See main article: 1976 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1976 United States presidential election in Connecticut |
| Country: | Connecticut |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1972 United States presidential election in Connecticut |
| Previous Year: | 1972 |
| Next Election: | 1980 United States presidential election in Connecticut |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1976 |
| 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: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 719,261 |
| Percentage1: | 52.06% |
| Nominee2: | Jimmy Carter |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Georgia |
| Running Mate2: | Walter Mondale |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 647,895 |
| Percentage2: | 46.90% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Gerald Ford |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Jimmy Carter |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1976 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and The District of Columbia, were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Connecticut voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Connecticut was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Gerald Ford of Michigan and his running mate Senator Bob Dole of Kansas. Ford and Dole defeated the Democratic nominees, Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia and his running mate Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota.
Ford narrowly carried Connecticut with 52.06% of the vote to Carter's 46.90%, a victory margin of 5.16%.[1], this is the last time a Democrat has won the presidency without carrying Connecticut. The state would not vote for a losing candidate again until 2000, and for the loser of the popular vote until 2004.
| 1976 United States presidential election in Connecticut[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | 719,261 | 52.06% | 8 | ||
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 647,895 | 46.90% | 0 | ||
| American Independent | Lester Maddox | 7,101 | 0.51% | 0 | ||
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 5,480 | 0.40% | 0 | ||
| U.S. Labor | Lyndon LaRouche | 1,789 | 0.13% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1,380,733 | 100.00% | 8 | |||
| Voter turnout | - | |||||
| County | Gerald Ford Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 209,458 | 58.15% | 148,353 | 41.18% | 2,413 | 0.67% | 61,105 | 16.97% | 360,224 | ||||||||||
| Hartford | 175,064 | 47.51% | 191,257 | 51.90% | 2,173 | 0.59% | -16,193 | -4.39% | 368,494 | ||||||||||
| Litchfield | 40,705 | 55.32% | 32,419 | 44.06% | 459 | 0.62% | 8,286 | 11.26% | 73,583 | ||||||||||
| Middlesex | 31,115 | 51.39% | 29,097 | 48.05% | 338 | 0.56% | 2,018 | 3.34% | 60,550 | ||||||||||
| New Haven | 174,342 | 52.17% | 157,402 | 47.10% | 2,445 | 0.73% | 16,940 | 5.07% | 334,189 | ||||||||||
| New London | 47,231 | 50.40% | 45,908 | 48.98% | 581 | 0.62% | 1,323 | 1.42% | 93,720 | ||||||||||
| Tolland | 23,703 | 50.41% | 23,079 | 49.08% | 242 | 0.51% | 624 | 1.33% | 47,024 | ||||||||||
| Windham | 17,643 | 46.11% | 20,380 | 53.26% | 239 | 0.63% | -2,737 | -7.15% | 38,262 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 719,261 | 52.06% | 647,895 | 46.90% | 14,370 | 1.04% | 71,366 | 5.16% | 1,381,526 | ||||||||||