1976 United States elections

The 1976 United States elections were held on November 2, and elected the members of the 95th United States Congress. The Democratic Party won the presidential election and retained control of Congress.[1]

1976 United States elections
1974          1975          1976          1977          1978
Presidential election year
Election dayNovember 2
Incumbent presidentGerald Ford (Republican)
Next Congress95th
Presidential election
Partisan controlDemocratic gain
Popular vote marginDemocratic +2.1%
Electoral vote
Jimmy Carter (D)297
Gerald Ford (R)240
1976 United States presidential election in California1976 United States presidential election in Oregon1976 United States presidential election in Washington (state)1976 United States presidential election in Idaho1976 United States presidential election in Nevada1976 United States presidential election in Utah1976 United States presidential election in Arizona1976 United States presidential election in Montana1976 United States presidential election in Wyoming1976 United States presidential election in Colorado1976 United States presidential election in New Mexico1976 United States presidential election in North Dakota1976 United States presidential election in South Dakota1976 United States presidential election in Nebraska1976 United States presidential election in Kansas1976 United States presidential election in Oklahoma1976 United States presidential election in Texas1976 United States presidential election in Minnesota1976 United States presidential election in Iowa1976 United States presidential election in Missouri1976 United States presidential election in Arkansas1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana1976 United States presidential election in Wisconsin1976 United States presidential election in Illinois1976 United States presidential election in Michigan1976 United States presidential election in Indiana1976 United States presidential election in Ohio1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky1976 United States presidential election in Tennessee1976 United States presidential election in Mississippi1976 United States presidential election in Alabama1976 United States presidential election in Georgia1976 United States presidential election in Florida1976 United States presidential election in South Carolina1976 United States presidential election in North Carolina1976 United States presidential election in Virginia1976 United States presidential election in West Virginia1976 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia1976 United States presidential election in Maryland1976 United States presidential election in Delaware1976 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania1976 United States presidential election in New Jersey1976 United States presidential election in New York1976 United States presidential election in Connecticut1976 United States presidential election in Rhode Island1976 United States presidential election in Vermont1976 United States presidential election in New Hampshire1976 United States presidential election in Maine1976 United States presidential election in Massachusetts1976 United States presidential election in Hawaii1976 United States presidential election in Alaska1976 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia1976 United States presidential election in Maryland1976 United States presidential election in Delaware1976 United States presidential election in New Jersey1976 United States presidential election in Connecticut1976 United States presidential election in Rhode Island1976 United States presidential election in Massachusetts1976 United States presidential election in Vermont1976 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
1976 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Ford, blue denotes states won by Carter. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate.
Senate elections
Overall controlDemocratic hold
Seats contested34 of 100 seats
Net seat changeRepublican +1
1976 United States Senate election in Arizona1976 United States Senate election in California1976 United States Senate election in Connecticut1976 United States Senate election in Delaware1976 United States Senate election in Florida1976 United States Senate election in Hawaii1976 United States Senate election in Indiana1976 United States Senate election in Maine1976 United States Senate election in Maryland1976 United States Senate election in Massachusetts1976 United States Senate election in Michigan1976 United States Senate election in Minnesota1976 United States Senate election in Mississippi1976 United States Senate election in Missouri1976 United States Senate election in Montana1976 United States Senate election in Nebraska1976 United States Senate election in Nevada1976 United States Senate election in New Jersey1976 United States Senate election in New Mexico1976 United States Senate election in New York1976 United States Senate election in North Dakota1976 United States Senate election in Ohio1976 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania1976 United States Senate election in Rhode Island1976 United States Senate election in Tennessee1976 United States Senate election in Texas1976 United States Senate election in Utah1976 United States Senate election in Vermont1976 United States Senate election in Virginia1976 United States Senate election in Washington1976 United States Senate election in West Virginia1976 United States Senate election in Wisconsin1976 United States Senate election in Wyoming
1976 Senate results

  Democratic gain   Democratic hold
  Republican gain   Republican hold

  Independent hold
House elections
Overall controlDemocratic hold
Seats contestedAll 435 voting members
Popular vote marginDemocratic +13.6%
Net seat changeDemocratic +1
1976 House of Representatives results

  Democratic gain   Democratic hold

  Republican gain   Republican hold
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested15 (14 states, 1 territories)
Net seat changeDemocratic +1
1976 Illinois gubernatorial election1976 Arkansas gubernatorial election1976 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1976 Delaware gubernatorial election1976 Indiana gubernatorial election1976 Missouri gubernatorial election1976 Montana gubernatorial election1976 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1976 North Carolina gubernatorial election1976 North Dakota gubernatorial election1976 Utah gubernatorial election1976 Vermont gubernatorial election1976 Washington gubernatorial election1976 West Virginia gubernatorial election
1976 gubernatorial election results
Territorial races not shown

  Democratic gain   Democratic hold

  Republican gain   Republican hold

Former Democratic Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia defeated Republican incumbent President Gerald Ford.[2] Carter won the popular vote by two points and finished with 297 electoral votes, taking a mix of Southern and Northern states. Ford, who had taken office after the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of Republican President Richard Nixon in 1974, defeated former California Governor Ronald Reagan to take the Republican nomination. The convention nominated Kansas Senator Bob Dole as Ford's running mate, instead of sitting Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. Carter defeated a slew of competitors in the 1976 Democratic primaries, including California Governor Jerry Brown, Alabama Governor George Wallace, Arizona Congressman Mo Udall, Washington Senator Henry M. Jackson, and Idaho Senator Frank Church.

Neither the House nor Senate saw major changes in partisan composition, so the Democrats retained control of Congress. Democrats won the nationwide popular vote for the House of Representatives by a margin of 13.6 percentage points.[3]

In the gubernatorial elections, the Democratic Party picked up one seat.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. ^ "1976 Presidential Election". US Elections. University of Connecticut. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Election Statistics, 1920 to Present". United States House of Representatives.