United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 1976

United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 1976
Oklahoma
November 2, 1976

 
Nominee Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Michigan Georgia
Running mate Robert Dole Walter Mondale
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 545,708 532,442
Percentage 49.96% 48.75%

President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Oklahoma voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Oklahoma was won by Incumbent President Gerald Ford (R) by a narrow margin of 1.21%.[1] Despite Ford's narrow victory, Oklahoma is a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state was Lyndon Johnson in his 1964 presidential campaign.

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