1976 United States presidential election in Delaware

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States presidential election in Delaware Delaware presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in Delaware 1972 1980 United States presidential election in Delaware 1980 November 2, 1976 x200px Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 3 122,596 51.98% 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 0 109,831 46.57% 120px County results 120px State House district results Carter #B9D7FF 40–50% #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% Ford #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% #D40000 70–80% President Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) The 1976 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Delaware was won by Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 51.98% of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), who finished with 46.57% of the popular vote. Eugene McCarthy (Independent–Minnesota) finished third in Delaware with 1.03% of the statewide popular vote. This was the last time that a Marxist political party appeared on the presidential ballot in Delaware until the 2008 election when the Socialist Workers Party appeared on the ballot.July 10, 2008 Socialist Workers On in Delaware for First Time Ever Ballot Access News https://ballot-access.org/2008/07/10/socialist-workers-on-in-delaware-for-first-time-ever/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20200805183851/http://ballot-access.org/2008/07/10/socialist-workers-on-in-delaware-for-first-time-ever/ August 5, 2020 Results 1976 United States presidential election in DelawareWrightson Lewis C. State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1976 https://elections.delaware.gov/elections/resultsarchive/elect76/pdfs/1976.pdf Delaware Department of Elections 17 December 2025 2 PDF 1977 Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) 122,596 51.98% Gerald Ford (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 109,831 46.57% Eugene McCarthy Independent politician 2,437 1.03% Thomas J. Anderson American Party (1969) 645 0.27% Lyndon LaRouche U.S. Labor Party 136 0.06% Benjamin Bubar Jr. Prohibition Party 103 0.04% Jules Levin Socialist Labor Party of America 86 0.04% 235,834 100.00% Results by county County Jimmy CarterDemocratic Gerald FordRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Kent 16,523 56.15% 12,604 42.83% 301 1.02% 3,919 13.32% 29,428 New Castle 87,521 51.38% 80,074 47.01% 2,743 1.61% 7,447 4.37% 170,338 Sussex 18,552 51.44% 17,153 47.56% 363 1.00% 1,399 3.88% 36,068Totals122,59651.98%109,83146.57%3,4071.45%12,7655.41%235,834 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Kent New Castle Sussex See also United States presidential elections in Delaware References Delaware 1976 Category:1976 Delaware elections