1976 United States presidential election in Michigan
The 1976 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on November 2, 1976 as part of the 1976 United States presidential election.
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All 21 Michigan votes to the Electoral College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 59.4% ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Michigan |
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Michigan was won by the incumbent President Gerald Ford, who won his home state with 51.83% of the vote, carrying its 21 electoral votes. However, he lost the general election to Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter. This marked the last time a Democrat won the presidency without carrying Michigan. Carter also became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Macomb County since Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
Primaries
Democratic primaries
- Jimmy Carter - 43.40%
- Mo Udall - 43.06%
- George Wallace - 6.94%
Republican primaries
- Gerald Ford - 64.94%
- Ronald Reagan - 34.25%
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 1,893,742 | 51.83% | |
Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 1,696,714 | 46.44% | |
Independent | Eugene McCarthy | 47,905 | 1.31% | |
Libertarian | Roger MacBride | 5,406 | 0.15% | |
People's | Margaret Wright | 3,504 | 0.10% | |
Write-ins | 2,160 | 0.06% | ||
Socialist Workers | Peter Camejo | 1,804 | 0.05% | |
U.S. Labor | Lyndon LaRouche | 1,366 | 0.04% | |
Socialist Labor | Julius Levin | 1,148 | 0.03% | |
Total votes | 3,653,749 | 100% |
Results by county
County | Gerald Rudolph Ford Republican |
James Earl Carter Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alcona | 2,328 | 52.87% | 2,038 | 46.29% | 37 | 0.84% | 290 | 6.59% | 4,403 |
Alger | 1,722 | 41.38% | 2,379 | 57.17% | 60 | 1.44% | -657 | -15.79% | 4,161 |
Allegan | 19,330 | 65.59% | 9,794 | 33.23% | 347 | 1.18% | 9,536 | 32.36% | 29,471 |
Alpena | 6,380 | 49.59% | 6,310 | 49.04% | 176 | 1.37% | 70 | 0.54% | 12,866 |
Antrim | 4,369 | 58.11% | 3,032 | 40.33% | 117 | 1.56% | 1,337 | 17.78% | 7,518 |
Arenac | 2,687 | 49.55% | 2,695 | 49.70% | 41 | 0.76% | -8 | -0.15% | 5,423 |
Baraga | 1,788 | 49.47% | 1,778 | 49.20% | 48 | 1.33% | 10 | 0.28% | 3,614 |
Barry | 11,178 | 60.79% | 6,967 | 37.89% | 243 | 1.32% | 4,211 | 22.90% | 18,388 |
Bay | 23,174 | 46.64% | 25,958 | 52.24% | 557 | 1.12% | -2,784 | -5.60% | 49,689 |
Benzie | 3,085 | 61.23% | 1,891 | 37.53% | 62 | 1.23% | 1,194 | 23.70% | 5,038 |
Berrien | 40,835 | 61.13% | 25,163 | 37.67% | 800 | 1.20% | 15,672 | 23.46% | 66,798 |
Branch | 8,251 | 55.74% | 6,301 | 42.57% | 250 | 1.69% | 1,950 | 13.17% | 14,802 |
Calhoun | 30,390 | 53.77% | 25,229 | 44.64% | 901 | 1.59% | 5,161 | 9.13% | 56,520 |
Cass | 9,893 | 55.15% | 7,843 | 43.72% | 203 | 1.13% | 2,050 | 11.43% | 17,939 |
Charlevoix | 5,145 | 55.57% | 3,953 | 42.70% | 160 | 1.73% | 1,192 | 12.88% | 9,258 |
Cheboygan | 4,894 | 55.13% | 3,880 | 43.70% | 104 | 1.17% | 1,014 | 11.42% | 8,878 |
Chippewa | 7,025 | 53.32% | 6,022 | 45.71% | 128 | 0.97% | 1,003 | 7.61% | 13,175 |
Clare | 4,879 | 53.46% | 4,153 | 45.51% | 94 | 1.03% | 726 | 7.96% | 9,126 |
Clinton | 13,475 | 63.11% | 7,549 | 35.35% | 329 | 1.54% | 5,926 | 27.75% | 21,353 |
Crawford | 2,359 | 54.82% | 1,889 | 43.90% | 55 | 1.28% | 470 | 10.92% | 4,303 |
Delta | 7,809 | 45.85% | 9,027 | 53.00% | 197 | 1.16% | -1,218 | -7.15% | 17,033 |
Dickinson | 5,922 | 48.63% | 6,134 | 50.37% | 121 | 0.99% | -212 | -1.74% | 12,177 |
Eaton | 22,120 | 63.65% | 12,083 | 34.77% | 547 | 1.57% | 10,037 | 28.88% | 34,750 |
Emmet | 5,910 | 58.49% | 4,013 | 39.72% | 181 | 1.79% | 1,897 | 18.77% | 10,104 |
Genesee | 80,004 | 46.67% | 88,967 | 51.89% | 2,467 | 1.44% | -8,963 | -5.23% | 171,438 |
Gladwin | 3,794 | 50.14% | 3,719 | 49.15% | 54 | 0.71% | 75 | 0.99% | 7,567 |
Gogebic | 3,953 | 38.04% | 6,341 | 61.02% | 98 | 0.94% | -2,388 | -22.98% | 10,392 |
Grand Traverse | 13,505 | 63.85% | 7,263 | 34.34% | 382 | 1.81% | 6,242 | 29.51% | 21,150 |
Gratiot | 9,526 | 63.01% | 5,429 | 35.91% | 163 | 1.08% | 4,097 | 27.10% | 15,118 |
Hillsdale | 9,307 | 62.23% | 5,427 | 36.29% | 221 | 1.48% | 3,880 | 25.94% | 14,955 |
Houghton | 8,049 | 51.60% | 7,352 | 47.13% | 199 | 1.28% | 697 | 4.47% | 15,600 |
Huron | 9,297 | 61.26% | 5,721 | 37.70% | 158 | 1.04% | 3,576 | 23.56% | 15,176 |
Ingham | 66,729 | 55.92% | 47,890 | 40.13% | 4,708 | 3.95% | 18,839 | 15.79% | 119,327 |
Ionia | 11,737 | 62.46% | 6,820 | 36.29% | 234 | 1.25% | 4,917 | 26.17% | 18,791 |
Iosco | 5,500 | 52.39% | 4,875 | 46.44% | 123 | 1.17% | 625 | 5.95% | 10,498 |
Iron | 3,224 | 41.77% | 4,401 | 57.02% | 93 | 1.20% | -1,177 | -15.25% | 7,718 |
Isabella | 10,577 | 57.66% | 7,281 | 39.69% | 487 | 2.65% | 3,296 | 17.97% | 18,345 |
Jackson | 32,873 | 56.23% | 24,726 | 42.30% | 858 | 1.47% | 8,147 | 13.94% | 58,457 |
Kalamazoo | 51,462 | 59.09% | 33,411 | 38.37% | 2,212 | 2.54% | 18,051 | 20.73% | 87,085 |
Kalkaska | 2,280 | 53.13% | 1,957 | 45.61% | 54 | 1.26% | 323 | 7.53% | 4,291 |
Kent | 126,805 | 67.22% | 59,000 | 31.28% | 2,828 | 1.50% | 67,805 | 35.95% | 188,633 |
Keweenaw | 606 | 47.68% | 658 | 51.77% | 7 | 0.55% | -52 | -4.09% | 1,271 |
Lake | 1,598 | 41.96% | 2,179 | 57.22% | 31 | 0.81% | -581 | -15.26% | 3,808 |
Lapeer | 12,349 | 55.59% | 9,503 | 42.78% | 363 | 1.63% | 2,846 | 12.81% | 22,215 |
Leelanau | 4,240 | 62.33% | 2,437 | 35.82% | 126 | 1.85% | 1,803 | 26.50% | 6,803 |
Lenawee | 18,397 | 55.02% | 14,610 | 43.70% | 428 | 1.28% | 3,787 | 11.33% | 33,435 |
Livingston | 19,437 | 59.83% | 12,415 | 38.22% | 634 | 1.95% | 7,022 | 21.62% | 32,486 |
Luce | 1,379 | 55.27% | 1,099 | 44.05% | 17 | 0.68% | 280 | 11.22% | 2,495 |
Mackinac | 3,107 | 55.22% | 2,452 | 43.58% | 68 | 1.21% | 655 | 11.64% | 5,627 |
Macomb | 132,499 | 51.24% | 121,176 | 46.86% | 4,928 | 1.91% | 11,323 | 4.38% | 258,603 |
Manistee | 5,532 | 54.59% | 4,479 | 44.20% | 123 | 1.21% | 1,053 | 10.39% | 10,134 |
Marquette | 12,984 | 49.34% | 12,837 | 48.78% | 494 | 1.88% | 147 | 0.56% | 26,315 |
Mason | 6,812 | 59.15% | 4,541 | 39.43% | 163 | 1.42% | 2,271 | 19.72% | 11,516 |
Mecosta | 7,287 | 59.63% | 4,725 | 38.66% | 209 | 1.71% | 2,562 | 20.96% | 12,221 |
Menominee | 5,633 | 49.60% | 5,596 | 49.27% | 128 | 1.13% | 37 | 0.33% | 11,357 |
Midland | 17,631 | 58.57% | 11,959 | 39.73% | 511 | 1.70% | 5,672 | 18.84% | 30,101 |
Missaukee | 2,943 | 62.87% | 1,688 | 36.06% | 50 | 1.07% | 1,255 | 26.81% | 4,681 |
Monroe | 20,676 | 46.36% | 23,290 | 52.22% | 631 | 1.41% | -2,614 | -5.86% | 44,597 |
Montcalm | 10,439 | 60.36% | 6,684 | 38.65% | 171 | 0.99% | 3,755 | 21.71% | 17,294 |
Montmorency | 1,882 | 52.03% | 1,684 | 46.56% | 51 | 1.41% | 198 | 5.47% | 3,617 |
Muskegon | 35,548 | 56.06% | 27,013 | 42.60% | 846 | 1.33% | 8,535 | 13.46% | 63,407 |
Newaygo | 8,258 | 58.78% | 5,622 | 40.01% | 170 | 1.21% | 2,636 | 18.76% | 14,050 |
Oakland | 244,271 | 58.69% | 164,266 | 39.47% | 7,668 | 1.84% | 80,005 | 19.22% | 416,205 |
Oceana | 5,236 | 59.51% | 3,427 | 38.95% | 135 | 1.53% | 1,809 | 20.56% | 8,798 |
Ogemaw | 3,212 | 47.07% | 3,545 | 51.95% | 67 | 0.98% | -333 | -4.88% | 6,824 |
Ontonagon | 2,462 | 43.91% | 3,104 | 55.36% | 41 | 0.73% | -642 | -11.45% | 5,607 |
Osceola | 4,467 | 62.23% | 2,603 | 36.26% | 108 | 1.50% | 1,864 | 25.97% | 7,178 |
Oscoda | 1,541 | 57.56% | 1,108 | 41.39% | 28 | 1.05% | 433 | 16.17% | 2,677 |
Otsego | 3,155 | 53.01% | 2,724 | 45.77% | 73 | 1.23% | 431 | 7.24% | 5,952 |
Ottawa | 49,196 | 74.12% | 16,381 | 24.68% | 793 | 1.19% | 32,815 | 49.44% | 66,370 |
Presque Isle | 3,545 | 51.02% | 3,334 | 47.99% | 69 | 0.99% | 211 | 3.04% | 6,948 |
Roscommon | 4,608 | 54.85% | 3,691 | 43.94% | 102 | 1.21% | 917 | 10.92% | 8,401 |
Saginaw | 46,765 | 55.63% | 36,280 | 43.15% | 1,026 | 1.22% | 10,485 | 12.47% | 84,071 |
Sanilac | 10,597 | 62.87% | 6,042 | 35.84% | 217 | 1.29% | 4,555 | 27.02% | 16,856 |
Schoolcraft | 1,933 | 46.53% | 2,158 | 51.95% | 63 | 1.52% | -225 | -5.42% | 4,154 |
Shiawassee | 15,113 | 54.52% | 12,202 | 44.02% | 406 | 1.46% | 2,911 | 10.50% | 27,721 |
St. Clair | 26,311 | 52.74% | 22,734 | 45.57% | 844 | 1.69% | 3,577 | 7.17% | 49,889 |
St. Joseph | 11,784 | 61.07% | 7,306 | 37.86% | 205 | 1.06% | 4,478 | 23.21% | 19,295 |
Tuscola | 12,059 | 59.86% | 7,932 | 39.38% | 153 | 0.76% | 4,127 | 20.49% | 20,144 |
Van Buren | 13,615 | 56.02% | 10,366 | 42.65% | 321 | 1.32% | 3,249 | 13.37% | 24,302 |
Washtenaw | 56,807 | 50.86% | 50,917 | 45.59% | 3,965 | 3.55% | 5,890 | 5.27% | 111,689 |
Wayne | 348,588 | 38.18% | 548,767 | 60.11% | 15,635 | 1.71% | -200,179 | -21.93% | 912,990 |
Wexford | 5,670 | 54.96% | 4,519 | 43.80% | 128 | 1.24% | 1,151 | 11.16% | 10,317 |
Totals | 1,893,742 | 51.83% | 1,696,714 | 46.44% | 63,293 | 1.73% | 197,028 | 5.39% | 3,653,749 |
References
- http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1633_8722-29616--,00.html
- "1976 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved 2018-04-04.
- Our Campaigns; MI US President 1976
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