1976 United States presidential election in Minnesota

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States presidential election in Minnesota Minnesota 1957 presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in Minnesota 1972 1980 United States presidential election in Minnesota 1980 73.01%http://www.sos.state.mn.us/election-administration-campaigns/data-maps/historical-voter-turnout-statistics/ Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State www.sos.state.mn.us en 2017-07-22 July 25, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170725095820/http://www.sos.state.mn.us/election-administration-campaigns/data-maps/historical-voter-turnout-statistics/ live November 2, 1976 x200px Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Georgia Walter Mondale 10 1,070,440 54.90% Gerald Ford, second official portrait of the President of the United States, February 1976 (HQ) (cropped closer).jpg Gerald Ford Independent-Republicans of Minnesota Michigan Bob Dole 0 819,395 42.02% 320px 320px County results Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Ford #f2b3be 40–50% #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 Minnesota took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Minnesota was won by the Democratic Party candidate, former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, won the state over incumbent President Gerald Ford by a landslide margin of 251,045 votes, or approximately 12.88%. Carter went on to win the election nationally, as the country's confidence in the Republican Party had been deeply shaken following the Watergate scandal and the subsequent resignation of Richard Nixon. Prior to the election, Minnesota was considered as leaning-Carter. The Republican Party of Minnesota had been terribly weakened by the Watergate scandal. That weakened position was further eroded when Jimmy Carter chose Minnesota senator Walter Mondale as his vice-presidential running mate, securing the state for Carter. Mondale later went on to become the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1984, in which he only won one state, Minnesota.Presidential Election of 1984 https://www.270towin.com/1984_Election/ live 270towin July 7, 2018 July 7, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180707091214/https://www.270towin.com/1984_Election/ The effect of Watergate on the political landscape in Minnesota can be clearly seen in the results of this election, as well as the landslide DFL victory in the 1974 gubernatorial election. Previously Minnesota had cast its electoral votes for the Republican nominee in twenty of the twenty-nine presidential elections from 1860 to 1972. As of the 2024 presidential election, Minnesota has not cast a single electoral vote in favor of a Republican since 1972, making it the state with the longest Democratic streak up to the present day.Minnesota Presidential Election Voting History - 270toWin https://www.270towin.com/states/Minnesota 2024-11-28 270towin June 24, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180624232321/https://www.270towin.com/states/Minnesota live 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Roseau County, Wilkin County, Douglas County, Wadena County, and Pipestone County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Sullivan Robert David 2016-06-29 How the red and blue map evolved over the past century https://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century America Magazine en November 30, 2024 December 8, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221208173740/http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century live Results 1976 United States presidential election in Minnesotahttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1976&f=1&off=0&elect=0&fips=27&submit=Retrieve 2014-01-23 1976 Presidential Election Results, 1976 Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas February 26, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140226134741/http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1976&f=1&off=0&elect=0&fips=27&submit=Retrieve livePartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic (DFL) Jimmy Carter 1,070,440 54.90% 10 Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent) 819,395 42.02% 0 McCarthy ‘76 Eugene McCarthy 35,490 1.82% 0 American Thomas J. Anderson 13,592 0.70% 0 Socialist Workers Peter Camejo 4,149 0.21% 0 Libertarian Roger MacBride 3,529 0.18% 0 Communist Gus Hall 1,092 0.06% 0 People's Margaret Wright 635 0.03% 0 U.S. Labor Lyndon LaRouche 543 0.03% 0 Socialist Labor Julius Levin 370 0.02% 0 Socialist Frank Zeidler 354 0.02% 0 Write-ins Write-ins 342 0.02% 0 Invalid or blank votes — Totals 1,978,590 100.00% 10 Voter turnout 77% — Results by county County Jimmy CarterDFL Gerald FordRepublican Eugene McCarthyIndependent Thomas AndersonAmerican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Aitkin 4,308 61.99% 2,476 35.63% 109 1.57% 26 0.37% 30 0.43% 1,832 26.36% 6,949 Anoka 48,173 61.51% 27,863 35.58% 1,298 1.66% 472 0.60% 509 0.65% 20,310 25.93% 78,315 Becker 6,597 52.50% 5,611 44.65% 215 1.71% 104 0.83% 39 0.31% 986 7.85% 12,566 Beltrami 7,540 56.76% 5,214 39.25% 289 2.18% 175 1.32% 67 0.50% 2,326 17.51% 13,285 Benton 6,235 56.86% 4,099 37.38% 285 2.60% 271 2.47% 75 0.68% 2,136 19.48% 10,965 Big Stone 2,581 64.41% 1,332 33.24% 45 1.12% 42 1.05% 7 0.17% 1,249 31.17% 4,007 Blue Earth 12,930 50.33% 11,998 46.71% 582 2.27% 91 0.35% 87 0.34% 932 3.62% 25,688 Brown 5,792 41.26% 7,479 53.27% 330 2.35% 409 2.91% 29 0.21% -1,687 -12.01% 14,039 Carlton 9,247 66.28% 4,371 31.33% 239 1.71% 29 0.21% 66 0.47% 4,876 34.95% 13,952 Carver 7,574 46.33% 8,199 50.16% 336 2.06% 201 1.23% 37 0.23% -625 -3.83% 16,347 Cass 5,424 53.00% 4,443 43.41% 173 1.69% 159 1.55% 35 0.34% 981 9.59% 10,234 Chippewa 4,648 57.77% 3,254 40.44% 75 0.93% 56 0.70% 13 0.16% 1,394 17.33% 8,046 Chisago 6,625 60.96% 3,874 35.65% 185 1.70% 142 1.31% 41 0.38% 2,751 25.31% 10,867 Clay 10,876 50.10% 10,317 47.53% 319 1.47% 62 0.29% 134 0.62% 559 2.57% 21,708 Clearwater 2,437 60.70% 1,374 34.22% 57 1.42% 115 2.86% 32 0.80% 1,063 26.48% 4,015 Cook 1,018 47.79% 1,034 48.54% 41 1.92% 27 1.27% 10 0.47% -16 -0.75% 2,130 Cottonwood 3,813 48.52% 3,906 49.70% 85 1.08% 46 0.59% 9 0.11% -93 -1.18% 7,859 Crow Wing 10,653 54.45% 8,072 41.26% 284 1.45% 447 2.28% 108 0.55% 2,581 13.19% 19,564 Dakota 44,253 52.63% 37,542 44.65% 1,500 1.78% 400 0.48% 385 0.46% 6,711 7.98% 84,080 Dodge 3,009 45.60% 3,446 52.23% 67 1.02% 64 0.97% 12 0.18% -437 -6.63% 6,598 Douglas 7,097 53.30% 5,910 44.38% 138 1.04% 143 1.07% 28 0.21% 1,187 8.92% 13,316 Faribault 5,049 46.61% 5,577 51.48% 118 1.09% 68 0.63% 21 0.19% -528 -4.87% 10,833 Fillmore 4,758 43.42% 5,984 54.61% 135 1.23% 63 0.57% 17 0.16% -1,226 -11.19% 10,957 Freeborn 9,470 52.56% 8,220 45.62% 207 1.15% 61 0.34% 60 0.33% 1,250 6.94% 18,018 Goodhue 8,926 46.20% 9,967 51.59% 271 1.40% 108 0.56% 49 0.25% -1,041 -5.39% 19,321 Grant 2,624 60.49% 1,635 37.69% 57 1.31% 14 0.32% 8 0.18% 989 22.80% 4,338 Hennepin 257,380 53.25% 211,892 43.84% 9,376 1.94% 1,716 0.36% 3,014 0.62% 45,488 9.41% 483,378 Houston 3,861 43.26% 4,853 54.37% 137 1.53% 53 0.59% 22 0.25% -992 -11.11% 8,926 Hubbard 3,196 49.25% 2,985 46.00% 134 2.07% 162 2.50% 12 0.18% 211 3.25% 6,489 Isanti 6,013 63.85% 3,159 33.55% 135 1.43% 84 0.89% 26 0.28% 2,854 30.30% 9,417 Itasca 12,979 64.00% 6,646 32.77% 378 1.86% 155 0.76% 123 0.61% 6,333 31.23% 20,281 Jackson 4,311 59.16% 2,870 39.39% 82 1.13% 13 0.18% 11 0.15% 1,441 19.77% 7,287 Kanabec 3,188 60.03% 1,943 36.58% 78 1.47% 93 1.75% 9 0.17% 1,245 23.45% 5,311 Kandiyohi 9,992 58.33% 6,664 38.90% 254 1.48% 170 0.99% 50 0.29% 3,328 19.43% 17,130 Kittson 2,008 55.33% 1,555 42.85% 41 1.13% 13 0.36% 12 0.33% 453 12.48% 3,629 Koochiching 4,846 60.52% 2,893 36.13% 167 2.09% 67 0.84% 34 0.42% 1,953 24.39% 8,007 Lac qui Parle 3,647 60.13% 2,292 37.79% 58 0.96% 60 0.99% 8 0.13% 1,355 22.34% 6,065 Lake 2,973 53.10% 2,313 41.31% 158 2.82% 132 2.36% 23 0.41% 660 11.79% 5,599 Lake of the Woods 1,105 56.23% 757 38.52% 35 1.78% 52 2.65% 16 0.81% 348 17.71% 1,965 Le Sueur 6,556 57.60% 4,565 40.11% 143 1.26% 75 0.66% 42 0.37% 1,991 17.49% 11,381 Lincoln 2,594 60.79% 1,599 37.47% 40 0.94% 31 0.73% 3 0.07% 995 23.32% 4,267 Lyon 7,122 57.17% 5,036 40.42% 178 1.43% 74 0.59% 48 0.39% 2,086 16.75% 12,458 Mahnomen 1,590 60.85% 905 34.63% 70 2.68% 37 1.42% 11 0.42% 685 26.22% 2,613 Marshall 3,744 57.70% 2,605 40.14% 78 1.20% 45 0.69% 17 0.26% 1,139 17.56% 6,489 Martin 5,672 45.42% 6,484 51.92% 160 1.28% 155 1.24% 17 0.14% -812 -6.50% 12,488 McLeod 6,249 47.21% 6,519 49.24% 198 1.50% 140 1.06% 132 1.00% -270 -2.03% 13,238 Meeker 5,295 54.25% 4,097 41.97% 255 2.61% 89 0.91% 25 0.26% 1,198 12.28% 9,761 Mille Lacs 5,172 59.65% 3,212 37.05% 145 1.67% 105 1.21% 36 0.42% 1,960 22.60% 8,670 Morrison 8,176 61.50% 4,590 34.53% 256 1.93% 195 1.47% 77 0.58% 3,586 26.97% 13,294 Mower 12,837 59.74% 8,163 37.99% 290 1.35% 81 0.38% 116 0.54% 4,674 21.75% 21,487 Murray 3,685 57.59% 2,605 40.71% 86 1.34% 17 0.27% 6 0.09% 1,080 16.88% 6,399 Nicollet 5,777 47.18% 6,071 49.58% 258 2.11% 85 0.69% 54 0.44% -294 -2.40% 12,245 Nobles 6,034 56.21% 4,503 41.95% 135 1.26% 42 0.39% 21 0.20% 1,531 14.26% 10,735 Norman 2,946 58.78% 1,983 39.57% 47 0.94% 20 0.40% 16 0.32% 963 19.21% 5,012 Olmsted 14,676 37.02% 24,060 60.69% 487 1.23% 329 0.83% 95 0.24% -9,384 -23.67% 39,647 Otter Tail 11,881 48.47% 12,113 49.42% 312 1.27% 117 0.48% 87 0.35% -232 -0.95% 24,510 Pennington 3,787 54.50% 3,023 43.51% 58 0.83% 62 0.89% 18 0.26% 764 10.99% 6,948 Pine 5,442 61.24% 3,057 34.40% 170 1.91% 182 2.05% 36 0.41% 2,385 26.84% 8,887 Pipestone 3,272 51.12% 3,018 47.15% 87 1.36% 19 0.30% 5 0.08% 254 3.97% 6,401 Polk 9,078 56.62% 6,552 40.86% 190 1.18% 163 1.02% 51 0.32% 2,526 15.76% 16,034 Pope 3,746 61.14% 2,251 36.74% 58 0.95% 61 1.00% 11 0.18% 1,495 24.40% 6,127 Ramsey 133,682 58.62% 86,480 37.92% 4,908 2.15% 970 0.43% 2,027 0.89% 47,202 20.70% 228,067 Red Lake 1,748 67.23% 737 28.35% 42 1.62% 59 2.27% 14 0.54% 1,011 38.88% 2,600 Redwood 4,525 46.07% 4,926 50.15% 151 1.54% 200 2.04% 20 0.20% -401 -4.08% 9,822 Renville 5,762 54.64% 4,482 42.50% 166 1.57% 116 1.10% 19 0.18% 1,280 12.14% 10,545 Rice 10,590 54.01% 8,311 42.39% 419 2.14% 112 0.57% 175 0.89% 2,279 11.62% 19,607 Rock 2,769 48.25% 2,892 50.39% 47 0.82% 15 0.26% 16 0.28% -123 -2.14% 5,739 Roseau 3,215 55.90% 2,382 41.42% 50 0.87% 87 1.51% 17 0.30% 833 14.48% 5,751 St. Louis 75,040 65.78% 35,331 30.97% 2,256 1.98% 364 0.32% 1,084 0.95% 39,709 34.81% 114,075 Scott 9,912 56.34% 7,154 40.66% 336 1.91% 148 0.84% 43 0.24% 2,758 15.68% 17,593 Sherburne 6,678 58.36% 4,361 38.11% 234 2.05% 119 1.04% 50 0.44% 2,317 20.25% 11,442 Sibley 3,752 47.74% 3,871 49.25% 138 1.76% 84 1.07% 15 0.19% -119 -1.51% 7,860 Stearns 25,027 52.33% 19,574 40.93% 1,612 3.37% 1,290 2.70% 318 0.66% 5,453 11.40% 47,821 Steele 6,263 45.89% 7,053 51.68% 174 1.28% 92 0.67% 65 0.48% -790 -5.79% 13,647 Stevens 3,171 54.78% 2,484 42.91% 99 1.71% 17 0.29% 18 0.31% 687 11.87% 5,789 Swift 4,428 65.48% 2,190 32.39% 77 1.14% 51 0.75% 16 0.24% 2,238 33.09% 6,762 Todd 6,530 58.05% 4,278 38.03% 186 1.65% 200 1.78% 54 0.48% 2,252 20.02% 11,248 Traverse 2,020 62.99% 1,130 35.24% 41 1.28% 13 0.41% 3 0.09% 890 27.75% 3,207 Wabasha 4,286 47.36% 4,484 49.55% 174 1.92% 71 0.78% 34 0.38% -198 -2.19% 9,049 Wadena 3,164 49.25% 3,048 47.45% 80 1.25% 110 1.71% 22 0.34% 116 1.80% 6,424 Waseca 4,002 45.45% 4,582 52.04% 141 1.60% 49 0.56% 31 0.35% -580 -6.59% 8,805 Washington 26,454 54.45% 20,716 42.64% 892 1.84% 237 0.49% 284 0.58% 5,738 11.81% 48,583 Watonwan 3,177 47.69% 3,351 50.30% 79 1.19% 47 0.71% 8 0.12% -174 -2.61% 6,662 Wilkin 2,103 51.17% 1,882 45.79% 88 2.14% 28 0.68% 9 0.22% 221 5.38% 4,110 Winona 10,939 49.92% 10,436 47.62% 420 1.92% 66 0.30% 53 0.24% 503 2.30% 21,914 Wright 13,379 57.02% 9,314 39.69% 410 1.75% 291 1.24% 70 0.30% 4,065 17.33% 23,464 Yellow Medicine 4,337 58.12% 2,946 39.48% 96 1.29% 67 0.90% 16 0.21% 1,391 18.64% 7,462Totals1,070,44054.90%819,39542.02%35,4901.82%13,5920.70%11,0140.56%251,04512.88%1,949,931 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 18em Aitkin Anoka Beltrami Becker Benton Blue Earth Chippewa Clay Cass Chisago Crow Wing Douglas Freeborn Grant Hennepin Hubbard Jackson Kittson Koochiching Lac qui Parle Le Sueur Lyon Marshall Meeker Murray Norman Pine Pennington Pipestone Red Lake Polk Renville Roseau Rice Todd Wadena Winona Wilkin Yellow Medicine Clearwater Dakota Isanti Kanabec Mille Lacs Morrison Scott Sherburne Washington Wright By congressional district Carter won all but one of the state's 8 congressional districts, including two which elected Republicans.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 RepresentativeMinnesota 1 1st 51.7% 48.3%Al QuieMinnesota 2 2nd 50.4% 49.6%Tom HagedornMinnesota 3 3rd 49.1% 50.9%Bill FrenzelMinnesota 4 4th 60.8% 39.2%Bruce VentoMinnesota 5 5th63.6% 36.4%Donald M. FraserMinnesota 6 6th 57.3% 42.7%Rick NolanMinnesota 7 7th 56.9% 43.1%Bob BerglandMinnesota 8 8th65.9% 34.1%Jim Oberstar See also United States presidential elections in Minnesota References expanded 1976 Min Category:1976 Minnesota elections