United States presidential election in Illinois, 1976

Main article: United States presidential election, 1976

November 2, 1976



Nominee	Gerald Ford	Jimmy Carter
Party	Republican	Democratic
Home state	Michigan	Georgia
Running mate	Robert Dole	Walter Mondale
Electoral vote	26	0
Popular vote	2,364,269	2,271,295
Percentage	50.10%	48.13%

President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Illinois was held on November 2nd, 1976. Gerald Ford won Illinois with 50.10% percent of the vote, but lost the general election to Jimmy Carter of Georgia. This is the last election where a Democrat won the White House without carrying Illinois.

References

State Results of the 1976 U.S. presidential election

Candidates	Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford Eugene McCarthy Full list

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Other 1976 elections	House Senate Gubernatorial

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