1976 United States presidential election in Michigan
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All 21 Michigan votes to the Electoral College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 59.4% [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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County Results
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Elections in Michigan |
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The 1976 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on November 2, 1976 as part of the 1976 United States presidential election.
Michigan was won by the incumbent President Gerald Ford, who won his home state with 51.83% of the vote, carrying its 21 electoral votes. However, he lost the general election to Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter. This marked the last time a Democrat won the presidency without carrying Michigan. Carter also became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Macomb County since Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
Primaries
Democratic primaries
- Jimmy Carter - 43.40%
- Mo Udall - 43.06%
- George Wallace - 6.94%
Republican primaries
- Gerald Ford - 64.94%
- Ronald Reagan - 34.25%
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 1,893,742 | 51.83% | |
Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 1,696,714 | 46.44% | |
Independent | Eugene McCarthy | 47,905 | 1.31% | |
Libertarian | Roger MacBride | 5,406 | 0.15% | |
People's | Margaret Wright | 3,504 | 0.10% | |
Write-ins | 2,160 | 0.06% | ||
Socialist Workers | Peter Camejo | 1,804 | 0.05% | |
U.S. Labor | Lyndon LaRouche | 1,366 | 0.04% | |
Socialist Labor | Julius Levin | 1,148 | 0.03% | |
Total votes | 3,653,749 | 100% |
Results by county
County | Gerald Rudolph Ford Republican |
James Earl Carter Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alcona | 2,328 | 52.87% | 2,038 | 46.29% | 37 | 0.84% | 290 | 6.59% | 4,403 |
Alger | 1,722 | 41.38% | 2,379 | 57.17% | 60 | 1.44% | -657 | -15.79% | 4,161 |
Allegan | 19,330 | 65.59% | 9,794 | 33.23% | 347 | 1.18% | 9,536 | 32.36% | 29,471 |
Alpena | 6,380 | 49.59% | 6,310 | 49.04% | 176 | 1.37% | 70 | 0.54% | 12,866 |
Antrim | 4,369 | 58.11% | 3,032 | 40.33% | 117 | 1.56% | 1,337 | 17.78% | 7,518 |
Arenac | 2,687 | 49.55% | 2,695 | 49.70% | 41 | 0.76% | -8 | -0.15% | 5,423 |
Baraga | 1,788 | 49.47% | 1,778 | 49.20% | 48 | 1.33% | 10 | 0.28% | 3,614 |
Barry | 11,178 | 60.79% | 6,967 | 37.89% | 243 | 1.32% | 4,211 | 22.90% | 18,388 |
Bay | 23,174 | 46.64% | 25,958 | 52.24% | 557 | 1.12% | -2,784 | -5.60% | 49,689 |
Benzie | 3,085 | 61.23% | 1,891 | 37.53% | 62 | 1.23% | 1,194 | 23.70% | 5,038 |
Berrien | 40,835 | 61.13% | 25,163 | 37.67% | 800 | 1.20% | 15,672 | 23.46% | 66,798 |
Branch | 8,251 | 55.74% | 6,301 | 42.57% | 250 | 1.69% | 1,950 | 13.17% | 14,802 |
Calhoun | 30,390 | 53.77% | 25,229 | 44.64% | 901 | 1.59% | 5,161 | 9.13% | 56,520 |
Cass | 9,893 | 55.15% | 7,843 | 43.72% | 203 | 1.13% | 2,050 | 11.43% | 17,939 |
Charlevoix | 5,145 | 55.57% | 3,953 | 42.70% | 160 | 1.73% | 1,192 | 12.88% | 9,258 |
Cheboygan | 4,894 | 55.13% | 3,880 | 43.70% | 104 | 1.17% | 1,014 | 11.42% | 8,878 |
Chippewa | 7,025 | 53.32% | 6,022 | 45.71% | 128 | 0.97% | 1,003 | 7.61% | 13,175 |
Clare | 4,879 | 53.46% | 4,153 | 45.51% | 94 | 1.03% | 726 | 7.96% | 9,126 |
Clinton | 13,475 | 63.11% | 7,549 | 35.35% | 329 | 1.54% | 5,926 | 27.75% | 21,353 |
Crawford | 2,359 | 54.82% | 1,889 | 43.90% | 55 | 1.28% | 470 | 10.92% | 4,303 |
Delta | 7,809 | 45.85% | 9,027 | 53.00% | 197 | 1.16% | -1,218 | -7.15% | 17,033 |
Dickinson | 5,922 | 48.63% | 6,134 | 50.37% | 121 | 0.99% | -212 | -1.74% | 12,177 |
Eaton | 22,120 | 63.65% | 12,083 | 34.77% | 547 | 1.57% | 10,037 | 28.88% | 34,750 |
Emmet | 5,910 | 58.49% | 4,013 | 39.72% | 181 | 1.79% | 1,897 | 18.77% | 10,104 |
Genesee | 80,004 | 46.67% | 88,967 | 51.89% | 2,467 | 1.44% | -8,963 | -5.23% | 171,438 |
Gladwin | 3,794 | 50.14% | 3,719 | 49.15% | 54 | 0.71% | 75 | 0.99% | 7,567 |
Gogebic | 3,953 | 38.04% | 6,341 | 61.02% | 98 | 0.94% | -2,388 | -22.98% | 10,392 |
Grand Traverse | 13,505 | 63.85% | 7,263 | 34.34% | 382 | 1.81% | 6,242 | 29.51% | 21,150 |
Gratiot | 9,526 | 63.01% | 5,429 | 35.91% | 163 | 1.08% | 4,097 | 27.10% | 15,118 |
Hillsdale | 9,307 | 62.23% | 5,427 | 36.29% | 221 | 1.48% | 3,880 | 25.94% | 14,955 |
Houghton | 8,049 | 51.60% | 7,352 | 47.13% | 199 | 1.28% | 697 | 4.47% | 15,600 |
Huron | 9,297 | 61.26% | 5,721 | 37.70% | 158 | 1.04% | 3,576 | 23.56% | 15,176 |
Ingham | 66,729 | 55.92% | 47,890 | 40.13% | 4,708 | 3.95% | 18,839 | 15.79% | 119,327 |
Ionia | 11,737 | 62.46% | 6,820 | 36.29% | 234 | 1.25% | 4,917 | 26.17% | 18,791 |
Iosco | 5,500 | 52.39% | 4,875 | 46.44% | 123 | 1.17% | 625 | 5.95% | 10,498 |
Iron | 3,224 | 41.77% | 4,401 | 57.02% | 93 | 1.20% | -1,177 | -15.25% | 7,718 |
Isabella | 10,577 | 57.66% | 7,281 | 39.69% | 487 | 2.65% | 3,296 | 17.97% | 18,345 |
Jackson | 32,873 | 56.23% | 24,726 | 42.30% | 858 | 1.47% | 8,147 | 13.94% | 58,457 |
Kalamazoo | 51,462 | 59.09% | 33,411 | 38.37% | 2,212 | 2.54% | 18,051 | 20.73% | 87,085 |
Kalkaska | 2,280 | 53.13% | 1,957 | 45.61% | 54 | 1.26% | 323 | 7.53% | 4,291 |
Kent | 126,805 | 67.22% | 59,000 | 31.28% | 2,828 | 1.50% | 67,805 | 35.95% | 188,633 |
Keweenaw | 606 | 47.68% | 658 | 51.77% | 7 | 0.55% | -52 | -4.09% | 1,271 |
Lake | 1,598 | 41.96% | 2,179 | 57.22% | 31 | 0.81% | -581 | -15.26% | 3,808 |
Lapeer | 12,349 | 55.59% | 9,503 | 42.78% | 363 | 1.63% | 2,846 | 12.81% | 22,215 |
Leelanau | 4,240 | 62.33% | 2,437 | 35.82% | 126 | 1.85% | 1,803 | 26.50% | 6,803 |
Lenawee | 18,397 | 55.02% | 14,610 | 43.70% | 428 | 1.28% | 3,787 | 11.33% | 33,435 |
Livingston | 19,437 | 59.83% | 12,415 | 38.22% | 634 | 1.95% | 7,022 | 21.62% | 32,486 |
Luce | 1,379 | 55.27% | 1,099 | 44.05% | 17 | 0.68% | 280 | 11.22% | 2,495 |
Mackinac | 3,107 | 55.22% | 2,452 | 43.58% | 68 | 1.21% | 655 | 11.64% | 5,627 |
Macomb | 132,499 | 51.24% | 121,176 | 46.86% | 4,928 | 1.91% | 11,323 | 4.38% | 258,603 |
Manistee | 5,532 | 54.59% | 4,479 | 44.20% | 123 | 1.21% | 1,053 | 10.39% | 10,134 |
Marquette | 12,984 | 49.34% | 12,837 | 48.78% | 494 | 1.88% | 147 | 0.56% | 26,315 |
Mason | 6,812 | 59.15% | 4,541 | 39.43% | 163 | 1.42% | 2,271 | 19.72% | 11,516 |
Mecosta | 7,287 | 59.63% | 4,725 | 38.66% | 209 | 1.71% | 2,562 | 20.96% | 12,221 |
Menominee | 5,633 | 49.60% | 5,596 | 49.27% | 128 | 1.13% | 37 | 0.33% | 11,357 |
Midland | 17,631 | 58.57% | 11,959 | 39.73% | 511 | 1.70% | 5,672 | 18.84% | 30,101 |
Missaukee | 2,943 | 62.87% | 1,688 | 36.06% | 50 | 1.07% | 1,255 | 26.81% | 4,681 |
Monroe | 20,676 | 46.36% | 23,290 | 52.22% | 631 | 1.41% | -2,614 | -5.86% | 44,597 |
Montcalm | 10,439 | 60.36% | 6,684 | 38.65% | 171 | 0.99% | 3,755 | 21.71% | 17,294 |
Montmorency | 1,882 | 52.03% | 1,684 | 46.56% | 51 | 1.41% | 198 | 5.47% | 3,617 |
Muskegon | 35,548 | 56.06% | 27,013 | 42.60% | 846 | 1.33% | 8,535 | 13.46% | 63,407 |
Newaygo | 8,258 | 58.78% | 5,622 | 40.01% | 170 | 1.21% | 2,636 | 18.76% | 14,050 |
Oakland | 244,271 | 58.69% | 164,266 | 39.47% | 7,668 | 1.84% | 80,005 | 19.22% | 416,205 |
Oceana | 5,236 | 59.51% | 3,427 | 38.95% | 135 | 1.53% | 1,809 | 20.56% | 8,798 |
Ogemaw | 3,212 | 47.07% | 3,545 | 51.95% | 67 | 0.98% | -333 | -4.88% | 6,824 |
Ontonagon | 2,462 | 43.91% | 3,104 | 55.36% | 41 | 0.73% | -642 | -11.45% | 5,607 |
Osceola | 4,467 | 62.23% | 2,603 | 36.26% | 108 | 1.50% | 1,864 | 25.97% | 7,178 |
Oscoda | 1,541 | 57.56% | 1,108 | 41.39% | 28 | 1.05% | 433 | 16.17% | 2,677 |
Otsego | 3,155 | 53.01% | 2,724 | 45.77% | 73 | 1.23% | 431 | 7.24% | 5,952 |
Ottawa | 49,196 | 74.12% | 16,381 | 24.68% | 793 | 1.19% | 32,815 | 49.44% | 66,370 |
Presque Isle | 3,545 | 51.02% | 3,334 | 47.99% | 69 | 0.99% | 211 | 3.04% | 6,948 |
Roscommon | 4,608 | 54.85% | 3,691 | 43.94% | 102 | 1.21% | 917 | 10.92% | 8,401 |
Saginaw | 46,765 | 55.63% | 36,280 | 43.15% | 1,026 | 1.22% | 10,485 | 12.47% | 84,071 |
Sanilac | 10,597 | 62.87% | 6,042 | 35.84% | 217 | 1.29% | 4,555 | 27.02% | 16,856 |
Schoolcraft | 1,933 | 46.53% | 2,158 | 51.95% | 63 | 1.52% | -225 | -5.42% | 4,154 |
Shiawassee | 15,113 | 54.52% | 12,202 | 44.02% | 406 | 1.46% | 2,911 | 10.50% | 27,721 |
St. Clair | 26,311 | 52.74% | 22,734 | 45.57% | 844 | 1.69% | 3,577 | 7.17% | 49,889 |
St. Joseph | 11,784 | 61.07% | 7,306 | 37.86% | 205 | 1.06% | 4,478 | 23.21% | 19,295 |
Tuscola | 12,059 | 59.86% | 7,932 | 39.38% | 153 | 0.76% | 4,127 | 20.49% | 20,144 |
Van Buren | 13,615 | 56.02% | 10,366 | 42.65% | 321 | 1.32% | 3,249 | 13.37% | 24,302 |
Washtenaw | 56,807 | 50.86% | 50,917 | 45.59% | 3,965 | 3.55% | 5,890 | 5.27% | 111,689 |
Wayne | 348,588 | 38.18% | 548,767 | 60.11% | 15,635 | 1.71% | -200,179 | -21.93% | 912,990 |
Wexford | 5,670 | 54.96% | 4,519 | 43.80% | 128 | 1.24% | 1,151 | 11.16% | 10,317 |
Totals | 1,893,742 | 51.83% | 1,696,714 | 46.44% | 63,293 | 1.73% | 197,028 | 5.39% | 3,653,749 |
References
- ^ http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1633_8722-29616--,00.html
- ^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved 2018-04-04.
- ^ Our Campaigns; MI US President 1976