United States presidential election in Georgia, 1976

United States presidential election in Georgia, 1976

November 2, 1976

Nominee Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford Party Democratic Republican Home state Georgia Michigan Running mate Walter Mondale Robert Dole Electoral vote 12 0 Popular vote 979,409 483,743 Percentage 66.74% 32.96%

President before election Gerald Ford Republican Elected President Jimmy Carter Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on November 2, 1976. The Democratic candidate, former Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter, overwhelmingly won his home state with 66.74% of the vote ahead of the Republican Party candidate, incumbent President Gerald Ford, giving him the state's 12 electoral votes. Carter carried all of Georgia's 159 counties and 10 congressional districts by wide margins.^[1]

This is the only presidential election in Georgia history where the Democratic candidate carried all of Georgia's counties. This represented a complete flip from four years earlier when President Richard Nixon also carried every county in Georgia. Carter's percentage total in the popular vote, however, was less than that of previous Democratic victors in the state like Woodrow Wilson, James M. Cox, John W. Davis, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, although neither of these candidates carried every county in the state.

References

1. "1976 Presidential General Election Results - Georgia". Retrieved April 25, 2016.