1976 United States presidential election in Missouri
November 2, 1976
 
Nominee Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Georgia Michigan
Running mate Walter Mondale Bob Dole
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 998,387 927,443
Percentage 51.10% 47.47%
County Results
President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

 Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Missouri was won by Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 51.10% of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), who finished with 47.47% of the popular vote.

Jimmy Carter went on to become the 39th president of the United States. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Laclede County, McDonald County, Bollinger County, Webster County, Pettis County, and Cass County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate,[1] and the last time a Democrat won Missouri with the majority of the vote.

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Missouri[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jimmy Carter 998,387 51.10%
Republican Gerald Ford (inc.) 927,443 47.47%
Independent Eugene McCarthy 24,029 1.23%
Write-In 3,471 0.19%
Total votes 1,953,600 100%

Results by county

1976 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[3]
County James Earl Carter
Democratic		 Gerald Rudolph Ford
Republican		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin Total votes cast
#  % #  % #  % #  %
Adair 3,684 40.34% 5,249 57.47% 200 2.19% -1,565 -17.14% 9,133
Andrew 3,042 48.96% 3,130 50.38% 41 0.66% -88 -1.42% 6,213
Atchison 1,926 49.01% 1,960 49.87% 44 1.12% -34 -0.87% 3,930
Audrain 5,600 50.76% 5,378 48.75% 54 0.49% 222 2.01% 11,032
Barry 5,046 49.72% 5,053 49.79% 49 0.48% -7 -0.07% 10,148
Barton 2,326 45.81% 2,708 53.34% 43 0.85% -382 -7.52% 5,077
Bates 4,288 55.80% 3,350 43.60% 46 0.60% 938 12.21% 7,684
Benton 2,684 48.04% 2,875 51.46% 28 0.50% -191 -3.42% 5,587
Bollinger 2,740 56.36% 2,113 43.46% 9 0.19% 627 12.90% 4,862
Boone 17,674 50.65% 16,373 46.92% 846 2.42% 1,301 3.73% 34,893
Buchanan 17,427 51.07% 16,446 48.19% 251 0.74% 981 2.87% 34,124
Butler 6,759 54.14% 5,669 45.41% 57 0.46% 1,090 8.73% 12,485
Caldwell 2,113 49.92% 2,094 49.47% 26 0.61% 19 0.45% 4,233
Callaway 4,843 48.15% 5,115 50.85% 101 1.00% -272 -2.70% 10,059
Camden 3,975 46.71% 4,469 52.51% 66 0.78% -494 -5.80% 8,510
Cape Girardeau 10,440 45.07% 12,607 54.42% 117 0.51% -2,167 -9.36% 23,164
Carroll 3,114 51.24% 2,936 48.31% 27 0.44% 178 2.93% 6,077
Carter 1,154 57.50% 842 41.95% 11 0.55% 312 15.55% 2,007
Cass 9,008 55.16% 7,182 43.98% 140 0.86% 1,826 11.18% 16,330
Cedar 2,192 44.15% 2,752 55.43% 21 0.42% -560 -11.28% 4,965
Chariton 3,055 58.70% 2,128 40.89% 21 0.40% 927 17.81% 5,204
Christian 3,830 45.37% 4,553 53.93% 59 0.70% -723 -8.56% 8,442
Clark 1,679 51.28% 1,582 48.32% 13 0.40% 97 2.96% 3,274
Clay 26,609 50.86% 24,962 47.71% 744 1.42% 1,647 3.15% 52,315
Clinton 3,424 54.59% 2,807 44.75% 41 0.65% 617 9.84% 6,272
Cole 7,949 35.32% 14,370 63.86% 184 0.82% -6,421 -28.53% 22,503
Cooper 3,087 45.34% 3,694 54.25% 28 0.41% -607 -8.91% 6,809
Crawford 3,565 52.17% 3,224 47.18% 44 0.64% 341 4.99% 6,833
Dade 1,681 45.31% 2,015 54.31% 14 0.38% -334 -9.00% 3,710
Dallas 2,453 49.96% 2,430 49.49% 27 0.55% 23 0.47% 4,910
Daviess 2,250 53.69% 1,919 45.79% 22 0.52% 331 7.90% 4,191
DeKalb 2,023 53.53% 1,739 46.02% 17 0.45% 284 7.52% 3,779
Dent 2,931 54.27% 2,433 45.05% 37 0.69% 498 9.22% 5,401
Douglas 1,981 42.45% 2,652 56.82% 34 0.73% -671 -14.38% 4,667
Dunklin 7,107 68.06% 3,314 31.73% 22 0.21% 3,793 36.32% 10,443
Franklin 11,695 48.04% 12,242 50.29% 405 1.66% -547 -2.25% 24,342
Gasconade 1,702 29.95% 3,925 69.08% 55 0.97% -2,223 -39.12% 5,682
Gentry 2,249 55.74% 1,772 43.92% 14 0.35% 477 11.82% 4,035
Greene 33,824 46.84% 37,691 52.20% 690 0.96% -3,867 -5.36% 72,205
Grundy 2,597 49.25% 2,646 50.18% 30 0.57% -49 -0.93% 5,273
Harrison 2,304 47.87% 2,478 51.49% 31 0.64% -174 -3.62% 4,813
Henry 5,282 55.62% 4,168 43.89% 47 0.49% 1,114 11.73% 9,497
Hickory 1,398 49.54% 1,403 49.72% 21 0.74% -5 -0.18% 2,822
Holt 1,529 46.08% 1,777 53.56% 12 0.36% -248 -7.47% 3,318
Howard 2,769 61.62% 1,690 37.61% 35 0.78% 1,079 24.01% 4,494
Howell 5,265 52.47% 4,692 46.76% 78 0.78% 573 5.71% 10,035
Iron 2,646 59.68% 1,765 39.81% 23 0.52% 881 19.87% 4,434
Jackson 130,120 55.27% 101,401 43.07% 3,920 1.66% 28,719 12.20% 235,441
Jasper 14,910 46.38% 17,086 53.15% 153 0.48% -2,176 -6.77% 32,149
Jefferson 25,159 57.29% 18,261 41.58% 495 1.13% 6,898 15.71% 43,915
Johnson 5,551 49.47% 5,513 49.14% 156 1.39% 38 0.34% 11,220
Knox 1,319 51.60% 1,216 47.57% 21 0.82% 103 4.03% 2,556
Laclede 4,381 51.69% 4,067 47.99% 27 0.32% 314 3.71% 8,475
Lafayette 6,410 48.18% 6,823 51.28% 72 0.54% -413 -3.10% 13,305
Lawrence 5,315 47.72% 5,784 51.93% 38 0.34% -469 -4.21% 11,137
Lewis 2,486 55.28% 1,983 44.10% 28 0.62% 503 11.19% 4,497
Lincoln 4,473 54.95% 3,581 43.99% 86 1.06% 892 10.96% 8,140
Linn 4,092 56.55% 3,114 43.03% 30 0.41% 978 13.52% 7,236
Livingston 3,819 55.69% 3,010 43.90% 28 0.41% 809 11.80% 6,857
Macon 4,296 55.88% 3,360 43.70% 32 0.42% 936 12.17% 7,688
Madison 2,229 55.88% 1,739 43.59% 21 0.53% 490 12.28% 3,989
Maries 1,796 54.52% 1,485 45.08% 13 0.39% 311 9.44% 3,294
Marion 6,124 52.51% 5,501 47.17% 38 0.33% 623 5.34% 11,663
McDonald 3,111 50.93% 2,949 48.28% 48 0.79% 162 2.65% 6,108
Mercer 1,177 53.33% 1,025 46.44% 5 0.23% 152 6.89% 2,207
Miller 2,739 39.89% 4,095 59.64% 32 0.47% -1,356 -19.75% 6,866
Mississippi 3,366 65.79% 1,733 33.87% 17 0.33% 1,633 31.92% 5,116
Moniteau 2,462 44.32% 3,077 55.39% 16 0.29% -615 -11.07% 5,555
Monroe 3,039 65.35% 1,585 34.09% 26 0.56% 1,454 31.27% 4,650
Montgomery 2,535 48.35% 2,665 50.83% 43 0.82% -130 -2.48% 5,243
Morgan 2,738 48.94% 2,831 50.60% 26 0.46% -93 -1.66% 5,595
New Madrid 5,319 65.38% 2,798 34.39% 19 0.23% 2,521 30.99% 8,136
Newton 7,045 49.26% 7,142 49.94% 114 0.80% -97 -0.68% 14,301
Nodaway 4,875 51.13% 4,558 47.81% 101 1.06% 317 3.32% 9,534
Oregon 2,564 69.07% 1,122 30.23% 26 0.70% 1,442 38.85% 3,712
Osage 2,015 38.24% 3,224 61.19% 30 0.57% -1,209 -22.95% 5,269
Ozark 1,341 43.19% 1,754 56.49% 10 0.32% -413 -13.30% 3,105
Pemiscot 4,681 64.69% 2,541 35.12% 14 0.19% 2,140 29.57% 7,236
Perry 2,801 40.49% 4,086 59.06% 31 0.45% -1,285 -18.57% 6,918
Pettis 7,887 51.56% 7,344 48.01% 65 0.42% 543 3.55% 15,296
Phelps 6,261 50.04% 6,153 49.18% 98 0.78% 108 0.86% 12,512
Pike 3,770 52.64% 3,355 46.84% 37 0.52% 415 5.79% 7,162
Platte 8,651 50.73% 8,103 47.51% 300 1.76% 548 3.21% 17,054
Polk 3,663 48.26% 3,893 51.29% 34 0.45% -230 -3.03% 7,590
Pulaski 4,370 60.13% 2,865 39.42% 32 0.44% 1,505 20.71% 7,267
Putnam 1,097 43.02% 1,444 56.63% 9 0.35% -347 -13.61% 2,550
Ralls 2,318 62.95% 1,334 36.23% 30 0.81% 984 26.72% 3,682
Randolph 5,839 61.59% 3,594 37.91% 48 0.51% 2,245 23.68% 9,481
Ray 5,535 65.42% 2,853 33.72% 73 0.86% 2,682 31.70% 8,461
Reynolds 2,143 70.73% 879 29.01% 8 0.26% 1,264 41.72% 3,030
Ripley 2,577 60.71% 1,640 38.63% 28 0.66% 937 22.07% 4,245
Saint Charles 22,063 45.30% 26,105 53.60% 536 1.10% -4,042 -8.30% 48,704
Saint Clair 2,271 55.35% 1,808 44.07% 24 0.58% 463 11.28% 4,103
Saint Francois 8,852 55.63% 7,002 44.01% 57 0.36% 1,850 11.63% 15,911
Saint Louis County 196,915 43.51% 246,988 54.57% 8,723 1.93% -50,073 -11.06% 452,626
Saint Louis City 118,703 67.04% 58,367 32.96% 0 0.00% 60,336 34.07% 177,070
Sainte Genevieve 3,091 57.54% 2,241 41.72% 40 0.74% 850 15.82% 5,372
Saline 5,890 54.31% 4,883 45.03% 72 0.66% 1,007 9.29% 10,845
Schuyler 1,417 54.08% 1,193 45.53% 10 0.38% 224 8.55% 2,620
Scotland 1,449 52.65% 1,286 46.73% 17 0.62% 163 5.92% 2,752
Scott 8,075 59.48% 5,473 40.31% 28 0.21% 2,602 19.17% 13,576
Shannon 1,960 65.97% 989 33.29% 22 0.74% 971 32.68% 2,971
Shelby 2,227 60.16% 1,453 39.25% 22 0.59% 774 20.91% 3,702
Stoddard 6,097 60.30% 3,989 39.45% 25 0.25% 2,108 20.85% 10,111
Stone 2,358 40.36% 3,457 59.17% 27 0.46% -1,099 -18.81% 5,842
Sullivan 2,313 51.58% 2,141 47.75% 30 0.67% 172 3.84% 4,484
Taney 3,626 43.46% 4,696 56.28% 22 0.26% -1,070 -12.82% 8,344
Texas 4,638 57.84% 3,338 41.63% 42 0.52% 1,300 16.21% 8,018
Vernon 4,921 56.67% 3,715 42.78% 48 0.55% 1,206 13.89% 8,684
Warren 2,164 39.85% 3,214 59.19% 52 0.96% -1,050 -19.34% 5,430
Washington 3,543 58.01% 2,526 41.36% 39 0.64% 1,017 16.65% 6,108
Wayne 2,987 60.25% 1,963 39.59% 8 0.16% 1,024 20.65% 4,958
Webster 3,759 51.39% 3,510 47.98% 46 0.63% 249 3.40% 7,315
Worth 969 55.40% 771 44.08% 9 0.51% 198 11.32% 1,749
Wright 2,781 44.92% 3,397 54.87% 13 0.21% -616 -9.95% 6,191
Totals998,38751.27%927,44347.63%21,3151.09%70,9443.64%1,947,145

See also

References

  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. ↑ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri
  3. ↑ "General Election Returns Vote for President, By Counties, at General Election November 2, 1976". Official Manual State of Missouri 1977-1978 (Report). Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri Secretary of State. 1977.
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