1976 United States presidential election in Alabama

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States presidential election in Alabama Alabama presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in Alabama 1972 1980 United States presidential election in Alabama 1980 November 2, 1976 All 9 Alabama electoral votes to the Electoral College x200px Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 9 659,170 55.73% 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 0 504,070 42.61% 1976 United States presidential election in Alabama results map by county.svg 300px County results Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Ford #e27f90 50–60% President Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic The 1976 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Alabama voted for the Democratic nominee, former Governor Jimmy Carter, over the Republican nominee, President Gerald Ford. Carter won Alabama by a margin of 13.12%. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time Alabama has voted Democratic in a presidential election, as well as the last time a Democrat carried any of the following counties: Madison, Tuscaloosa, Calhoun, St. Clair, Elmore, DeKalb, Blount, Autauga, Dale, Coffee, Chilton, Escambia, Covington, Pike, Geneva, Winston, Monroe, and Cleburne.Sullivan, Robert David; "How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century"; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016. Among white voters, 50% supported Ford while 48% supported Carter.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 Results 1976 United States presidential election in Alabama1976 Presidential General Election Results - Alabama https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1976&fips=1&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 U.S. Election Atlas July 21, 2013PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Jimmy Carter 659,170 55.73% 9 Republican Gerald Ford (inc.) 504,070 42.61% 0 AL Conservative Lester Maddox 9,198 0.78% 0 Prohibition Benjamin Bubar 6,669 0.56% 0 Independent Gus Hall 1,954 0.17% 0 Libertarian Roger MacBride 1,481 0.13% 0 Write-in Various candidates 139"notseparated" Although McCarthy and Anderson were separated from other write-in candidates, none of the write-in votes were separated by county; they were given only as a state-wide total.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1910 AL US President Race, November 02, 1976 Our Campaigns 0.01% 0 Write-in Eugene McCarthy 99"notseparated" 0.01% 0 Write-in Thomas J. Anderson 70"notseparated" 0.01% 0 Result by county CountyJimmy CarterDemocraticGerald FordRepublicanLester MaddoxAlabama ConservativeBenjamin BubarProhibitionVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Autauga 4,640 49.69% 4,512 48.32% 87 0.93% 69 0.74% 30 0.32% 128 1.37% 9,338 Baldwin 9,191 40.02% 13,256 57.72% 184 0.80% 288 1.25% 48 0.21% -4,065 -17.70% 22,967 Barbour 4,730 54.43% 3,758 43.25% 85 0.98% 98 1.13% 19 0.22% 972 11.18% 8,690 Bibb 2,850 63.70% 1,591 35.56% 33 0.74% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,259 28.14% 4,474 Blount 6,645 60.53% 4,233 38.56% 62 0.56% 30 0.27% 8 0.07% 2,412 21.97% 10,978 Bullock 3,536 69.44% 1,482 29.10% 30 0.59% 36 0.71% 8 0.16% 2,054 40.34% 5,092 Butler 4,271 59.25% 2,909 40.36% 18 0.25% 2 0.03% 8 0.11% 1,362 18.89% 7,208 Calhoun 20,466 62.59% 11,763 35.97% 281 0.86% 27 0.08% 163 0.50% 8,703 26.62% 32,700 Chambers 6,164 52.03% 5,488 46.32% 108 0.91% 65 0.55% 23 0.19% 676 5.71% 11,848 Cherokee 4,668 74.62% 1,492 23.85% 47 0.75% 36 0.58% 13 0.21% 3,176 50.77% 6,256 Chilton 5,550 53.44% 4,725 45.50% 53 0.51% 7 0.07% 50 0.48% 825 7.94% 10,385 Choctaw 3,911 56.10% 3,033 43.50% 24 0.34% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 878 12.60% 6,972 Clarke 4,737 52.60% 4,126 45.81% 71 0.79% 58 0.64% 14 0.16% 611 6.79% 9,006 Clay 2,946 60.64% 1,883 38.76% 17 0.35% 9 0.18% 20 0.41% 1,063 21.88% 4,858 Cleburne 2,490 62.55% 1,436 36.07% 39 0.97% 16 0.40% 39 0.97% 1,054 26.48% 3,981 Coffee 7,844 62.00% 4,683 37.02% 64 0.51% 42 0.33% 18 0.14% 3,161 24.98% 12,651 Colbert 11,996 71.23% 4,471 26.55% 167 0.99% 174 1.03% 34 0.20% 7,525 44.68% 16,842 Conecuh 3,086 61.97% 1,812 36.39% 32 0.64% 13 0.26% 37 0.74% 1,274 25.58% 4,980 Coosa 2,533 67.26% 1,196 31.76% 18 0.48% 14 0.37% 5 0.13% 1,337 35.50% 3,766 Covington 7,081 57.93% 4,977 40.71% 73 0.60% 9 0.07% 84 0.69% 2,104 17.22% 12,224 Crenshaw 3,372 64.03% 1,801 34.20% 69 1.31% 5 0.09% 19 0.36% 1,571 29.83% 5,266 Cullman 12,961 64.63% 6,899 34.40% 109 0.54% 26 0.13% 60 0.30% 6,062 30.23% 20,055 Dale 6,346 55.03% 4,996 43.33% 103 0.89% 69 0.60% 17 0.15% 1,350 11.70% 11,531 Dallas 8,866 54.19% 7,144 43.66% 161 0.98% 159 0.97% 31 0.19% 1,722 10.53% 16,361 DeKalb 9,759 59.37% 6,597 40.14% 30 0.18% 41 0.25% 10 0.06% 3,162 19.23% 16,437 Elmore 6,646 49.20% 6,551 48.50% 157 1.16% 121 0.90% 33 0.24% 95 0.70% 13,508 Escambia 5,957 53.39% 4,934 44.22% 58 0.52% 17 0.15% 191 1.71% 1,023 9.17% 11,157 Etowah 25,020 69.99% 10,333 28.90% 209 0.58% 47 0.13% 141 0.39% 14,687 41.09% 35,750 Fayette 4,076 64.83% 2,165 34.44% 20 0.32% 13 0.21% 13 0.21% 1,911 30.39% 6,287 Franklin 6,279 64.59% 3,345 34.41% 36 0.37% 51 0.52% 10 0.10% 2,934 30.18% 9,721 Geneva 5,983 68.46% 2,663 30.47% 51 0.58% 4 0.05% 38 0.43% 3,320 37.99% 8,739 Greene 2,900 75.96% 903 23.65% 7 0.18% 3 0.08% 5 0.13% 1,997 52.31% 3,818 Hale 3,236 59.99% 2,034 37.71% 61 1.13% 44 0.82% 19 0.35% 1,202 22.28% 5,394 Henry 3,144 60.07% 2,052 39.21% 26 0.50% 7 0.13% 5 0.10% 1,092 20.86% 5,234 Houston 8,787 44.52% 10,672 54.07% 136 0.69% 24 0.12% 119 0.60% -1,885 -9.55% 19,738 Jackson 10,989 71.71% 3,913 25.53% 290 1.89% 111 0.72% 22 0.14% 7,076 46.18% 15,325 Jefferson 99,531 45.85% 113,590 52.32% 1,754 0.81% 1,854 0.85% 361 0.17% -14,059 -6.47% 217,090 Lamar 3,860 67.44% 1,739 30.38% 107 1.87% 9 0.16% 9 0.16% 2,121 37.06% 5,724 Lauderdale 15,549 67.06% 7,226 31.17% 188 0.81% 182 0.78% 40 0.17% 8,323 35.89% 23,185 Lawrence 6,810 82.21% 1,415 17.08% 31 0.37% 4 0.05% 24 0.29% 5,395 65.13% 8,284 Lee 8,427 44.98% 9,884 52.75% 131 0.70% 216 1.15% 79 0.42% -1,457 -7.77% 18,737 Limestone 8,803 73.36% 2,997 24.98% 88 0.73% 87 0.73% 25 0.21% 5,806 48.38% 12,000 Lowndes 3,732 68.33% 1,621 29.68% 52 0.95% 36 0.66% 21 0.38% 2,111 38.65% 5,462 Macon 5,915 79.41% 1,387 18.62% 76 1.02% 39 0.52% 32 0.43% 4,528 60.79% 7,449 Madison 35,497 61.96% 20,959 36.59% 311 0.54% 312 0.54% 208 0.36% 14,538 25.37% 57,287 Marengo 4,731 54.04% 3,841 43.87% 62 0.71% 95 1.09% 26 0.30% 890 10.17% 8,755 Marion 6,244 67.12% 3,036 32.63% 8 0.09% 11 0.12% 4 0.04% 3,208 34.49% 9,303 Marshall 13,696 68.14% 6,006 29.88% 140 0.70% 216 1.07% 42 0.21% 7,690 38.26% 20,100 Mobile 50,264 47.47% 53,835 50.85% 1,097 1.04% 125 0.12% 555 0.52% -3,571 -3.38% 105,876 Monroe 3,669 50.52% 3,476 47.86% 43 0.59% 8 0.11% 67 0.92% 193 2.66% 7,263 Montgomery 24,641 45.02% 29,360 53.64% 337 0.62% 294 0.54% 101 0.18% -4,719 -8.62% 54,733 Morgan 16,547 63.68% 9,058 34.86% 146 0.56% 186 0.72% 49 0.19% 7,489 28.82% 25,986 Perry 4,486 67.13% 2,164 32.38% 18 0.27% 7 0.10% 8 0.12% 2,322 34.75% 6,683 Pickens 3,776 55.64% 2,969 43.75% 21 0.31% 7 0.10% 13 0.19% 807 11.89% 6,786 Pike 5,387 54.47% 4,363 44.12% 64 0.65% 54 0.55% 21 0.21% 1,024 10.35% 9,889 Randolph 3,539 58.55% 2,286 37.82% 91 1.51% 119 1.97% 9 0.15% 1,253 20.73% 6,044 Russell 8,077 64.14% 4,150 32.96% 193 1.53% 133 1.06% 39 0.31% 3,927 31.18% 12,592 Shelby 7,197 43.28% 9,035 54.33% 124 0.75% 235 1.41% 24 0.14% -1,838 -11.05% 16,629 St. Clair 5,653 52.01% 4,877 44.87% 113 1.04% 202 1.86% 38 0.35% 776 7.14% 10,869 Sumter 3,457 60.77% 2,191 38.51% 34 0.60% 1 0.02% 6 0.11% 1,266 22.26% 5,689 Talladega 10,577 60.07% 6,425 36.49% 380 2.16% 46 0.26% 180 1.02% 4,152 23.58% 17,608 Tallapoosa 7,614 57.84% 5,237 39.79% 176 1.34% 113 0.86% 23 0.17% 2,377 18.05% 13,163 Tuscaloosa 20,275 54.79% 16,021 43.29% 317 0.86% 293 0.79% 100 0.27% 4,254 11.50% 37,006 Walker 16,232 68.46% 7,389 31.16% 51 0.22% 23 0.10% 15 0.06% 8,843 37.30% 23,710 Washington 3,471 61.22% 2,171 38.29% 11 0.19% 5 0.09% 12 0.21% 1,300 22.93% 5,670 Wilcox 3,723 66.90% 1,824 32.78% 14 0.25% 2 0.04% 2 0.04% 1,899 34.12% 5,565 Winston 4,134 52.54% 3,710 47.15% 4 0.05% 17 0.22% 3 0.04% 424 5.39% 7,868Totals659,17055.73%504,07042.61%9,1980.78%6,6690.56%3,7430.32%155,10013.12%1,182,850 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Autauga Barbour Bibb Blount Butler Calhoun Chambers Cherokee Chilton Choctaw Clarke Clay Cleburne Coffee Colbert Conecuh Coosa Covington Crenshaw Cullman Dale Dallas DeKalb Elmore Escambia Etowah Fayette Franklin Geneva Hale Henry Jackson Lauderdale Lawrence Limestone Madison Marengo Marion Marshall Monroe Morgan Perry Pickens Pike Randolph Russell St. Clair Talladega Tallapoosa Tuscaloosa Walker Washington Winston By congressional district Carter won 5 of the state's 7 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.1976 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District https://wwu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=470d69283c9e42b9ab2d56b9ed42f693 28 May 2026 en 2 November 1976 District Carter Ford RepresentativeAlabama 1 1st 49.2% 50.8%Jack EdwardsAlabama 2 2nd 53.9% 46.1%Bill DickinsonAlabama 3 3rd 59.5% 40.5%Bill NicholsAlabama 4 4th 65.3% 34.7%Tom BevillAlabama 5 5th68%32%Robert E. Jones Jr.Ronnie FlippoAlabama 6 6th 43.8% 56.2%John H. Buchanan Jr.Alabama 7 7th 56.6% 43.4%Walter Flowers See also United States presidential elections in Alabama Notes References Works cited Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 https://archive.org/details/vitalsouthhowpre0000blac 0674941306 Alabama 1976 Category:1976 Alabama elections