1976 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States presidential election in Oklahoma Oklahoma 1941 presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 1972 1980 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 1980 November 3, 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 8 545,708 49.96% Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 532,442 48.75% 350px 350px County results Ford #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% President Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) The 1976 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. All fifty states and the District of Columbia participated in the election. Oklahoma voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Oklahoma was won by incumbent President Gerald Ford (R) by a narrow margin of 1.21 percent.Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma Despite Ford's narrow victory, Oklahoma is a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state was Lyndon Johnson in 1964. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which a Democrat carried one of the three counties in the Oklahoma Panhandle, namely Cimarron County, as well as the last time Grant County, Jackson County, Rogers County, Adair County, Dewey County, Roger Mills County, Lincoln County, Creek County, Grady County, Logan County, McClain County, Pottawatomie County, and Wagoner County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Carter's 532,442 votes is the most received by a Democratic presidential candidate in the state's history. Oklahoma, a very socially conservative state, had last voted for a Democratic presidential nominee in 1964, but Democrats maintained a large advantage in party registration and in the state legislature in this era. Going into election day, ABC News rated the state as a tossup between Democratic Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter and Republican President Gerald Ford. On election day, Oklahoma voted for Ford by a narrow margin of 1.21% or 13,266 votes. While Carter carried most of the rural counties in southern and eastern Oklahoma, Ford ran up large margins in Tulsa and Oklahoma counties. Results Gerald Ford (incumbent) Republican 545,708 Michigan 49.96% 8 Robert Dole Kansas Jimmy Carter Democratic 534,442 Georgia 48.75% 0 Walter Mondale Minnesota Eugene McCarthy Independent 14,101 Minnesota 1.26% 0 — — 1,094,251 100.00% 8 270 Results by county County Gerald FordRepublican Jimmy CarterDemocratic Eugene McCarthyIndependent Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Adair 3,013 48.14% 3,183 50.85% 63 1.01% -170 -2.71% 6,259 Alfalfa 2,113 54.22% 1,725 44.26% 59 1.51% 388 9.96% 3,897 Atoka 1,098 24.94% 3,276 74.42% 28 0.64% -2,178 -49.48% 4,402 Beaver 1,801 58.84% 1,213 39.63% 47 1.54% 588 19.21% 3,061 Beckham 2,351 33.90% 4,530 65.32% 54 0.78% -2,179 -31.42% 6,935 Blaine 2,682 53.05% 2,297 45.43% 77 1.52% 385 7.62% 5,056 Bryan 2,848 27.67% 7,410 71.99% 35 0.34% -4,562 -44.32% 10,293 Caddo 3,854 34.02% 7,382 65.17% 91 0.80% -3,528 -31.15% 11,327 Canadian 9,766 56.32% 7,288 42.03% 285 1.64% 2,478 14.29% 17,339 Carter 6,668 44.25% 8,319 55.20% 83 0.55% -1,651 -10.95% 15,070 Cherokee 4,443 42.06% 6,006 56.85% 115 1.09% -1,563 -14.79% 10,564 Choctaw 1,821 29.66% 4,269 69.53% 50 0.81% -2,448 -39.87% 6,140 Cimarron 872 46.41% 962 51.20% 45 2.39% -90 -4.79% 1,879 Cleveland 22,098 51.06% 20,054 46.33% 1,129 2.61% 2,044 4.73% 43,281 Coal 769 29.97% 1,774 69.13% 23 0.90% -1,005 -39.16% 2,566 Comanche 13,163 50.04% 12,910 49.08% 230 0.87% 253 0.96% 26,303 Cotton 1,127 36.78% 1,911 62.37% 26 0.85% -784 -25.59% 3,064 Craig 2,540 41.11% 3,577 57.90% 61 0.99% -1,037 -16.79% 6,178 Creek 8,458 48.08% 8,964 50.96% 169 0.96% -506 -2.88% 17,591 Custer 4,847 50.78% 4,597 48.16% 102 1.07% 250 2.62% 9,546 Delaware 3,642 42.07% 4,924 56.88% 91 1.05% -1,282 -14.81% 8,657 Dewey 1,230 43.54% 1,540 54.51% 55 1.95% -310 -10.97% 2,825 Ellis 1,429 52.04% 1,256 45.74% 61 2.22% 173 6.30% 2,746 Garfield 14,202 60.50% 8,969 38.21% 303 1.29% 5,233 22.29% 23,474 Garvin 3,905 36.21% 6,797 63.02% 83 0.77% -2,892 -26.81% 10,785 Grady 4,686 39.20% 7,155 59.85% 114 0.95% -2,469 -20.65% 11,955 Grant 1,685 46.96% 1,853 51.64% 50 1.39% -168 -4.68% 3,588 Greer 1,164 35.19% 2,113 63.88% 31 0.94% -949 -28.69% 3,308 Harmon 666 32.57% 1,371 67.04% 8 0.39% -705 -34.47% 2,045 Harper 1,303 56.16% 978 42.16% 39 1.68% 325 14.00% 2,320 Haskell 1,401 29.08% 3,388 70.32% 29 0.60% -1,987 -41.24% 4,818 Hughes 1,715 28.79% 4,185 70.27% 56 0.94% -2,470 -41.48% 5,956 Jackson 3,189 39.07% 4,914 60.20% 60 0.74% -1,725 -21.13% 8,163 Jefferson 956 29.10% 2,303 70.11% 26 0.79% -1,347 -41.01% 3,285 Johnston 1,127 28.65% 2,765 70.28% 42 1.07% -1,638 -41.63% 3,934 Kay 12,441 56.33% 9,371 42.43% 274 1.24% 3,070 13.90% 22,086 Kingfisher 3,443 58.39% 2,372 40.22% 82 1.39% 1,071 18.17% 5,897 Kiowa 1,971 36.37% 3,403 62.79% 46 0.85% -1,432 -26.42% 5,420 Latimer 1,312 32.57% 2,661 66.06% 55 1.37% -1,349 -33.49% 4,028 LeFlore 4,907 37.50% 8,033 61.39% 145 1.11% -3,126 -23.89% 13,085 Lincoln 4,429 46.38% 4,988 52.23% 133 1.39% -559 -5.85% 9,550 Logan 4,382 47.96% 4,594 50.28% 160 1.75% -212 -2.32% 9,136 Love 846 30.45% 1,923 69.22% 9 0.32% -1,077 -38.77% 2,778 McClain 2,444 37.19% 4,048 61.59% 80 1.22% -1,604 -24.40% 6,572 McCurtain 3,423 30.89% 7,560 68.23% 97 0.88% -4,137 -37.34% 11,080 McIntosh 1,822 30.29% 4,145 68.91% 48 0.80% -2,323 -38.62% 6,015 Major 2,282 61.73% 1,357 36.71% 58 1.57% 925 25.02% 3,697 Marshall 1,358 31.41% 2,939 67.97% 27 0.62% -1,581 -36.56% 4,324 Mayes 5,040 44.14% 6,298 55.15% 81 0.71% -1,258 -11.01% 11,419 Murray 1,563 34.46% 2,932 64.64% 41 0.90% -1,369 -30.18% 4,536 Muskogee 10,287 40.89% 14,678 58.35% 190 0.76% -4,391 -17.46% 25,155 Noble 2,634 53.05% 2,278 45.88% 53 1.07% 356 7.17% 4,965 Nowata 2,077 48.18% 2,195 50.92% 39 0.90% -118 -2.74% 4,311 Okfuskee 1,630 37.69% 2,663 61.57% 32 0.74% -1,033 -23.88% 4,325 Oklahoma 119,120 56.69% 87,185 41.49% 3,808 1.81% 31,935 15.20% 210,113 Okmulgee 5,333 38.19% 8,499 60.87% 131 0.94% -3,166 -22.68% 13,963 Osage 6,398 47.93% 6,832 51.18% 118 0.88% -434 -3.25% 13,348 Ottawa 4,985 39.83% 7,446 59.50% 84 0.67% -2,461 -19.67% 12,515 Pawnee 3,111 50.17% 3,031 48.88% 59 0.95% 80 1.29% 6,201 Payne 13,481 56.43% 9,987 41.81% 420 1.76% 3,494 14.62% 23,888 Pittsburg 4,807 30.63% 10,743 68.46% 142 0.90% -5,936 -37.83% 15,692 Pontotoc 4,895 39.20% 7,466 59.79% 125 1.00% -2,571 -20.59% 12,486 Pottawatomie 9,090 44.19% 11,255 54.71% 226 1.10% -2,165 -10.52% 20,571 Pushmataha 1,360 31.08% 2,987 68.26% 29 0.66% -1,627 -37.18% 4,376 Roger Mills 873 38.92% 1,346 60.01% 24 1.07% -473 -21.09% 2,243 Rogers 7,318 49.40% 7,368 49.73% 129 0.87% -50 -0.33% 14,815 Seminole 4,237 41.53% 5,874 57.58% 91 0.89% -1,637 -16.05% 10,202 Sequoyah 3,938 39.84% 5,873 59.42% 73 0.74% -1,935 -19.58% 9,884 Stephens 7,099 41.71% 9,795 57.55% 126 0.74% -2,696 -15.84% 17,020 Texas 3,919 59.56% 2,591 39.38% 70 1.06% 1,328 20.18% 6,580 Tillman 1,802 38.38% 2,852 60.75% 41 0.87% -1,050 -22.37% 4,695 Tulsa 108,653 61.63% 65,298 37.04% 2,349 1.33% 43,355 24.59% 176,300 Wagoner 5,071 45.86% 5,879 53.17% 107 0.97% -808 -7.31% 11,057 Washington 14,560 67.19% 6,898 31.83% 212 0.98% 7,662 35.36% 21,670 Washita 2,165 39.14% 3,304 59.74% 62 1.12% -1,139 -20.60% 5,531 Woods 2,788 51.43% 2,530 46.67% 103 1.90% 258 4.76% 5,421 Woodward 3,782 56.52% 2,807 41.95% 102 1.52% 975 14.57% 6,691Totals545,70849.96%532,44248.75%14,1011.29%13,2661.21%1,092,251 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 16em Adair Atoka Beckham Bryan Caddo Carter Cherokee Choctaw Cimarron Coal Cotton Craig Creek Delaware Dewey Garvin Grady Grant Greer Harmon Haskell Hughes Jackson Jefferson Johnston Kiowa Latimer LeFlore Lincoln Logan Love Marshall Mayes McClain McCurtain McIntosh Murray Muskogee Nowata Okfuskee Okmulgee Osage Ottawa Pittsburg Pontotoc Pottawatomie Pushmataha Roger Mills Rogers Seminole Sequoyah Stephens Tillman Wagoner Washita By congressional district Ford and Carter each won half of the state's congressional districts, with Ford winning 2 that 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 Ford Carter RepresentativeOklahoma 1 1st 61.6% 38.4%James R. JonesOklahoma 2 2nd 45.9% 54.1%Ted RisenhooverOklahoma 3 3rd36.1%63.9%Carl AlbertWes WatkinsOklahoma 4 4th 46.1% 53.9%Tom SteedOklahoma 5 5th58.1%41.9%John JarmanMickey EdwardsOklahoma 6 6th 55.2% 44.8%Glenn English See also United States presidential elections in Oklahoma References Oklahoma 1976 Category:1976 Oklahoma elections