The 1976 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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North Dakota was won by the Republican candidate and incumbent President, Gerald Ford, with 51.66% of the popular vote, against the Democratic candidate, Jimmy Carter, with 45.80% of the popular vote.[1] American Party candidate Thomas Anderson finished highest among third parties; finishing with 1.24% of North Dakota's popular vote.
Despite losing in North Dakota, Carter went on to win the national election and became the 39th president of the United States.[2] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Morton County, Walsh County, McLean County, Pierce County, Cavalier County, Emmons County, Dunn County, Foster County, Renville County, Griggs County, and Adams County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[3]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | 152,470 | 51.66% | |
| Democratic–NPL | Jimmy Carter | 136,078 | 45.80% | |
| American | Thomas Anderson | 3,698 | 1.24% | |
| Independent | Eugene McCarthy | 2,952 | 0.99% | |
| American Independent | Lester Maddox | 269 | 0.09% | |
| Libertarian | Roger MacBride | 256 | 0.09% | |
| U.S. Labor | Lyndon LaRouche | 142 | 0.05% | |
| Communist | Gus Hall | 85 | 0.03% | |
| Prohibition | Benjamin Bubar | 63 | 0.02% | |
| Socialist Workers | Peter Camejo | 43 | 0.01% | |
| Socialist | Frank Zeidler | 38 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 297,094 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County[4] | Gerald Ford Republican |
Jimmy Carter Democratic-NPL |
Thomas Anderson American |
Eugene McCarthy Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 940 | 48.53% | 959 | 49.51% | 11 | 0.57% | 23 | 1.19% | 4 | 0.21% | -19 | -0.98% | 1,937 |
| Barnes | 4,011 | 53.75% | 3,321 | 44.51% | 45 | 0.60% | 72 | 0.96% | 13 | 0.17% | 690 | 9.24% | 7,462 |
| Benson | 1,689 | 45.34% | 1,973 | 52.97% | 26 | 0.70% | 25 | 0.67% | 12 | 0.32% | -284 | -7.63% | 3,725 |
| Billings | 351 | 51.32% | 285 | 41.67% | 27 | 3.95% | 18 | 2.63% | 3 | 0.44% | 66 | 9.65% | 684 |
| Bottineau | 2,638 | 56.13% | 1,987 | 42.28% | 26 | 0.55% | 36 | 0.77% | 13 | 0.28% | 651 | 13.85% | 4,700 |
| Bowman | 1,033 | 51.70% | 911 | 45.60% | 24 | 1.20% | 25 | 1.25% | 5 | 0.25% | 122 | 6.10% | 1,998 |
| Burke | 1,087 | 52.03% | 899 | 43.03% | 77 | 3.69% | 21 | 1.01% | 5 | 0.24% | 188 | 9.00% | 2,089 |
| Burleigh | 13,680 | 58.09% | 9,188 | 39.02% | 413 | 1.75% | 217 | 0.92% | 51 | 0.22% | 4,492 | 19.07% | 23,549 |
| Cass | 22,583 | 54.53% | 17,879 | 43.17% | 203 | 0.49% | 598 | 1.44% | 148 | 0.36% | 4,704 | 11.36% | 41,411 |
| Cavalier | 2,046 | 47.58% | 2,178 | 50.65% | 49 | 1.14% | 27 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | -132 | -3.07% | 4,300 |
| Dickey | 2,027 | 54.65% | 1,612 | 43.46% | 37 | 1.00% | 30 | 0.81% | 3 | 0.08% | 415 | 11.19% | 3,709 |
| Divide | 881 | 44.54% | 1,057 | 53.44% | 14 | 0.71% | 15 | 0.76% | 11 | 0.56% | -176 | -8.90% | 1,978 |
| Dunn | 1,041 | 48.26% | 1,051 | 48.73% | 50 | 2.32% | 14 | 0.65% | 1 | 0.05% | -10 | -0.47% | 2,157 |
| Eddy | 890 | 43.33% | 1,123 | 54.67% | 22 | 1.07% | 14 | 0.68% | 5 | 0.24% | -233 | -11.34% | 2,054 |
| Emmons | 1,370 | 45.91% | 1,459 | 48.89% | 134 | 4.49% | 14 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.23% | -89 | -2.98% | 2,984 |
| Foster | 1,120 | 48.59% | 1,147 | 49.76% | 9 | 0.39% | 25 | 1.08% | 4 | 0.17% | -27 | -1.17% | 2,305 |
| Golden Valley | 633 | 52.40% | 479 | 39.65% | 80 | 6.62% | 13 | 1.08% | 3 | 0.25% | 154 | 12.75% | 1,208 |
| Grand Forks | 13,820 | 52.71% | 11,545 | 44.03% | 415 | 1.58% | 350 | 1.33% | 88 | 0.34% | 2,275 | 8.68% | 26,218 |
| Grant | 1,205 | 53.37% | 952 | 42.16% | 78 | 3.45% | 18 | 0.80% | 5 | 0.22% | 253 | 11.21% | 2,258 |
| Griggs | 1,086 | 48.01% | 1,122 | 49.60% | 32 | 1.41% | 21 | 0.93% | 1 | 0.04% | -36 | -1.59% | 2,262 |
| Hettinger | 1,135 | 49.30% | 1,095 | 47.57% | 45 | 1.95% | 20 | 0.87% | 7 | 0.30% | 40 | 1.73% | 2,302 |
| Kidder | 954 | 47.16% | 936 | 46.27% | 113 | 5.59% | 13 | 0.64% | 7 | 0.35% | 18 | 0.89% | 2,023 |
| LaMoure | 1,735 | 49.04% | 1,718 | 48.56% | 48 | 1.36% | 26 | 0.73% | 11 | 0.31% | 17 | 0.48% | 3,538 |
| Logan | 944 | 50.32% | 809 | 43.12% | 101 | 5.38% | 16 | 0.85% | 6 | 0.32% | 135 | 7.20% | 1,876 |
| McHenry | 2,043 | 49.70% | 1,994 | 48.50% | 24 | 0.58% | 43 | 1.05% | 7 | 0.17% | 49 | 1.20% | 4,111 |
| McIntosh | 1,785 | 64.30% | 912 | 32.85% | 66 | 2.38% | 6 | 0.22% | 7 | 0.25% | 873 | 31.45% | 2,776 |
| McKenzie | 1,595 | 53.56% | 1,335 | 44.83% | 27 | 0.91% | 12 | 0.40% | 9 | 0.30% | 260 | 8.73% | 2,978 |
| McLean | 2,729 | 48.17% | 2,815 | 49.69% | 66 | 1.17% | 41 | 0.72% | 14 | 0.25% | -86 | -1.52% | 5,665 |
| Mercer | 1,982 | 59.77% | 1,298 | 39.14% | 33 | 1.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.06% | 684 | 20.63% | 3,316 |
| Morton | 4,921 | 47.04% | 5,241 | 50.10% | 198 | 1.89% | 82 | 0.78% | 20 | 0.19% | -320 | -3.06% | 10,462 |
| Mountrail | 1,430 | 38.57% | 2,189 | 59.03% | 47 | 1.27% | 34 | 0.92% | 8 | 0.22% | -759 | -20.46% | 3,708 |
| Nelson | 1,336 | 44.31% | 1,610 | 53.40% | 35 | 1.16% | 27 | 0.90% | 7 | 0.23% | -274 | -9.09% | 3,015 |
| Oliver | 575 | 50.44% | 529 | 46.40% | 20 | 1.75% | 13 | 1.14% | 3 | 0.26% | 46 | 4.04% | 1,140 |
| Pembina | 2,810 | 53.95% | 2,274 | 43.66% | 57 | 1.09% | 53 | 1.02% | 15 | 0.29% | 536 | 10.29% | 5,209 |
| Pierce | 1,396 | 48.35% | 1,434 | 49.67% | 32 | 1.11% | 21 | 0.73% | 4 | 0.14% | -38 | -1.32% | 2,887 |
| Ramsey | 3,293 | 50.65% | 3,096 | 47.62% | 40 | 0.62% | 53 | 0.82% | 20 | 0.31% | 197 | 3.03% | 6,502 |
| Ransom | 1,696 | 49.07% | 1,715 | 49.62% | 17 | 0.49% | 23 | 0.67% | 5 | 0.14% | -19 | -0.55% | 3,456 |
| Renville | 812 | 43.99% | 1,008 | 54.60% | 14 | 0.76% | 9 | 0.49% | 3 | 0.16% | -196 | -10.61% | 1,846 |
| Richland | 4,991 | 51.01% | 4,592 | 46.93% | 91 | 0.93% | 94 | 0.96% | 17 | 0.17% | 399 | 4.08% | 9,785 |
| Rolette | 1,094 | 29.62% | 2,531 | 68.54% | 24 | 0.65% | 37 | 1.00% | 7 | 0.19% | -1,437 | -38.92% | 3,693 |
| Sargent | 1,344 | 44.34% | 1,644 | 54.24% | 18 | 0.59% | 22 | 0.73% | 3 | 0.10% | -300 | -9.90% | 3,031 |
| Sheridan | 935 | 60.87% | 569 | 37.04% | 19 | 1.24% | 10 | 0.65% | 3 | 0.20% | 366 | 23.83% | 1,536 |
| Sioux | 354 | 32.75% | 697 | 64.48% | 15 | 1.39% | 13 | 1.20% | 2 | 0.19% | -343 | -31.73% | 1,081 |
| Slope | 355 | 48.90% | 347 | 47.80% | 8 | 1.10% | 12 | 1.65% | 4 | 0.55% | 8 | 1.10% | 726 |
| Stark | 4,374 | 49.93% | 4,076 | 46.53% | 193 | 2.20% | 70 | 0.80% | 47 | 0.54% | 298 | 3.40% | 8,760 |
| Steele | 835 | 43.35% | 1,066 | 55.35% | 10 | 0.52% | 12 | 0.62% | 3 | 0.16% | -231 | -12.00% | 1,926 |
| Stutsman | 5,653 | 52.44% | 4,883 | 45.30% | 115 | 1.07% | 99 | 0.92% | 30 | 0.28% | 770 | 7.14% | 10,780 |
| Towner | 993 | 44.45% | 1,216 | 54.43% | 12 | 0.54% | 10 | 0.45% | 3 | 0.13% | -223 | -9.98% | 2,234 |
| Traill | 2,800 | 53.32% | 2,352 | 44.79% | 27 | 0.51% | 56 | 1.07% | 16 | 0.30% | 448 | 8.53% | 5,251 |
| Walsh | 3,518 | 48.13% | 3,555 | 48.64% | 142 | 1.94% | 79 | 1.08% | 15 | 0.21% | -37 | -0.51% | 7,309 |
| Ward | 12,751 | 56.12% | 9,484 | 41.74% | 176 | 0.77% | 229 | 1.01% | 81 | 0.36% | 3,267 | 14.38% | 22,721 |
| Wells | 1,941 | 51.53% | 1,742 | 46.24% | 38 | 1.01% | 35 | 0.93% | 11 | 0.29% | 199 | 5.29% | 3,767 |
| Williams | 4,230 | 48.67% | 4,189 | 48.19% | 88 | 1.01% | 73 | 0.84% | 112 | 1.29% | 41 | 0.48% | 8,692 |
| Totals | 153,470 | 51.66% | 136,078 | 45.80% | 3,698 | 1.24% | 2,952 | 0.99% | 896 | 0.30% | 17,392 | 5.86% | 297,094 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results – North Dakota". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ Dave Leip. "1976 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "ND US President Race, November 02, 1976". Our Campaigns.