1976 United States presidential election in Connecticut
November 2, 1976
 
Nominee Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Michigan Georgia
Running mate Bob Dole Walter Mondale
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 719,261 647,895
Percentage 52.06% 46.90%
President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

 Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and The District of Columbia, were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Connecticut voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Connecticut was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Gerald Ford of Michigan and his running mate Senator Bob Dole of Kansas. Ford and Dole defeated the Democratic nominees, Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia and his running mate Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota.

Ford narrowly carried Connecticut with 52.06% of the vote to Carter's 46.90%, a victory margin of 5.16%.[1] As of the 2020 United States presidential election, Carter is the most recent Democrat to win the presidency without carrying Connecticut. The state would not vote for a losing candidate again until 2000, and for the loser of the popular vote until 2004.

Carter is the only Democrat to win the White House without carrying New Haven County since Grover Cleveland in 1892. This is the only time since 1948 that a Democrat won without Middlesex County, since 1960 without Tolland County, and since 1932 without New London County. He also became the first Democrat to win without the town of Naugatuck since 1844, the first to win without the town of Brooklyn since 1892, and the first to win without Ansonia since 1912.[2] This is the only election between 1912 and 2016 in which it voted differently from Pennsylvania. This is also the most recent election that Connecticut voted more Republican than Florida, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Virginia.

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Connecticut[3]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent) 719,261 52.06% 8
Democratic Jimmy Carter 647,895 46.90% 0
American Independent Lester Maddox 7,101 0.51% 0
Write-ins Write-ins 5,480 0.40% 0
U.S. Labor Lyndon LaRouche 1,789 0.13% 0
Totals 1,380,733 100.00% 8
Voter turnout -

By county

1976 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [4]
County Ford % Ford # Carter % Carter # Others % Others # Total #
Fairfield 58.1% 209,458 41.2% 148,353 0.7% 2,413 360,224
Hartford 47.5% 175,064 51.9% 191,257 0.6% 2,173 368,494
Litchfield 55.3% 40,705 44.1% 32,419 0.6% 459 73,583
Middlesex 51.4% 31,115 48.1% 29,097 0.6% 338 60,550
New Haven 52.2% 174,342 47.1% 157,402 0.7% 2,445 334,189
New London 50.4% 47,231 49.0% 45,908 0.6% 581 32,935
Tolland 50.4% 23,703 49.1% 23,079 0.5% 242 47,024
Windham 46.1% 17,643 53.3% 20,380 0.6% 239 16,459

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1976 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Connecticut Secretary of the State". CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  3. ↑ "1976 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ "1976 Statement of Vote" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. p. 12. Retrieved January 8, 2023.


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