1976 United States presidential election in Vermont

1976 United States presidential election in Vermont

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Nominee Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Independent Vermonters[a]
Home state Michigan Georgia
Running mate Bob Dole Walter Mondale
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 102,085 81,044
Percentage 54.34% 43.14%


President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election which was held throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Vermont voted for incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford of Michigan and his running mate Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, defeating Democratic Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia and his running mate Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Vermont was the only state in the nation in 1976 in which every county or county-equivalent voted for Ford, despite Vermont only being Ford's 8th strongest state in the nation in terms of percentage of the vote.

Ford took 54.34% of the vote to Carter’s 43.14%, a victory margin of 11.20%. Anti-war former Democratic Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota, running as an Independent presidential candidate, came in a distant third, with 2.13%. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which a Democrat has won the presidency without carrying Vermont.

  1. ^ "1976 Presidential Election Results – Vermont". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved May 20, 2015.


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