The 1976 United States presidential election in Montana was part of the 1976 United States presidential election, which took place on November 2, 1976. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Montana voted for the Republican nominee, President Gerald Ford, over the Democratic nominee, former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. Ford won Montana by a margin of 7.44%. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which McCone County and Wibaux County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[1] Carter became the first ever Democrat to win the White House without carrying Daniels, Judith Basin, Pondera, Teton, or Toole Counties, as well as the first to do so without carrying Cascade County since Grover Cleveland in 1892, and the first to do so without carrying Chouteau or Valley Counties since Woodrow Wilson in 1912.
This was the first time Teton county voted for a losing candidate since 1896. With Laramie County, Wyoming, simultaneously voting for its first loser since 1892, only Crook County, Oregon, maintained a perfect winning record in the 20th century. It would maintain it until voting twice against Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996.
Results edit
| 1976 United States presidential election in Montana[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | 173,703 | 52.84% | 4 | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 149,259 | 45.40% | 0 | |
| Americanist | Thomas J. Anderson | 5,772 | 1.76% | 0 | |
| Totals | 328,734 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
Results by county edit
| County | Gerald Rudolph Ford Republican |
James Earl Carter Democratic |
Thomas Jefferson Anderson Americanist |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaverhead | 2,461 | 69.46% | 1,013 | 28.59% | 69 | 1.95% | 1,448 | 40.87% | 3,543 |
| Big Horn | 1,615 | 44.49% | 1,962 | 54.05% | 53 | 1.46% | -347 | -9.56% | 3,630 |
| Blaine | 1,349 | 49.25% | 1,356 | 49.51% | 34 | 1.24% | -7 | -0.26% | 2,739 |
| Broadwater | 820 | 59.04% | 557 | 40.10% | 12 | 0.86% | 263 | 18.93% | 1,389 |
| Carbon | 2,121 | 52.44% | 1,853 | 45.81% | 71 | 1.76% | 268 | 6.63% | 4,045 |
| Carter | 558 | 57.41% | 344 | 35.39% | 70 | 7.20% | 214 | 22.02% | 972 |
| Cascade | 15,289 | 50.11% | 14,678 | 48.11% | 544 | 1.78% | 611 | 2.00% | 30,511 |
| Chouteau | 1,814 | 52.35% | 1,568 | 45.25% | 83 | 2.40% | 246 | 7.10% | 3,465 |
| Custer | 3,120 | 55.25% | 2,425 | 42.94% | 102 | 1.81% | 695 | 12.31% | 5,647 |
| Daniels | 816 | 49.79% | 797 | 48.63% | 26 | 1.59% | 19 | 1.16% | 1,639 |
| Dawson | 2,639 | 53.21% | 2,201 | 44.38% | 120 | 2.42% | 438 | 8.83% | 4,960 |
| Deer Lodge | 2,197 | 35.57% | 3,859 | 62.48% | 120 | 1.94% | -1,662 | -26.91% | 6,176 |
| Fallon | 934 | 51.98% | 847 | 47.13% | 16 | 0.89% | 87 | 4.84% | 1,797 |
| Fergus | 3,556 | 57.73% | 2,470 | 40.10% | 134 | 2.18% | 1,086 | 17.63% | 6,160 |
| Flathead | 10,494 | 55.69% | 7,827 | 41.53% | 524 | 2.78% | 2,667 | 14.15% | 18,845 |
| Gallatin | 11,062 | 63.36% | 6,215 | 35.60% | 183 | 1.05% | 4,847 | 27.76% | 17,460 |
| Garfield | 625 | 67.79% | 273 | 29.61% | 24 | 2.60% | 352 | 38.18% | 922 |
| Glacier | 1,892 | 50.81% | 1,755 | 47.13% | 77 | 2.07% | 137 | 3.68% | 3,724 |
| Golden Valley | 302 | 53.08% | 255 | 44.82% | 12 | 2.11% | 47 | 8.26% | 569 |
| Granite | 746 | 58.65% | 509 | 40.02% | 17 | 1.34% | 237 | 18.63% | 1,272 |
| Hill | 3,274 | 45.10% | 3,878 | 53.42% | 108 | 1.49% | -604 | -8.32% | 7,260 |
| Jefferson | 1,387 | 52.26% | 1,210 | 45.59% | 57 | 2.15% | 177 | 6.67% | 2,654 |
| Judith Basin | 809 | 50.12% | 772 | 47.83% | 33 | 2.04% | 37 | 2.29% | 1,614 |
| Lake | 3,809 | 52.83% | 3,253 | 45.12% | 148 | 2.05% | 556 | 7.71% | 7,210 |
| Lewis and Clark | 10,155 | 54.84% | 8,118 | 43.84% | 244 | 1.32% | 2,037 | 11.00% | 18,517 |
| Liberty | 638 | 54.86% | 506 | 43.51% | 19 | 1.63% | 132 | 11.35% | 1,163 |
| Lincoln | 3,017 | 48.02% | 3,146 | 50.07% | 120 | 1.91% | -129 | -2.05% | 6,283 |
| McCone | 730 | 48.70% | 749 | 49.97% | 20 | 1.33% | -19 | -1.27% | 1,499 |
| Madison | 1,688 | 64.67% | 870 | 33.33% | 52 | 1.99% | 818 | 31.34% | 2,610 |
| Meagher | 565 | 60.17% | 364 | 38.76% | 10 | 1.06% | 201 | 21.41% | 939 |
| Mineral | 679 | 44.85% | 819 | 54.10% | 16 | 1.06% | -140 | -9.25% | 1,514 |
| Missoula | 16,350 | 51.36% | 15,099 | 47.43% | 388 | 1.22% | 1,251 | 3.93% | 31,837 |
| Musselshell | 1,117 | 54.09% | 922 | 44.65% | 26 | 1.26% | 195 | 9.44% | 2,065 |
| Park | 3,281 | 57.16% | 2,364 | 41.18% | 95 | 1.66% | 917 | 15.98% | 5,740 |
| Petroleum | 211 | 63.75% | 110 | 33.23% | 10 | 3.02% | 101 | 30.51% | 331 |
| Phillips | 1,347 | 54.18% | 1,117 | 44.93% | 22 | 0.88% | 230 | 9.25% | 2,486 |
| Pondera | 1,666 | 52.89% | 1,413 | 44.86% | 71 | 2.25% | 253 | 8.03% | 3,150 |
| Powder River | 683 | 55.30% | 429 | 34.74% | 123 | 9.96% | 254 | 20.57% | 1,235 |
| Powell | 1,610 | 54.56% | 1,302 | 44.12% | 39 | 1.32% | 308 | 10.44% | 2,951 |
| Prairie | 597 | 58.59% | 415 | 40.73% | 7 | 0.69% | 182 | 17.86% | 1,019 |
| Ravalli | 4,894 | 56.29% | 3,504 | 40.30% | 296 | 3.40% | 1,390 | 15.99% | 8,694 |
| Richland | 2,189 | 51.35% | 1,961 | 46.00% | 113 | 2.65% | 228 | 5.35% | 4,263 |
| Roosevelt | 1,822 | 46.38% | 2,061 | 52.47% | 45 | 1.15% | -239 | -6.08% | 3,928 |
| Rosebud | 1,538 | 51.16% | 1,413 | 47.01% | 55 | 1.83% | 125 | 4.16% | 3,006 |
| Sanders | 1,738 | 48.60% | 1,725 | 48.24% | 113 | 3.16% | 13 | 0.36% | 3,576 |
| Sheridan | 1,114 | 41.05% | 1,560 | 57.48% | 40 | 1.47% | -446 | -16.43% | 2,714 |
| Silver Bow | 7,506 | 39.28% | 11,377 | 59.53% | 227 | 1.19% | -3,871 | -20.26% | 19,110 |
| Stillwater | 1,446 | 54.88% | 1,143 | 43.38% | 46 | 1.75% | 303 | 11.50% | 2,635 |
| Sweet Grass | 1,135 | 68.41% | 502 | 30.26% | 22 | 1.33% | 633 | 38.16% | 1,659 |
| Teton | 1,730 | 51.72% | 1,506 | 45.02% | 109 | 3.26% | 224 | 6.70% | 3,345 |
| Toole | 1,469 | 56.43% | 1,080 | 41.49% | 54 | 2.07% | 389 | 14.94% | 2,603 |
| Treasure | 315 | 55.85% | 239 | 42.38% | 10 | 1.77% | 76 | 13.48% | 564 |
| Valley | 2,520 | 50.82% | 2,352 | 47.43% | 87 | 1.75% | 168 | 3.39% | 4,959 |
| Wheatland | 755 | 57.20% | 535 | 40.53% | 30 | 2.27% | 220 | 16.67% | 1,320 |
| Wibaux | 308 | 44.57% | 352 | 50.94% | 31 | 4.49% | -44 | -6.37% | 691 |
| Yellowstone | 25,201 | 57.11% | 18,329 | 41.54% | 595 | 1.35% | 6,872 | 15.57% | 44,125 |
| Totals | 173,703 | 52.84% | 149,259 | 45.40% | 5,772 | 1.76% | 24,444 | 7.44% | 328,734 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit
See also edit
References 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
- ^ David Leip. "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.