See main article: 1976 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1976 United States presidential election in Arizona |
| Country: | Arizona |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1972 United States presidential election in Arizona |
| Previous Year: | 1972 |
| Next Election: | 1980 United States presidential election in Arizona |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1976 |
| Votes For Election: | All 6 Arizona electoral votes to the Electoral College |
| Image1: | Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Gerald Ford |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Michigan |
| Running Mate1: | Bob Dole |
| Electoral Vote1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 418,642 |
| Percentage1: | 56.37% |
| Nominee2: | Jimmy Carter |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Georgia |
| Running Mate2: | Walter Mondale |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 295,602 |
| Percentage2: | 39.80% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| 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 Arizona was part of the 1976 United States presidential election, which took place on November 2, 1976, throughout all fifty states and D.C. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arizona voted strongly for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Gerald Ford, over the Democratic nominee, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. The state turned out to be the sixth most Republican in the nation behind Utah, Idaho, Alaska, Nebraska and Wyoming, as it was already perceived that Carter – highly popular in his native South – lacked any understanding of the environment,[1] economy, culture and political issues of the West.[2]
Carter did improve upon the performance of the preceding Democratic nominee, South Dakota Senator George McGovern, swinging away from the GOP by fifteen percentage points.
| 1976 United States presidential election in Arizona[3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | 418,642 | 56.37% | 6 | ||
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 295,602 | 39.80% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Eugene McCarthy | 19,229 | 2.59% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Roger MacBride | 7,647 | 1.03% | 0 | ||
| Socialist Workers | Peter Camejo | 928 | 0.12% | 0 | ||
| American | Thomas J. Anderson (write-in) | 564 | 0.08% | 0 | ||
| American Independent | Lester Maddox (write-in) | 85 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| United American | Frank Taylor (write-in) | 22 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Invalid or blank votes | — | |||||
| Totals | 742,719 | 100.00% | 6 | |||
| Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) | 46%/80% | |||||
| County | Gerald Ford Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | Eugene McCarthy Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Apache | 3,447 | 33.38% | 6,583 | 63.75% | 173 | 1.68% | 124 | 1.20% | -3,136 | -30.37% | 10,327 | ||||||||||||
| Cochise | 9,921 | 49.90% | 9,281 | 46.68% | 452 | 2.27% | 229 | 1.15% | 640 | 3.22% | 19,883 | ||||||||||||
| Coconino | 11,036 | 51.53% | 9,450 | 44.12% | 737 | 3.44% | 195 | 0.91% | 1,586 | 7.41% | 21,418 | ||||||||||||
| Gila | 5,136 | 42.94% | 6,440 | 53.84% | 249 | 2.08% | 137 | 1.15% | -1,304 | -10.90% | 11,962 | ||||||||||||
| Graham | 3,659 | 52.59% | 3,050 | 43.83% | 138 | 1.98% | 111 | 1.60% | 609 | 8.76% | 6,958 | ||||||||||||
| Greenlee | 1,532 | 36.07% | 2,601 | 61.24% | 81 | 1.91% | 33 | 0.78% | -1,069 | -25.17% | 4,247 | ||||||||||||
| Maricopa | 258,262 | 61.66% | 144,613 | 34.53% | 10,106 | 2.41% | 5,860 | 1.40% | 113,649 | 27.13% | 418,841 | ||||||||||||
| Mohave | 7,601 | 51.92% | 6,504 | 44.43% | 351 | 2.40% | 184 | 1.26% | 1,097 | 7.49% | 14,640 | ||||||||||||
| Navajo | 6,796 | 46.68% | 7,323 | 50.30% | 273 | 1.88% | 168 | 1.15% | -527 | -3.62% | 14,560 | ||||||||||||
| Pima | 77,264 | 49.83% | 71,214 | 45.93% | 5,075 | 3.27% | 1,508 | 0.97% | 6,050 | 3.90% | 155,061 | ||||||||||||
| Pinal | 9,354 | 45.40% | 10,595 | 51.42% | 462 | 2.24% | 193 | 0.94% | -1,241 | -6.02% | 20,604 | ||||||||||||
| Santa Cruz | 2,312 | 48.80% | 2,265 | 47.80% | 123 | 2.60% | 38 | 0.80% | 47 | 1.00% | 4,738 | ||||||||||||
| Yavapai | 12,998 | 60.18% | 7,685 | 35.58% | 620 | 2.87% | 297 | 1.38% | 5,313 | 24.60% | 21,600 | ||||||||||||
| Yuma | 9,324 | 52.15% | 7,998 | 44.73% | 389 | 2.18% | 169 | 0.95% | 1,326 | 7.42% | 17,880 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 418,642 | 56.37% | 295,602 | 39.80% | 19,229 | 2.59% | 9,246 | 1.24% | 123,040 | 16.57% | 742,719 | ||||||||||||
Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 7, 1976.[4]