1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky explained

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Election Name:	1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Country:	Kentucky
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1972 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Previous Year:	1972
Next Election:	1980 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Next Year:	1980
Election Date:	November 2, 1976
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:	615,717
Percentage1:	52.75%
Nominee2:	Gerald Ford
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Michigan
Running Mate2:	Bob Dole
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	531,852
Percentage2:	45.57%
President
Before Election:	Gerald Ford
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Jimmy Carter
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
Map Size:	380px

The 1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kentucky was won by Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 52.75 percent of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), who finished with 45.57 percent of the popular vote, and did so by winning all major demographic groups in the Commonwealth.^[1] No third-party candidate amounted to 1 percent of the vote; American Party candidate Thomas Anderson came the closest with 0.71 percent.

Carter went on to become the 39th president of the United States.^[2], this is the last election in which Warren County, Hardin County, Madison County, Christian County, Taylor County, and Lincoln County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and the last in which Boone County did not support the Republican candidate, as voters in Boone County gave the exact same number of votes to Ford as they did to Carter.^[3] This is also the last presidential election in which a Democratic presidential candidate won a majority of the vote in the state.

Results

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)
Jimmy Carter of Georgia	Walter Mondale	Democratic	9^[4]	615,717	52.75%
Gerald Ford (incumbent)	Robert Dole	Republican	0	531,852	45.57%
Thomas J. Anderson	Rufus Shackelford	American	0	8,308	0.71%
Eugene McCarthy	—	Independent	0	6,837	0.59%
Lester Maddox	William Dyke	American Independent	0	2,328	0.20%
Roger MacBride	David Bergland	Libertarian	0	814	0.07%
Lyndon LaRouche	R. Wayne Evans	U.S. Labor	0	510	0.04%
Gus Hall	Jarvis Tyner	Communist	0	426	0.04%
Peter Camejo	Willie Mae Reid	Socialist Workers	0	350	0.03%

Results by county

County^[5]	Jimmy Carter Democratic		Gerald Ford Republican		Thomas Anderson American		Eugene McCarthy Independent		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"	%
	Adair		2,366		42.00%		3,201		56.82%		26		0.46%		10		0.18%		31		0.55%		-835		-14.82%		5,634
	Allen		2,231		46.69%		2,508		52.49%		11		0.23%		10		0.21%		18		0.38%		-277		-5.80%		4,778
	Anderson		2,388		57.79%		1,682		40.71%		34		0.82%		15		0.36%		13		0.31%		706		17.08%		4,132
	Ballard		2,794		75.66%		649		17.57%		216		5.85%		16		0.43%		18		0.49%		2,145		58.09%		3,693
	Barren		5,878		60.16%		3,797		38.86%		55		0.56%		22		0.23%		19		0.19%		2,081		21.30%		9,771
	Bath		2,113		68.80%		938		30.54%		9		0.29%		7		0.23%		4		0.13%		1,175		38.26%		3,071
	Bell		5,284		50.41%		5,035		48.03%		100		0.95%		30		0.29%		34		0.32%		249		2.38%		10,483
Boone		5,602		49.21%		5,602		49.21%		63		0.55%		75		0.66%		43		0.38%	0	0.00%	11,385
	Bourbon		3,504		59.35%		2,260		38.28%		88		1.49%		30		0.51%		22		0.37%		1,244		21.07%		5,904
	Boyd		11,150		54.50%		9,106		44.51%		50		0.24%		84		0.41%		69		0.34%		2,044		9.99%		20,459
	Boyle		4,095		53.16%		3,511		45.58%		21		0.27%		45		0.58%		31		0.40%		584		7.58%		7,703
	Bracken		1,577		63.21%		879		35.23%		19		0.76%		12		0.48%		8		0.32%		698		27.98%		2,495
	Breathitt		3,544		77.45%		1,014		22.16%		5		0.11%		7		0.15%		6		0.13%		2,530		55.29%		4,576
	Breckinridge		3,347		54.77%		2,698		44.15%		20		0.33%		25		0.41%		21		0.34%		649		10.62%		6,111
	Bullitt		5,623		59.40%		3,639		38.44%		100		1.06%		56		0.59%		49		0.52%		1,984		20.96%		9,467
	Butler		1,588		39.89%		2,363		59.36%		6		0.15%		10		0.25%		14		0.35%		-775		-19.47%		3,981
	Caldwell		3,016		61.56%		1,808		36.91%		46		0.94%		15		0.31%		14		0.29%		1,208		24.65%		4,899
	Calloway		8,141		70.75%		3,171		27.56%		55		0.48%		90		0.78%		50		0.43%		4,970		43.19%		11,507
	Campbell		12,423		43.10%		15,798		54.81%		100		0.35%		379		1.32%		121		0.42%		-3,375		-11.71%		28,821
	Carlisle		1,985		80.82%		435		17.71%		22		0.90%		8		0.33%		6		0.24%		1,550		63.11%		2,456
	Carroll		2,251		72.64%		815		26.30%		11		0.35%		11		0.35%		11		0.35%		1,436		46.34%		3,099
	Carter		3,915		54.89%		3,185		44.65%		6		0.08%		11		0.15%		16		0.22%		730		10.24%		7,133
	Casey		1,602		31.84%		3,379		67.15%		27		0.54%		17		0.34%		7		0.14%		-1,777		-35.31%		5,032
	Christian		7,845		60.75%		4,964		38.44%		38		0.29%		32		0.25%		35		0.27%		2,881		22.31%		12,914
	Clark		4,575		58.90%		3,114		40.09%		19		0.24%		39		0.50%		21		0.27%		1,461		18.81%		7,768
	Clay		1,674		31.37%		3,652		68.44%		2		0.04%		6		0.11%		2		0.04%		-1,978		-37.07%		5,336
	Clinton		987		29.12%		2,354		69.46%		11		0.32%		7		0.21%		30		0.89%		-1,367		-40.34%		3,389
	Crittenden		1,715		51.16%		1,596		47.61%		21		0.63%		13		0.39%		7		0.21%		119		3.55%		3,352
	Cumberland		853		33.76%		1,653		65.41%		7		0.28%		7		0.28%		7		0.28%		-800		-31.65%		2,527
	Daviess		14,114		51.41%		12,826		46.72%		266		0.97%		175		0.64%		73		0.27%		1,288		4.69%		27,454
	Edmonson		1,418		41.57%		1,976		57.93%		7		0.21%		4		0.12%		6		0.18%		-558		-16.36%		3,411
	Elliott		1,987		80.74%		455		18.49%		5		0.20%		8		0.33%		6		0.24%		1,532		62.25%		2,461
	Estill		2,034		47.15%		2,250		52.16%		6		0.14%		16		0.37%		8		0.19%		-216		-5.01%		4,314
	Fayette		28,012		43.10%		35,170		54.12%		628		0.97%		897		1.38%		282		0.43%		-7,158		-11.02%		64,989
	Fleming		2,317		58.17%		1,647		41.35%		8		0.20%		10		0.25%		1		0.03%		670		16.82%		3,983
	Floyd		10,151		76.13%		3,108		23.31%		21		0.16%		24		0.18%		29		0.22%		7,043		52.82%		13,333
	Franklin		10,475		63.71%		5,536		33.67%		240		1.46%		124		0.75%		66		0.40%		4,939		30.04%		16,441
	Fulton		2,370		68.30%		1,060		30.55%		27		0.78%		9		0.26%		4		0.12%		1,310		37.75%		3,470
	Gallatin		1,164		71.72%		436		26.86%		7		0.43%		6		0.37%		10		0.62%		728		44.86%		1,623
	Garrard		1,887		47.32%		2,045		51.28%		42		1.05%		7		0.18%		7		0.18%		-158		-3.96%		3,988
	Grant		2,336		64.28%		1,212		33.35%		70		1.93%		6		0.17%		10		0.28%		1,124		30.93%		3,634
	Graves		8,982		72.32%		3,195		25.72%		172		1.38%		33		0.27%		38		0.31%		5,787		46.60%		12,420
	Grayson		3,064		45.13%		3,658		53.87%		36		0.53%		12		0.18%		20		0.29%		-594		-8.74%		6,790
	Green		2,085		46.14%		2,397		53.04%		5		0.11%		10		0.22%		22		0.49%		-312		-6.90%		4,519
	Greenup		6,880		57.27%		5,062		42.14%		21		0.17%		27		0.22%		23		0.19%		1,818		15.13%		12,013
	Hancock		1,562		56.86%		1,124		40.92%		41		1.49%		14		0.51%		6		0.22%		438		15.94%		2,747
	Hardin		7,977		52.53%		6,965		45.87%		113		0.74%		81		0.53%		49		0.32%		1,012		6.66%		15,185
	Harlan		7,300		60.80%		4,624		38.51%		16		0.13%		38		0.32%		28		0.23%		2,676		22.29%		12,006
	Harrison		3,582		64.53%		1,911		34.43%		21		0.38%		24		0.43%		13		0.23%		1,671		30.10%		5,551
	Hart		3,189		60.81%		2,013		38.39%		7		0.13%		15		0.29%		20		0.38%		1,176		22.42%		5,244
	Henderson		7,916		65.32%		4,053		33.45%		56		0.46%		59		0.49%		34		0.28%		3,863		31.87%		12,118
	Henry		2,985		70.73%		1,192		28.25%		7		0.17%		22		0.52%		14		0.33%		1,793		42.48%		4,220
	Hickman		2,035		74.93%		585		21.54%		87		3.20%		5		0.18%		4		0.15%		1,450		53.39%		2,716
	Hopkins		7,749		59.65%		5,115		39.38%		37		0.28%		48		0.37%		41		0.32%		2,634		20.27%		12,990
	Jackson		680		19.62%		2,766		79.80%		8		0.23%		5		0.14%		7		0.20%		-2,086		-60.18%		3,466
	Jefferson		122,731		47.31%		130,262		50.21%		2,831		1.09%		2,272		0.88%		1,349		0.52%		-7,531		-2.90%		259,445
	Jessamine		2,795		46.55%		3,081		51.32%		74		1.23%		33		0.55%		21		0.35%		-286		-4.77%		6,004
	Johnson		3,683		42.65%		4,891		56.64%		16		0.19%		21		0.24%		24		0.28%		-1,208		-13.99%		8,635
	Kenton		18,833		45.18%		22,087		52.99%		176		0.42%		429		1.03%		155		0.37%		-3,254		-7.81%		41,680
	Knott		4,762		82.40%		962		16.65%		5		0.09%		14		0.24%		36		0.62%		3,800		65.75%		5,779
	Knox		3,642		42.05%		4,931		56.93%		13		0.15%		24		0.28%		51		0.59%		-1,289		-14.88%		8,661
	LaRue		2,207		60.38%		1,409		38.55%		14		0.38%		11		0.30%		14		0.38%		798		21.83%		3,655
	Laurel		3,813		37.85%		6,186		61.41%		28		0.28%		18		0.18%		28		0.28%		-2,373		-23.56%		10,073
	Lawrence		2,402		56.08%		1,838		42.91%		13		0.30%		11		0.26%		19		0.44%		564		13.17%		4,283
	Lee		1,091		42.57%		1,449		56.54%		3		0.12%		7		0.27%		13		0.51%		-358		-13.97%		2,563
	Leslie		1,478		28.04%		3,770		71.52%		8		0.15%		8		0.15%		7		0.13%		-2,292		-43.48%		5,271
	Letcher		4,590		59.24%		3,122		40.29%		9		0.12%		10		0.13%		17		0.22%		1,468		18.95%		7,748
	Lewis		1,929		44.53%		2,383		55.01%		6		0.14%		6		0.14%		8		0.18%		-454		-10.48%		4,332
	Lincoln		3,198		53.97%		2,694		45.47%		14		0.24%		5		0.08%		14		0.24%		504		8.50%		5,925
	Livingston		2,497		73.12%		878		25.71%		25		0.73%		4		0.12%		11		0.32%		1,619		47.41%		3,415
	Logan		4,850		65.64%		2,430		32.89%		67		0.91%		16		0.22%		26		0.35%		2,420		32.75%		7,389
	Lyon		1,606		72.31%		585		26.34%		22		0.99%		3		0.14%		5		0.23%		1,021		45.97%		2,221
	Madison		7,299		51.71%		6,581		46.63%		106		0.75%		88		0.62%		40		0.28%		718		5.08%		14,114
	Magoffin		2,451		57.49%		1,793		42.06%		3		0.07%		3		0.07%		13		0.30%		658		15.43%		4,263
	Marion		3,520		66.14%		1,723		32.38%		27		0.51%		30		0.56%		22		0.41%		1,797		33.76%		5,322
	Marshall		6,906		71.83%		2,578		26.82%		63		0.66%		23		0.24%		44		0.46%		4,328		45.01%		9,614
	Martin		1,267		37.12%		2,120		62.12%		4		0.12%		7		0.21%		15		0.44%		-853		-25.00%		3,413
	Mason		3,397		56.58%		2,529		42.12%		26		0.43%		36		0.60%		16		0.27%		868		14.46%		6,004
	McCracken		14,956		65.92%		6,997		30.84%		535		2.36%		125		0.55%		74		0.33%		7,959		35.08%		22,687
	McCreary		1,827		35.53%		3,272		63.63%		22		0.43%		10		0.19%		11		0.21%		-1,445		-28.10%		5,142
	McLean		2,346		65.29%		1,212		33.73%		3		0.08%		12		0.33%		20		0.56%		1,134		31.56%		3,593
	Meade		3,030		62.24%		1,755		36.05%		20		0.41%		41		0.84%		22		0.45%		1,275		26.19%		4,868
	Menifee		1,041		76.77%		304		22.42%		5		0.37%		1		0.07%		5		0.37%		737		54.35%		1,356
	Mercer		3,411		56.94%		2,451		40.91%		85		1.42%		21		0.35%		23		0.38%		960		16.03%		5,991
	Metcalfe		1,877		57.47%		1,356		41.52%		14		0.43%		4		0.12%		15		0.46%		521		15.95%		3,266
	Monroe		1,412		29.45%		3,352		69.91%		6		0.13%		14		0.29%		11		0.23%		-1,940		-40.46%		4,795
	Montgomery		3,141		60.01%		2,032		38.82%		17		0.32%		22		0.42%		22		0.42%		1,109		21.19%		5,234
	Morgan		2,897		74.34%		973		24.97%		8		0.21%		8		0.21%		11		0.28%		1,924		49.37%		3,897
	Muhlenberg		7,058		61.65%		4,292		37.49%		28		0.24%		31		0.27%		40		0.35%		2,766		24.16%		11,449
	Nelson		4,454		59.36%		2,804		37.37%		138		1.84%		65		0.87%		43		0.57%		1,650		21.99%		7,504
	Nicholas		1,582		66.53%		738		31.03%		45		1.89%		3		0.13%		10		0.42%		844		35.50%		2,378
	Ohio		3,508		47.81%		3,764		51.30%		22		0.30%		25		0.34%		18		0.25%		-256		-3.49%		7,337
	Oldham		2,819		42.51%		3,695		55.72%		27		0.41%		52		0.78%		38		0.57%		-876		-13.21%		6,631
	Owen		2,332		76.43%		676		22.16%		15		0.49%		14		0.46%		14		0.46%		1,656		54.27%		3,051
	Owsley		305		22.31%		1,053		77.03%		3		0.22%		5		0.37%		1		0.07%		-748		-54.72%		1,367
	Pendleton		2,147		62.65%		1,230		35.89%		19		0.55%		20		0.58%		11		0.32%		917		26.76%		3,427
	Perry		5,633		55.68%		4,434		43.83%		10		0.10%		15		0.15%		24		0.24%		1,199		11.85%		10,116
	Pike		14,320		60.44%		9,178		38.74%		47		0.20%		46		0.19%		100		0.42%		5,142		21.70%		23,691
	Powell		1,859		61.37%		1,148		37.90%		6		0.20%		10		0.33%		6		0.20%		711		23.47%		3,029
	Pulaski		5,752		38.14%		9,226		61.17%		29		0.19%		36		0.24%		40		0.27%		-3,474		-23.03%		15,083
	Robertson		546		65.94%		275		33.21%		3		0.36%		3		0.36%		1		0.12%		271		32.73%		828
	Rockcastle		1,408		35.09%		2,583		64.37%		4		0.10%		11		0.27%		7		0.17%		-1,175		-29.28%		4,013
	Rowan		3,541		60.34%		2,244		38.24%		13		0.22%		42		0.72%		28		0.48%		1,297		22.10%		5,868
	Russell		1,803		38.10%		2,882		60.90%		14		0.30%		12		0.25%		21		0.44%		-1,079		-22.80%		4,732
	Scott		3,118		55.30%		2,408		42.71%		62		1.10%		37		0.66%		13		0.23%		710		12.59%		5,638
	Shelby		3,841		56.10%		2,916		42.59%		30		0.44%		32		0.47%		28		0.41%		925		13.51%		6,847
	Simpson		2,782		64.71%		1,481		34.45%		14		0.33%		9		0.21%		13		0.30%		1,301		30.26%		4,299
	Spencer		1,209		60.97%		742		37.42%		18		0.91%		10		0.50%		4		0.20%		467		23.55%		1,983
	Taylor		3,456		50.33%		3,337		48.60%		20		0.29%		25		0.36%		28		0.41%		119		1.73%		6,866
	Todd		2,436		67.72%		1,095		30.44%		42		1.17%		11		0.31%		13		0.36%		1,341		37.28%		3,597
	Trigg		2,727		72.82%		991		26.46%		11		0.29%		8		0.21%		8		0.21%		1,736		46.36%		3,745
	Trimble		1,568		74.21%		517		24.47%		10		0.47%		11		0.52%		7		0.33%		1,051		49.74%		2,113
	Union		3,540		66.64%		1,716		32.30%		10		0.19%		21		0.40%		25		0.47%		1,824		34.34%		5,312
	Warren		9,657		50.06%		9,439		48.93%		39		0.20%		96		0.50%		60		0.31%		218		1.13%		19,291
	Washington		2,376		56.10%		1,765		41.68%		66		1.56%		16		0.38%		12		0.28%		611		14.42%		4,235
	Wayne		2,537		43.61%		3,243		55.75%		14		0.24%		12		0.21%		11		0.19%		-706		-12.14%		5,817
	Webster		3,523		70.89%		1,402		28.21%		17		0.34%		9		0.18%		19		0.38%		2,121		42.68%		4,970
	Whitley		4,212		40.53%		6,100		58.70%		22		0.21%		16		0.15%		42		0.40%		-1,888		-18.17%		10,392
	Wolfe		1,777		72.29%		659		26.81%		14		0.57%		2		0.08%		6		0.24%		1,118		45.48%		2,458
	Woodford		2,689		49.20%		2,646		48.42%		85		1.56%		32		0.59%		13		0.24%		43		0.78%		5,465
Totals	615,717	52.75%	531,852	45.57%	8,308	0.71%	6,837	0.59%	4,428	0.38%	83,865	7.18%	1,167,142

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Ballard
• Barren
• Boone (became tied)
• Breckinridge
• Bullitt
• Carter
• Christian
• Crittenden
• Caldwell
• Calloway
• Clark
• Daviess
• Fulton
• Franklin
• Fleming
• Hardin
• Hart
• Harlan
• Lawrence
• Letcher
• Livingston
• Lyon
• Madison
• Magoffin
• Marshall
• Metcalfe
• Muhlenberg
• Perry
• Pike
• Taylor
• Union
• Webster
• Warren
• Anderson
• Bath
• Bell
• Bourbon
• Bracken
• Boyd
• Boyle
• Caldwell
• Calloway
• Clark
• Daviess
• Franklin
• Gallatin
• Greenup
• Hancock
• Harrison
• Henderson
• Henry
• Hickman
• Hopkins
• LaRue
• Logan
• Marion
• McCracken
• Mason
• Meade
• McLean
• Mercer
• Montgomery
• Nelson
• Nicholas
• Owen
• Pendleton
• Powell
• Robertson
• Scott
• Rowan
• Simpson
• Spencer
• Shelby
• Todd
• Trigg
• Trimble
• Washington
• Woodford

Notes and References

1. Web site: Election Night 1976 ABC News Coverage. .
2. Web site: 1976 Presidential General Election Results. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
3. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
4. Web site: 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
5. Web site: Our Campaigns. KY US Presidential Race, November 02, 1976.