1976 United States presidential election in Arkansas

1976 United States presidential election in Arkansas
Carter 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%	Ford 50-60%
President before election; Gerald Ford; Republican	Elected President ; Jimmy Carter; Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the wider 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College.

Arkansas overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic Party, former governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter and his running mate Minnesota U.S. Senator Walter Mondale with 64.94% of the vote. The Carter/Mondale ticket defeated Republican incumbent president Gerald Ford of Michigan and his running mate Kansas U.S. Senator Bob Dole in the state by a margin of 30.01%. Arkansas weighed in as nearly thirty percent more Democratic than the national average.^[1]

58% of white voters supported Carter while 42% supported Ford.^[2]^[3]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Searcy County and Crawford County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[4]

^ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas
^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[Presidential-1] Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas

[FOOTNOTEBlackBlack1992295-2] Black & Black 1992, p. 295.

[FOOTNOTEBlackBlack1992335-3] Black & Black 1992, p. 335.

[how-4] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

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