1976 United States presidential election in Alabama explained

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Election Name:	1976 United States presidential election in Alabama
Country:	Alabama
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1972 United States presidential election in Alabama
Previous Year:	1972
Next Election:	1980 United States presidential election in Alabama
Next Year:	1980
Election Date:	November 2, 1976
Votes For Election:	All 9 Alabama electoral votes to the Electoral College
Image1:	Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg
Nominee1:	Jimmy Carter
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	Georgia
Running Mate1:	Walter Mondale
Electoral Vote1:	9
Popular Vote1:	659,170
Percentage1:	55.73%
Nominee2:	Gerald Ford
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Michigan
Running Mate2:	Bob Dole
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	504,070
Percentage2:	42.61%
Map Size:	300px
President
Before Election:	Gerald Ford
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Jimmy Carter
After Party:	Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Alabama voted for the Democratic nominee, former Governor Jimmy Carter, over the Republican nominee, President Gerald Ford. Carter won Alabama by a margin of 13.12%., this is the last time Alabama has voted Democratic in a presidential election, as well as the last time a Democrat carried any of the following counties: Madison, Tuscaloosa, Calhoun, St. Clair, Elmore, DeKalb, Blount, Autauga, Dale, Coffee, Chilton, Escambia, Covington, Pike, Geneva, Winston, Monroe, and Cleburne.^[1]

50% of white voters supported Ford while 48% supported Carter.

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Alabama^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Jimmy Carter	659,170	55.73%	9
	Republican	Gerald Ford (inc.)	504,070	42.61%	0
	AL Conservative	Lester Maddox	9,198	0.78%	0
	AL Prohibition	Benjamin Bubar	6,669	0.56%	0
	Independent	Gus Hall	1,954	0.17%	0
	Libertarian	Roger MacBride	1,481	0.13%	0
	Write-in	Various candidates	139	0.01%	0
	Write-in	Eugene McCarthy	99	0.01%	0
	Write-in	Thomas J. Anderson	70	0.01%	0

Result by county

County	Jimmy Carter Democratic		Gerald Ford Republican		Lester Maddox Alabama Conservative		Benjamin Bubar Alabama Prohibition		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Autauga		4,640		49.69%		4,512		48.32%		87		0.93%		69		0.74%		30		0.32%		128		1.37%		9,338
	Baldwin		9,191		40.02%		13,256		57.72%		184		0.80%		288		1.25%		48		0.21%		-4,065		-17.70%		22,967
	Barbour		4,730		54.43%		3,758		43.25%		85		0.98%		98		1.13%		19		0.22%		972		11.18%		8,690
	Bibb		2,850		63.70%		1,591		35.56%		33		0.74%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,259		28.14%		4,474
	Blount		6,645		60.53%		4,233		38.56%		62		0.56%		30		0.27%		8		0.07%		2,412		21.97%		10,978
	Bullock		3,536		69.44%		1,482		29.10%		30		0.59%		36		0.71%		8		0.16%		2,054		40.34%		5,092
	Butler		4,271		59.25%		2,909		40.36%		18		0.25%		2		0.03%		8		0.11%		1,362		18.89%		7,208
	Calhoun		20,466		62.59%		11,763		35.97%		281		0.86%		27		0.08%		163		0.50%		8,703		26.62%		32,700
	Chambers		6,164		52.03%		5,488		46.32%		108		0.91%		65		0.55%		23		0.19%		676		5.71%		11,848
	Cherokee		4,668		74.62%		1,492		23.85%		47		0.75%		36		0.58%		13		0.21%		3,176		50.77%		6,256
	Chilton		5,550		53.44%		4,725		45.50%		53		0.51%		7		0.07%		50		0.48%		825		7.94%		10,385
	Choctaw		3,911		56.10%		3,033		43.50%		24		0.34%		3		0.04%		1		0.01%		878		12.60%		6,972
	Clarke		4,737		52.60%		4,126		45.81%		71		0.79%		58		0.64%		14		0.16%		611		6.79%		9,006
	Clay		2,946		60.64%		1,883		38.76%		17		0.35%		9		0.18%		20		0.41%		1,063		21.88%		4,858
	Cleburne		2,490		62.55%		1,436		36.07%		39		0.97%		16		0.40%		39		0.97%		1,054		26.48%		3,981
	Coffee		7,844		62.00%		4,683		37.02%		64		0.51%		42		0.33%		18		0.14%		3,161		24.98%		12,651
	Colbert		11,996		71.23%		4,471		26.55%		167		0.99%		174		1.03%		34		0.20%		7,525		44.68%		16,842
	Conecuh		3,086		61.97%		1,812		36.39%		32		0.64%		13		0.26%		37		0.74%		1,274		25.58%		4,980
	Coosa		2,533		67.26%		1,196		31.76%		18		0.48%		14		0.37%		5		0.13%		1,337		35.50%		3,766
	Covington		7,081		57.93%		4,977		40.71%		73		0.60%		9		0.07%		84		0.69%		2,104		17.22%		12,224
	Crenshaw		3,372		64.03%		1,801		34.20%		69		1.31%		5		0.09%		19		0.36%		1,571		29.83%		5,266
	Cullman		12,961		64.63%		6,899		34.40%		109		0.54%		26		0.13%		60		0.30%		6,062		30.23%		20,055
	Dale		6,346		55.03%		4,996		43.33%		103		0.89%		69		0.60%		17		0.15%		1,350		11.70%		11,531
	Dallas		8,866		54.19%		7,144		43.66%		161		0.98%		159		0.97%		31		0.19%		1,722		10.53%		16,361
	DeKalb		9,759		59.37%		6,597		40.14%		30		0.18%		41		0.25%		10		0.06%		3,162		19.23%		16,437
	Elmore		6,646		49.20%		6,551		48.50%		157		1.16%		121		0.90%		33		0.24%		95		0.70%		13,508
	Escambia		5,957		53.39%		4,934		44.22%		58		0.52%		17		0.15%		191		1.71%		1,023		9.17%		11,157
	Etowah		25,020		69.99%		10,333		28.90%		209		0.58%		47		0.13%		141		0.39%		14,687		41.09%		35,750
	Fayette		4,076		64.83%		2,165		34.44%		20		0.32%		13		0.21%		13		0.21%		1,911		30.39%		6,287
	Franklin		6,279		64.59%		3,345		34.41%		36		0.37%		51		0.52%		10		0.10%		2,934		30.18%		9,721
	Geneva		5,983		68.46%		2,663		30.47%		51		0.58%		4		0.05%		38		0.43%		3,320		37.99%		8,739
	Greene		2,900		75.96%		903		23.65%		7		0.18%		3		0.08%		5		0.13%		1,997		52.31%		3,818
	Hale		3,236		59.99%		2,034		37.71%		61		1.13%		44		0.82%		19		0.35%		1,202		22.28%		5,394
	Henry		3,144		60.07%		2,052		39.21%		26		0.50%		7		0.13%		5		0.10%		1,092		20.86%		5,234
	Houston		8,787		44.52%		10,672		54.07%		136		0.69%		24		0.12%		119		0.60%		-1,885		-9.55%		19,738
	Jackson		10,989		71.71%		3,913		25.53%		290		1.89%		111		0.72%		22		0.14%		7,076		46.18%		15,325
	Jefferson		99,531		45.85%		113,590		52.32%		1,754		0.81%		1,854		0.85%		361		0.17%		-14,059		-6.47%		217,090
	Lamar		3,860		67.44%		1,739		30.38%		107		1.87%		9		0.16%		9		0.16%		2,121		37.06%		5,724
	Lauderdale		15,549		67.06%		7,226		31.17%		188		0.81%		182		0.78%		40		0.17%		8,323		35.89%		23,185
	Lawrence		6,810		82.21%		1,415		17.08%		31		0.37%		4		0.05%		24		0.29%		5,395		65.13%		8,284
	Lee		8,427		44.98%		9,884		52.75%		131		0.70%		216		1.15%		79		0.42%		-1,457		-7.77%		18,737
	Limestone		8,803		73.36%		2,997		24.98%		88		0.73%		87		0.73%		25		0.21%		5,806		48.38%		12,000
	Lowndes		3,732		68.33%		1,621		29.68%		52		0.95%		36		0.66%		21		0.38%		2,111		38.65%		5,462
	Macon		5,915		79.41%		1,387		18.62%		76		1.02%		39		0.52%		32		0.43%		4,528		60.79%		7,449
	Madison		35,497		61.96%		20,959		36.59%		311		0.54%		312		0.54%		208		0.36%		14,538		25.37%		57,287
	Marengo		4,731		54.04%		3,841		43.87%		62		0.71%		95		1.09%		26		0.30%		890		10.17%		8,755
	Marion		6,244		67.12%		3,036		32.63%		8		0.09%		11		0.12%		4		0.04%		3,208		34.49%		9,303
	Marshall		13,696		68.14%		6,006		29.88%		140		0.70%		216		1.07%		42		0.21%		7,690		38.26%		20,100
	Mobile		50,264		47.47%		53,835		50.85%		1,097		1.04%		125		0.12%		555		0.52%		-3,621		-3.38%		105,876
	Monroe		3,669		50.52%		3,476		47.86%		43		0.59%		8		0.11%		67		0.92%		193		2.66%		7,263
	Montgomery		24,641		45.02%		29,360		53.64%		337		0.62%		294		0.54%		101		0.18%		-4,719		-8.62%		54,733
	Morgan		16,547		63.68%		9,058		34.86%		146		0.56%		186		0.72%		49		0.19%		7,489		28.82%		25,986
	Perry		4,486		67.13%		2,164		32.38%		18		0.27%		7		0.10%		8		0.12%		2,322		34.75%		6,683
	Pickens		3,776		55.64%		2,969		43.75%		21		0.31%		7		0.10%		13		0.19%		807		11.89%		6,786
	Pike		5,387		54.47%		4,363		44.12%		64		0.65%		54		0.55%		21		0.21%		1,024		10.35%		9,889
	Randolph		3,539		58.55%		2,286		37.82%		91		1.51%		119		1.97%		9		0.15%		1,253		20.73%		6,044
	Russell		8,077		64.14%		4,150		32.96%		193		1.53%		133		1.06%		39		0.31%		3,927		31.18%		12,592
	Shelby		7,197		43.28%		9,035		54.33%		124		0.75%		235		1.41%		24		0.14%		-1,838		-11.05%		16,629
	St. Clair		5,653		52.01%		4,877		44.87%		113		1.04%		202		1.86%		38		0.35%		776		7.14%		10,869
	Sumter		3,457		60.77%		2,191		38.51%		34		0.60%		1		0.02%		6		0.11%		1,266		22.26%		5,689
	Talladega		10,577		60.07%		6,425		36.49%		380		2.16%		46		0.26%		180		1.02%		4,152		23.58%		17,608
	Tallapoosa		7,614		57.84%		5,237		39.79%		176		1.34%		113		0.86%		23		0.17%		2,377		18.05%		13,163
	Tuscaloosa		20,275		54.79%		16,021		43.29%		317		0.86%		293		0.79%		100		0.27%		4,254		11.50%		37,006
	Walker		16,232		68.46%		7,389		31.16%		51		0.22%		23		0.10%		15		0.06%		8,843		37.30%		23,710
	Washington		3,471		61.22%		2,171		38.29%		11		0.19%		5		0.09%		12		0.21%		1,300		22.93%		5,670
	Wilcox		3,723		66.90%		1,824		32.78%		14		0.25%		2		0.04%		2		0.04%		1,899		34.12%		5,565
	Winston		4,134		52.54%		3,710		47.15%		4		0.05%		17		0.22%		3		0.04%		424		5.39%		7,868
Totals	659,170	55.73%	504,070	42.61%	9,198	0.78%	6,669	0.56%	3,743	0.32%	155,100	13.12%	1,182,850

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Autauga
• Barbour
• Bibb
• Blount
• Butler
• Calhoun
• Chambers
• Cherokee
• Chilton
• Choctaw
• Clarke
• Clay
• Cleburne
• Coffee
• Colbert
• Conecuh
• Coosa
• Covington
• Crenshaw
• Cullman
• Dale
• Dallas
• DeKalb
• Elmore
• Escambia
• Etowah
• Fayette
• Franklin
• Geneva
• Hale
• Henry
• Jackson
• Lauderdale
• Lawrence
• Limestone
• Madison
• Marengo
• Marion
• Marshall
• Monroe
• Morgan
• Perry
• Pickens
• Pike
• Randolph
• Russell
• St. Clair
• Talladega
• Tallapoosa
• Tuscaloosa
• Walker
• Washington
• Winston

See also

• United States presidential elections in Alabama

Works cited

• Book: Black . Earl . Earl Black (political scientist) . Black . Merle . Merle Black . The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected . . 1992 . 0674941306.

Notes and References

1. Sullivan, Robert David; "How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century"; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016.
2. Web site: 1976 Presidential General Election Results - Alabama. U.S. Election Atlas. July 21, 2013.