1976 United States presidential election in Alabama

1976 United States presidential election in Alabama

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All 9 Alabama electoral votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Georgia Michigan
Running mate Walter Mondale Bob Dole
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 659,170 504,070
Percentage 55.73% 42.61%

County Results

President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

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%. As of the 2020 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.[1]

50% of white voters supported Ford while 48% supported Carter.[2][3]

  1. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; "How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century"; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016.
  2. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  3. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.

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