United States presidential election in Alabama, 1976

United States presidential election in Alabama, 1976
Alabama
November 2, 1976

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%

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 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 1976 United States 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%.

Results

United States presidential election in Alabama, 1976[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Jimmy Carter 659,170 55.73% 9
Republican Gerald Ford 504,070 42.61% 0
AL Conservative Lester Maddox 9,198 0.78% 0
AL Prohibition Benjamin Bubar 6,669 0.56% 0
Independent Gus Hall 1,954 0.17% 0
Libertarian Roger MacBride 1,481 0.13% 0
N/A Write-in 308 0.03% 0

References

  1. "1976 Presidential General Election Results - Alabama". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
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