1976 United States presidential election in Alabama
The 1976 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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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%. As of the 2024 presidential election[update], this is the last time Alabama has voted Democratic in a presidential election, as well as the last time a Democrat carried any of the following counties: Madison, Tuscaloosa, Calhoun, St. Clair, Elmore, DeKalb, Blount, Autauga, Dale, Coffee, Chilton, Escambia, Covington, Pike, Geneva, Winston, Monroe, and Cleburne.[1]
50% of white voters supported Ford while 48% supported Carter.[2][3]
Results
edit1976 United States presidential election in Alabama[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 659,170 | 55.73% | 9 | |
Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 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 | |
Write-in | Various candidates | 139[a] | 0.01% | 0 | |
Write-in | Eugene McCarthy | 99[a] | 0.01% | 0 | |
Write-in | Thomas J. Anderson | 70[a] | 0.01% | 0 |
Result by county
editCounty | Jimmy Carter Democratic |
Gerald Ford Republican |
Lester Maddox[5] Alabama Conservative |
Benjamin Bubar[5] Alabama Prohibition |
Various candidates[5] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Autauga | 4,640 | 49.69% | 4,512 | 48.32% | 87 | 0.93% | 69 | 0.74% | 30 | 0.32% | 128 | 1.37% | 9,338 |
Baldwin | 9,191 | 40.02% | 13,256 | 57.72% | 184 | 0.80% | 288 | 1.25% | 48 | 0.21% | -4,065 | -17.70% | 22,967 |
Barbour | 4,730 | 54.43% | 3,758 | 43.25% | 85 | 0.98% | 98 | 1.13% | 19 | 0.22% | 972 | 11.18% | 8,690 |
Bibb | 2,850 | 63.70% | 1,591 | 35.56% | 33 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,259 | 28.14% | 4,474 |
Blount | 6,645 | 60.53% | 4,233 | 38.56% | 62 | 0.56% | 30 | 0.27% | 8 | 0.07% | 2,412 | 21.97% | 10,978 |
Bullock | 3,536 | 69.44% | 1,482 | 29.10% | 30 | 0.59% | 36 | 0.71% | 8 | 0.16% | 2,054 | 40.34% | 5,092 |
Butler | 4,271 | 59.25% | 2,909 | 40.36% | 18 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.03% | 8 | 0.11% | 1,362 | 18.89% | 7,208 |
Calhoun | 20,466 | 62.59% | 11,763 | 35.97% | 281 | 0.86% | 27 | 0.08% | 163 | 0.50% | 8,703 | 26.62% | 32,700 |
Chambers | 6,164 | 52.03% | 5,488 | 46.32% | 108 | 0.91% | 65 | 0.55% | 23 | 0.19% | 676 | 5.71% | 11,848 |
Cherokee | 4,668 | 74.62% | 1,492 | 23.85% | 47 | 0.75% | 36 | 0.58% | 13 | 0.21% | 3,176 | 50.77% | 6,256 |
Chilton | 5,550 | 53.44% | 4,725 | 45.50% | 53 | 0.51% | 7 | 0.07% | 50 | 0.48% | 825 | 7.94% | 10,385 |
Choctaw | 3,911 | 56.10% | 3,033 | 43.50% | 24 | 0.34% | 3 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | 878 | 12.60% | 6,972 |
Clarke | 4,737 | 52.60% | 4,126 | 45.81% | 71 | 0.79% | 58 | 0.64% | 14 | 0.16% | 611 | 6.79% | 9,006 |
Clay | 2,946 | 60.64% | 1,883 | 38.76% | 17 | 0.35% | 9 | 0.18% | 20 | 0.41% | 1,063 | 21.88% | 4,858 |
Cleburne | 2,490 | 62.55% | 1,436 | 36.07% | 39 | 0.97% | 16 | 0.40% | 39 | 0.97% | 1,054 | 26.48% | 3,981 |
Coffee | 7,844 | 62.00% | 4,683 | 37.02% | 64 | 0.51% | 42 | 0.33% | 18 | 0.14% | 3,161 | 24.98% | 12,651 |
Colbert | 11,996 | 71.23% | 4,471 | 26.55% | 167 | 0.99% | 174 | 1.03% | 34 | 0.20% | 7,525 | 44.68% | 16,842 |
Conecuh | 3,086 | 61.97% | 1,812 | 36.39% | 32 | 0.64% | 13 | 0.26% | 37 | 0.74% | 1,274 | 25.58% | 4,980 |
Coosa | 2,533 | 67.26% | 1,196 | 31.76% | 18 | 0.48% | 14 | 0.37% | 5 | 0.13% | 1,337 | 35.50% | 3,766 |
Covington | 7,081 | 57.93% | 4,977 | 40.71% | 73 | 0.60% | 9 | 0.07% | 84 | 0.69% | 2,104 | 17.22% | 12,224 |
Crenshaw | 3,372 | 64.03% | 1,801 | 34.20% | 69 | 1.31% | 5 | 0.09% | 19 | 0.36% | 1,571 | 29.83% | 5,266 |
Cullman | 12,961 | 64.63% | 6,899 | 34.40% | 109 | 0.54% | 26 | 0.13% | 60 | 0.30% | 6,062 | 30.23% | 20,055 |
Dale | 6,346 | 55.03% | 4,996 | 43.33% | 103 | 0.89% | 69 | 0.60% | 17 | 0.15% | 1,350 | 11.70% | 11,531 |
Dallas | 8,866 | 54.19% | 7,144 | 43.66% | 161 | 0.98% | 159 | 0.97% | 31 | 0.19% | 1,722 | 10.53% | 16,361 |
DeKalb | 9,759 | 59.37% | 6,597 | 40.14% | 30 | 0.18% | 41 | 0.25% | 10 | 0.06% | 3,162 | 19.23% | 16,437 |
Elmore | 6,646 | 49.20% | 6,551 | 48.50% | 157 | 1.16% | 121 | 0.90% | 33 | 0.24% | 95 | 0.70% | 13,508 |
Escambia | 5,957 | 53.39% | 4,934 | 44.22% | 58 | 0.52% | 17 | 0.15% | 191 | 1.71% | 1,023 | 9.17% | 11,157 |
Etowah | 25,020 | 69.99% | 10,333 | 28.90% | 209 | 0.58% | 47 | 0.13% | 141 | 0.39% | 14,687 | 41.09% | 35,750 |
Fayette | 4,076 | 64.83% | 2,165 | 34.44% | 20 | 0.32% | 13 | 0.21% | 13 | 0.21% | 1,911 | 30.39% | 6,287 |
Franklin | 6,279 | 64.59% | 3,345 | 34.41% | 36 | 0.37% | 51 | 0.52% | 10 | 0.10% | 2,934 | 30.18% | 9,721 |
Geneva | 5,983 | 68.46% | 2,663 | 30.47% | 51 | 0.58% | 4 | 0.05% | 38 | 0.43% | 3,320 | 37.99% | 8,739 |
Greene | 2,900 | 75.96% | 903 | 23.65% | 7 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.13% | 1,997 | 52.31% | 3,818 |
Hale | 3,236 | 59.99% | 2,034 | 37.71% | 61 | 1.13% | 44 | 0.82% | 19 | 0.35% | 1,202 | 22.28% | 5,394 |
Henry | 3,144 | 60.07% | 2,052 | 39.21% | 26 | 0.50% | 7 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.10% | 1,092 | 20.86% | 5,234 |
Houston | 8,787 | 44.52% | 10,672 | 54.07% | 136 | 0.69% | 24 | 0.12% | 119 | 0.60% | -1,885 | -9.55% | 19,738 |
Jackson | 10,989 | 71.71% | 3,913 | 25.53% | 290 | 1.89% | 111 | 0.72% | 22 | 0.14% | 7,076 | 46.18% | 15,325 |
Jefferson | 99,531 | 45.85% | 113,590 | 52.32% | 1,754 | 0.81% | 1,854 | 0.85% | 361 | 0.17% | -14,059 | -6.47% | 217,090 |
Lamar | 3,860 | 67.44% | 1,739 | 30.38% | 107 | 1.87% | 9 | 0.16% | 9 | 0.16% | 2,121 | 37.06% | 5,724 |
Lauderdale | 15,549 | 67.06% | 7,226 | 31.17% | 188 | 0.81% | 182 | 0.78% | 40 | 0.17% | 8,323 | 35.89% | 23,185 |
Lawrence | 6,810 | 82.21% | 1,415 | 17.08% | 31 | 0.37% | 4 | 0.05% | 24 | 0.29% | 5,395 | 65.13% | 8,284 |
Lee | 8,427 | 44.98% | 9,884 | 52.75% | 131 | 0.70% | 216 | 1.15% | 79 | 0.42% | -1,457 | -7.77% | 18,737 |
Limestone | 8,803 | 73.36% | 2,997 | 24.98% | 88 | 0.73% | 87 | 0.73% | 25 | 0.21% | 5,806 | 48.38% | 12,000 |
Lowndes | 3,732 | 68.33% | 1,621 | 29.68% | 52 | 0.95% | 36 | 0.66% | 21 | 0.38% | 2,111 | 38.65% | 5,462 |
Macon | 5,915 | 79.41% | 1,387 | 18.62% | 76 | 1.02% | 39 | 0.52% | 32 | 0.43% | 4,528 | 60.79% | 7,449 |
Madison | 35,497 | 61.96% | 20,959 | 36.59% | 311 | 0.54% | 312 | 0.54% | 208 | 0.36% | 14,538 | 25.37% | 57,287 |
Marengo | 4,731 | 54.04% | 3,841 | 43.87% | 62 | 0.71% | 95 | 1.09% | 26 | 0.30% | 890 | 10.17% | 8,755 |
Marion | 6,244 | 67.12% | 3,036 | 32.63% | 8 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.04% | 3,208 | 34.49% | 9,303 |
Marshall | 13,696 | 68.14% | 6,006 | 29.88% | 140 | 0.70% | 216 | 1.07% | 42 | 0.21% | 7,690 | 38.26% | 20,100 |
Mobile | 50,264 | 47.47% | 53,835 | 50.85% | 1,097 | 1.04% | 125 | 0.12% | 555 | 0.52% | -3,621 | -3.38% | 105,876 |
Monroe | 3,669 | 50.52% | 3,476 | 47.86% | 43 | 0.59% | 8 | 0.11% | 67 | 0.92% | 193 | 2.66% | 7,263 |
Montgomery | 24,641 | 45.02% | 29,360 | 53.64% | 337 | 0.62% | 294 | 0.54% | 101 | 0.18% | -4,719 | -8.62% | 54,733 |
Morgan | 16,547 | 63.68% | 9,058 | 34.86% | 146 | 0.56% | 186 | 0.72% | 49 | 0.19% | 7,489 | 28.82% | 25,986 |
Perry | 4,486 | 67.13% | 2,164 | 32.38% | 18 | 0.27% | 7 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.12% | 2,322 | 34.75% | 6,683 |
Pickens | 3,776 | 55.64% | 2,969 | 43.75% | 21 | 0.31% | 7 | 0.10% | 13 | 0.19% | 807 | 11.89% | 6,786 |
Pike | 5,387 | 54.47% | 4,363 | 44.12% | 64 | 0.65% | 54 | 0.55% | 21 | 0.21% | 1,024 | 10.35% | 9,889 |
Randolph | 3,539 | 58.55% | 2,286 | 37.82% | 91 | 1.51% | 119 | 1.97% | 9 | 0.15% | 1,253 | 20.73% | 6,044 |
Russell | 8,077 | 64.14% | 4,150 | 32.96% | 193 | 1.53% | 133 | 1.06% | 39 | 0.31% | 3,927 | 31.18% | 12,592 |
Shelby | 7,197 | 43.28% | 9,035 | 54.33% | 124 | 0.75% | 235 | 1.41% | 24 | 0.14% | -1,838 | -11.05% | 16,629 |
St. Clair | 5,653 | 52.01% | 4,877 | 44.87% | 113 | 1.04% | 202 | 1.86% | 38 | 0.35% | 776 | 7.14% | 10,869 |
Sumter | 3,457 | 60.77% | 2,191 | 38.51% | 34 | 0.60% | 1 | 0.02% | 6 | 0.11% | 1,266 | 22.26% | 5,689 |
Talladega | 10,577 | 60.07% | 6,425 | 36.49% | 380 | 2.16% | 46 | 0.26% | 180 | 1.02% | 4,152 | 23.58% | 17,608 |
Tallapoosa | 7,614 | 57.84% | 5,237 | 39.79% | 176 | 1.34% | 113 | 0.86% | 23 | 0.17% | 2,377 | 18.05% | 13,163 |
Tuscaloosa | 20,275 | 54.79% | 16,021 | 43.29% | 317 | 0.86% | 293 | 0.79% | 100 | 0.27% | 4,254 | 11.50% | 37,006 |
Walker | 16,232 | 68.46% | 7,389 | 31.16% | 51 | 0.22% | 23 | 0.10% | 15 | 0.06% | 8,843 | 37.30% | 23,710 |
Washington | 3,471 | 61.22% | 2,171 | 38.29% | 11 | 0.19% | 5 | 0.09% | 12 | 0.21% | 1,300 | 22.93% | 5,670 |
Wilcox | 3,723 | 66.90% | 1,824 | 32.78% | 14 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,899 | 34.12% | 5,565 |
Winston | 4,134 | 52.54% | 3,710 | 47.15% | 4 | 0.05% | 17 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.04% | 424 | 5.39% | 7,868 |
Totals | 659,170 | 55.73% | 504,070 | 42.61% | 9,198 | 0.78% | 6,669 | 0.56% | 3,743 | 0.32% | 155,100 | 13.12% | 1,182,850 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
edit- Autauga
- Barbour
- Bibb
- Blount
- Butler
- Calhoun
- Chambers
- Cherokee
- Chilton
- Choctaw
- Clarke
- Clay
- Cleburne
- Coffee
- Colbert
- Conecuh
- Coosa
- Covington
- Crenshaw
- Cullman
- Dale
- Dallas
- DeKalb
- Elmore
- Escambia
- Etowah
- Fayette
- Franklin
- Geneva
- Hale
- Henry
- Jackson
- Lauderdale
- Lawrence
- Limestone
- Madison
- Marengo
- Marion
- Marshall
- Monroe
- Morgan
- Perry
- Pickens
- Pike
- Randolph
- Russell
- St. Clair
- Talladega
- Tallapoosa
- Tuscaloosa
- Walker
- Washington
- Winston
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; "How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century"; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
- ^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results - Alabama". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "AL US President Race, November 02, 1976". Our Campaigns.