95 2.11% 23 0.51% 9 0.20% 325 7.22% 4,502Total584,36754.05%460,35342.58%26,1072.41%5,3300.49%4,9780.46%124,01411.47%1,081,135 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Gilpin Heurfano Las Animas Pueblo Conejos Adams Prowers Bent Dolores San Miguel Phillips Cheyenne Denver Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Pitkin Results by congressional district President Ford won four out of five of the congressional districts in Colorado. President Carter won the 1st Congressional district in Colorado by a margin of 41 votes or 93,764 to 93,723.1976 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District https://wwu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=470d69283c9e42b9ab2d56b9ed42f693 2025-05-15 U.S. Presidential Election Results by Congressional District Western Washington University DistrictFordCarter#%#%1st93,72350%93,76450%2nd137,50157.8%100,53842.2%3rd88,10651%84,78349%4th130,71358.4%93,02141.6%5th124,53458.4%82,31341.6% References Colorado 1976 Presidential election in Colorado