1976 United States presidential election in Kansas explained

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Election Name:	1976 United States presidential election in Kansas
Country:	Kansas
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1972 United States presidential election in Kansas
Previous Year:	1972
Next Election:	1980 United States presidential election in Kansas
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:	7
Popular Vote1:	502,752
Percentage1:	52.49%
Nominee2:	Jimmy Carter
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Georgia
Running Mate2:	Walter Mondale
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	430,421
Percentage2:	44.94%
Map Size:	300px
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 Kansas took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Kansas voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kansas was won by incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan). with 52.49 percent of the popular vote, against Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 44.94 percent of the popular vote.^[1] None of the third-party candidates amounted to a significant portion of the vote, but Eugene McCarthy (I–Minnesota) won 1.38 percent of the popular vote in Kansas, finishing third in the state. This was the only occasion between 1964 and 1988 that the Democrats won any Kansas county except Wyandotte.

Ford's running mate was Bob Dole, Kansas' junior U.S. senator since 1969. Dole, a native of Russell, was previously the U.S. representative from Kansas's 1st congressional district from 1963 to 1968 after representing the defunct 6th district for one term.

Despite losing in Kansas, Carter went on to win the national election and became the 39th president of the United States., this is the last election in which the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Anderson, Butler, Cloud, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Hodgeman, Kingman, Ness, Pawnee, Reno, Rice, Rush, Stafford, Sumner, and Wichita.^[2]

Results

Results by county

County^[3]	Gerald Ford Republican		Jimmy Carter Democratic		Eugene McCarthy Independent		Thomas Anderson American		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Allen		3,269		53.23%		2,746		44.72%		67		1.09%		25		0.41%		34		0.55%		523		8.51%		6,141
	Anderson		1,872		48.70%		1,886		49.06%		51		1.33%		17		0.44%		18		0.47%		-14		-0.36%		3,844
	Atchison		4,030		48.30%		4,108		49.23%		142		1.70%		35		0.42%		29		0.35%		-78		-0.93%		8,344
	Barber		1,568		50.43%		1,494		48.05%		27		0.87%		8		0.26%		12		0.39%		74		2.38%		3,109
	Barton		7,311		55.63%		5,497		41.83%		174		1.32%		84		0.64%		76		0.58%		1,814		13.80%		13,142
	Bourbon		3,589		51.80%		3,237		46.72%		44		0.64%		28		0.40%		31		0.45%		352		5.08%		6,929
	Brown		3,407		64.96%		1,745		33.27%		51		0.97%		17		0.32%		25		0.48%		1,662		31.69%		5,245
	Butler		8,390		48.45%		8,540		49.32%		173		1.00%		107		0.62%		106		0.61%		-150		-0.87%		17,316
	Chase		922		57.59%		643		40.16%		18		1.12%		10		0.62%		8		0.50%		279		17.43%		1,601
	Chautauqua		1,159		55.77%		866		41.67%		27		1.30%		17		0.82%		9		0.43%		293		14.10%		2,078
	Cherokee		3,957		42.93%		5,154		55.91%		55		0.60%		18		0.20%		34		0.37%		-1,197		-12.98%		9,218
	Cheyenne		1,008		55.84%		758		41.99%		19		1.05%		10		0.55%		10		0.55%		250		13.85%		1,805
	Clark		761		51.80%		680		46.29%		13		0.88%		9		0.61%		6		0.41%		81		5.51%		1,469
	Clay		3,085		63.85%		1,610		33.32%		57		1.18%		20		0.41%		60		1.24%		1,475		30.53%		4,832
	Cloud		2,954		48.74%		2,976		49.10%		55		0.91%		18		0.30%		58		0.96%		-22		-0.36%		6,061
	Coffey		2,145		56.70%		1,549		40.95%		48		1.27%		23		0.61%		18		0.48%		596		15.75%		3,783
	Comanche		719		52.71%		630		46.19%		8		0.59%		1		0.07%		6		0.44%		89		6.52%		1,364
	Cowley		7,513		50.32%		7,095		47.52%		152		1.02%		76		0.51%		95		0.64%		418		2.80%		14,931
	Crawford		7,225		43.78%		9,021		54.66%		133		0.81%		37		0.22%		88		0.53%		-1,796		-10.88%		16,504
	Decatur		1,232		52.74%		1,011		43.28%		36		1.54%		32		1.37%		25		1.07%		221		9.46%		2,336
	Dickinson		4,759		55.23%		3,672		42.61%		103		1.20%		38		0.44%		45		0.52%		1,087		12.62%		8,617
	Doniphan		2,469		62.21%		1,428		35.98%		29		0.73%		12		0.30%		31		0.78%		1,041		26.23%		3,969
	Douglas		14,277		51.28%		11,922		42.82%		1,358		4.88%		115		0.41%		170		0.61%		2,355		8.46%		27,842
	Edwards		1,001		42.47%		1,304		55.32%		26		1.25%		9		0.43%		17		0.81%		-303		-12.85%		2,357
	Elk		1,087		54.84%		865		43.64%		12		0.61%		6		0.30%		12		0.61%		222		11.20%		1,982
	Ellis		4,719		41.98%		6,280		55.87%		157		1.40%		38		0.34%		46		0.41%		-1,561		-13.89%		11,240
	Ellsworth		1,618		49.85%		1,573		48.46%		28		0.86%		14		0.43%		13		0.40%		45		1.39%		3,246
	Finney		3,711		48.40%		3,813		49.73%		68		0.89%		37		0.48%		38		0.50%		-102		-1.33%		7,667
	Ford		4,679		47.61%		4,934		50.21%		114		1.16%		29		0.30%		71		0.72%		-255		-2.60%		9,827
	Franklin		4,760		55.49%		3,607		42.05%		120		1.40%		33		0.38%		58		0.68%		1,153		13.44%		8,578
	Geary		3,230		52.13%		2,843		45.88%		61		0.98%		15		0.24%		47		0.76%		387		6.25%		6,196
	Gove		860		48.95%		848		48.26%		33		1.88%		4		0.23%		12		0.68%		12		0.69%		1,757
	Graham		1,112		53.26%		936		44.83%		22		1.05%		4		0.19%		14		0.67%		176		8.43%		2,088
	Grant		1,226		50.62%		1,151		47.52%		21		0.87%		7		0.29%		17		0.70%		75		3.10%		2,422
	Gray		837		42.08%		1,111		55.86%		23		1.16%		5		0.25%		13		0.65%		-274		-13.78%		1,989
	Greeley		389		43.42%		479		53.46%		14		1.56%		5		0.56%		9		1.00%		-90		-10.04%		896
	Greenwood		2,319		55.96%		1,737		41.92%		23		0.56%		44		1.06%		21		0.51%		582		14.04%		4,144
	Hamilton		560		41.70%		746		55.55%		8		0.60%		20		1.49%		9		0.67%		-186		-13.85%		1,343
	Harper		1,777		50.00%		1,681		47.30%		29		0.82%		35		0.98%		32		0.90%		96		2.70%		3,554
	Harvey		6,624		51.00%		6,003		46.22%		173		1.33%		92		0.71%		95		0.73%		621		4.78%		12,987
	Haskell		761		51.98%		676		46.17%		13		0.89%		4		0.27%		10		0.68%		85		5.81%		1,464
	Hodgeman		576		43.80%		697		53.00%		24		1.83%		7		0.53%		11		0.84%		-121		-9.20%		1,315
	Jackson		2,725		54.85%		2,129		42.85%		48		0.97%		30		0.60%		36		0.72%		596		12.00%		4,968
	Jefferson		3,225		55.12%		2,470		42.22%		84		1.44%		40		0.68%		32		0.55%		755		12.90%		5,851
	Jewell		1,592		57.47%		1,111		40.11%		29		1.05%		11		0.40%		27		0.97%		481		17.36%		2,770
	Johnson		75,798		66.41%		35,605		31.19%		1,740		1.52%		364		0.32%		635		0.56%		40,193		35.22%		114,142
	Kearny		674		48.95%		658		47.79%		22		1.60%		10		0.73%		13		0.94%		16		1.16%		1,377
	Kingman		1,839		44.93%		2,142		52.33%		69		1.69%		16		0.39%		27		0.66%		-303		-7.40%		4,093
	Kiowa		1,180		59.48%		764		38.51%		19		0.96%		6		0.30%		15		0.76%		416		20.97%		1,984
	Labette		4,640		45.59%		5,294		52.02%		127		1.25%		59		0.58%		57		0.56%		-654		-6.43%		10,177
	Lane		651		48.91%		646		48.53%		12		0.90%		8		0.60%		14		1.05%		5		0.38%		1,331
	Leavenworth		8,407		50.11%		8,022		47.81%		212		1.26%		70		0.42%		67		0.40%		385		2.30%		16,778
	Lincoln		1,225		54.52%		985		43.84%		23		1.02%		3		0.13%		11		0.49%		240		10.68%		2,247
	Linn		1,873		52.00%		1,681		46.67%		23		0.64%		7		0.19%		18		0.50%		192		5.33%		3,602
	Logan		957		56.39%		694		40.90%		15		0.88%		20		1.18%		11		0.65%		263		15.49%		1,697
	Lyon		7,062		52.59%		5,634		41.96%		232		1.73%		446		3.32%		54		0.40%		1,428		10.63%		13,428
	Marion		3,226		50.72%		3,004		47.23%		71		1.12%		16		0.25%		43		0.68%		222		3.49%		6,360
	Marshall		6,187		52.17%		5,366		45.24%		158		1.33%		44		0.37%		105		0.89%		821		6.93%		11,860
	McPherson		3,519		57.31%		2,483		40.44%		63		1.03%		31		0.50%		44		0.72%		1,036		16.87%		6,140
	Meade		1,109		51.53%		983		45.68%		20		0.93%		10		0.46%		30		1.39%		126		5.85%		2,152
	Miami		3,999		48.67%		4,000		48.69%		125		1.52%		45		0.55%		47		0.57%		-1		-0.02%		8,216
	Mitchell		2,095		53.99%		1,700		43.81%		51		1.31%		14		0.36%		20		0.52%		395		10.18%		3,880
	Montgomery		8,864		54.08%		7,157		43.66%		122		0.74%		161		0.98%		87		0.53%		1,707		10.42%		16,391
	Morris		1,698		54.74%		1,337		43.10%		32		1.03%		15		0.48%		20		0.64%		361		11.64%		3,102
	Morton		738		48.91%		735		48.71%		20		1.33%		5		0.33%		11		0.73%		3		0.20%		1,509
	Nemaha		2,759		50.71%		2,586		47.53%		63		1.16%		13		0.24%		20		0.37%		173		3.18%		5,441
	Neosho		4,038		50.32%		3,842		47.88%		79		0.98%		38		0.47%		27		0.34%		196		2.44%		8,024
	Ness		1,016		46.52%		1,106		50.64%		28		1.28%		13		0.60%		21		0.96%		-90		-4.12%		2,184
	Norton		2,201		60.55%		1,337		36.78%		44		1.21%		26		0.72%		27		0.74%		864		23.77%		3,635
	Osage		2,945		50.53%		2,755		47.27%		61		1.04%		31		0.53%		36		0.62%		190		3.26%		5,828
	Osborne		1,574		55.42%		1,190		41.90%		28		0.99%		17		0.60%		31		1.09%		384		13.52%		2,840
	Ottawa		1,629		52.86%		1,393		45.20%		37		1.20%		6		0.19%		17		0.55%		236		7.66%		3,082
	Pawnee		1,692		45.11%		1,959		52.23%		47		1.25%		12		0.32%		41		1.09%		-267		-7.12%		3,751
	Phillips		2,317		63.05%		1,264		34.39%		48		1.31%		28		0.76%		18		0.49%		1,053		28.66%		3,675
	Pottawatomie		3,483		59.06%		2,316		39.27%		59		1.00%		17		0.29%		22		0.37%		1,167		19.79%		5,897
	Pratt		2,427		50.04%		2,307		47.57%		61		1.26%		11		0.23%		44		0.91%		120		2.47%		4,850
	Rawlins		1,148		53.87%		903		42.37%		42		1.97%		22		1.03%		16		0.75%		245		11.50%		2,131
	Reno		11,212		42.29%		14,620		55.14%		333		1.26%		107		0.40%		240		0.91%		-3,408		-12.85%		26,512
	Republic		2,294		57.44%		1,617		40.49%		47		1.18%		13		0.33%		23		0.58%		677		16.95%		3,994
	Rice		2,584		44.82%		3,056		53.01%		64		1.11%		19		0.33%		42		0.73%		-472		-8.19%		5,765
	Riley		9,518		57.45%		6,540		39.47%		394		2.38%		34		0.21%		82		0.49%		2,978		17.98%		16,568
	Rooks		1,664		53.04%		1,412		45.01%		33		1.05%		11		0.35%		17		0.54%		252		8.03%		3,137
	Rush		1,170		45.33%		1,359		52.65%		31		1.20%		6		0.23%		15		0.58%		-189		-7.32%		2,581
	Russell		3,165		67.79%		1,453		31.12%		32		0.69%		9		0.19%		10		0.21%		1,712		36.67%		4,669
	Saline		11,218		55.79%		8,476		42.15%		271		1.35%		59		0.29%		83		0.41%		2,742		13.64%		20,107
	Scott		1,195		54.74%		919		42.10%		39		1.79%		16		0.73%		14		0.64%		276		12.64%		2,183
	Sedgwick		69,828		50.74%		63,989		46.49%		1,616		1.17%		723		0.53%		1,473		1.07%		5,839		4.25%		137,629
	Seward		3,604		64.19%		1,907		33.96%		59		1.05%		11		0.20%		34		0.61%		1,697		30.23%		5,615
	Shawnee		37,101		55.07%		28,578		42.42%		995		1.48%		288		0.43%		408		0.61%		8,523		12.65%		67,370
	Sheridan		838		49.15%		793		46.51%		48		2.82%		11		0.65%		15		0.88%		45		2.64%		1,705
	Sherman		1,671		50.15%		1,573		47.21%		55		1.65%		17		0.51%		16		0.48%		98		2.94%		3,332
	Smith		2,009		58.47%		1,333		38.80%		47		1.37%		24		0.70%		23		0.67%		676		19.67%		3,436
	Stafford		1,430		45.22%		1,659		52.47%		32		1.01%		7		0.22%		34		1.08%		-229		-7.25%		3,162
	Stanton		510		49.04%		489		47.02%		14		1.35%		14		1.35%		13		1.25%		21		2.02%		1,040
	Stevens		1,262		57.23%		901		40.86%		24		1.09%		10		0.45%		8		0.36%		361		16.37%		2,205
	Sumner		4,645		44.92%		5,385		52.08%		138		1.33%		87		0.84%		85		0.82%		-740		-7.16%		10,340
	Thomas		2,246		53.94%		1,802		43.28%		60		1.44%		26		0.62%		30		0.72%		444		10.66%		4,164
	Trego		1,025		49.56%		1,003		48.50%		25		1.21%		8		0.39%		7		0.34%		22		1.06%		2,068
	Wabaunsee		1,921		57.58%		1,354		40.59%		32		0.96%		17		0.51%		12		0.36%		567		16.99%		3,336
	Wallace		600		52.77%		486		42.74%		32		2.81%		8		0.70%		11		0.97%		114		10.03%		1,137
	Washington		2,543		60.36%		1,564		37.12%		63		1.50%		10		0.24%		33		0.78%		979		23.24%		4,213
	Wichita		593		47.90%		614		49.60%		12		0.97%		8		0.65%		11		0.89%		-21		-1.70%		1,238
	Wilson		2,682		55.67%		2,047		42.49%		46		0.95%		26		0.54%		17		0.35%		635		13.18%		4,818
	Woodson		1,104		54.09%		904		44.29%		17		0.83%		7		0.34%		9		0.44%		200		9.80%		2,041
	Wyandotte		23,141		36.99%		37,478		59.91%		903		1.44%		318		0.51%		715		1.14%		-14,337		-22.92%		62,555
Totals	502,752	52.49%	430,421	44.94%	13,185	1.38%	4,724	0.49%	6,763	0.71%	72,331	7.55%	957,845

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Anderson
• Atchison
• Butler
• Cherokee
• Cloud
• Crawford
• Edwards
• Ellis
• Finney
• Ford
• Gray
• Greeley
• Hamilton
• Hodgeman
• Kingman
• Labette
• Miami
• Ness
• Pawnee
• Reno
• Rice
• Rush
• Stafford
• Sumner
• Wichita
• Wyandotte

See also

• United States presidential elections in Kansas

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1976 Presidential General Election Results — Kansas. January 7, 2017.
2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
3. Web site: Our Campaigns. KS US President Race, November 02, 1976.