United States presidential election in Colorado, 1976

United States presidential election in Colorado, 1976

November 2, 1976

Nominee Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Eugene McCarthy Party Republican Democratic Independent Home state Michigan Georgia Minnesota Running mate Bob Dole Walter Mondale None Electoral vote 7 0 0 Popular vote 584,367 460,353 26,107 Percentage 54.1% 42.6% 2.4%

President before election Gerald Ford Republican Elected President Jimmy Carter Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Colorado was won by incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan). with 54.1% of the popular vote, against Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 41.6% of the popular vote. None of the third party candidates amounted a significant portion of the vote, but Eugene McCarthy (I–Minnesota) won 2.4% of the popular vote and came third overall in the nation. Despite losing in Colorado, Carter went on to win the national election and became the 39th President of the United States. Colorado had previously voted Republican fifteen times, Democrat nine times, and Populist once (for James B. Weaver in 1892).^[1]

References

1. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html