See main article: 1976 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1976 United States presidential election in Michigan |
| Country: | Michigan |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1972 United States presidential election in Michigan |
| Previous Year: | 1972 |
| Next Election: | 1980 United States presidential election in Michigan |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
| Votes For Election: | All 21 Michigan votes to the Electoral College |
| Turnout: | 59.4% [1] |
| 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: | 21 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,893,742 |
| Percentage1: | 51.83% |
| Nominee2: | Jimmy Carter |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Georgia |
| Running Mate2: | Walter Mondale |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,696,714 |
| Percentage2: | 46.44% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Gerald Ford |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Jimmy Carter |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Map Size: | 375px |
The 1976 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on November2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election.
Michigan was won by the incumbent President Gerald Ford, who won his home state with 51.83% of the vote, carrying its 21 electoral votes. This result made Michigan about 7.5% more Republican than the nation at large. However, he lost the general election to Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter. This marked the last time a Democrat won the presidency without carrying Michigan, although Democrats won the popular vote without the state in 2016. Carter also became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Macomb County since Woodrow Wilson in 1916. The state would not vote for a losing candidate again until 2000, and for the loser of the popular vote until 2004.
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the only election since 1940 in which Michigan voted for a different candidate than nearby Pennsylvania, as well as the last time that Michigan voted more Republican than Texas, Oklahoma, or Florida. It is also the last time the Democratic candidate lost Michigan but won neighboring Ohio.
See main article: 1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
See main article: 1976 Republican Party presidential primaries.
| County | Gerald Ford Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Alcona | 2,328 | 52.87% | 2,038 | 46.29% | 37 | 0.84% | 290 | 6.58% | 4,403 | ||||||||||
| Alger | 1,722 | 41.38% | 2,379 | 57.17% | 60 | 1.44% | -657 | -15.79% | 4,161 | ||||||||||
| Allegan | 19,330 | 65.59% | 9,794 | 33.23% | 347 | 1.18% | 9,536 | 32.36% | 29,471 | ||||||||||
| Alpena | 6,380 | 49.59% | 6,310 | 49.04% | 176 | 1.37% | 70 | 0.55% | 12,866 | ||||||||||
| Antrim | 4,369 | 58.11% | 3,032 | 40.33% | 117 | 1.56% | 1,337 | 17.78% | 7,518 | ||||||||||
| Arenac | 2,687 | 49.55% | 2,695 | 49.70% | 41 | 0.76% | -8 | -0.15% | 5,423 | ||||||||||
| Baraga | 1,788 | 49.47% | 1,778 | 49.20% | 48 | 1.33% | 10 | 0.27% | 3,614 | ||||||||||
| Barry | 11,178 | 60.79% | 6,967 | 37.89% | 243 | 1.32% | 4,211 | 22.90% | 18,388 | ||||||||||
| Bay | 23,174 | 46.64% | 25,958 | 52.24% | 557 | 1.12% | -2,784 | -5.60% | 49,689 | ||||||||||
| Benzie | 3,085 | 61.23% | 1,891 | 37.53% | 62 | 1.23% | 1,194 | 23.70% | 5,038 | ||||||||||
| Berrien | 40,835 | 61.13% | 25,163 | 37.67% | 800 | 1.20% | 15,672 | 23.46% | 66,798 | ||||||||||
| Branch | 8,251 | 55.74% | 6,301 | 42.57% | 250 | 1.69% | 1,950 | 13.17% | 14,802 | ||||||||||
| Calhoun | 30,390 | 53.77% | 25,229 | 44.64% | 901 | 1.59% | 5,161 | 9.13% | 56,520 | ||||||||||
| Cass | 9,893 | 55.15% | 7,843 | 43.72% | 203 | 1.13% | 2,050 | 11.43% | 17,939 | ||||||||||
| Charlevoix | 5,145 | 55.57% | 3,953 | 42.70% | 160 | 1.73% | 1,192 | 12.87% | 9,258 | ||||||||||
| Cheboygan | 4,894 | 55.13% | 3,880 | 43.70% | 104 | 1.17% | 1,014 | 11.43% | 8,878 | ||||||||||
| Chippewa | 7,025 | 53.32% | 6,022 | 45.71% | 128 | 0.97% | 1,003 | 7.61% | 13,175 | ||||||||||
| Clare | 4,879 | 53.46% | 4,153 | 45.51% | 94 | 1.03% | 726 | 7.95% | 9,126 | ||||||||||
| Clinton | 13,475 | 63.11% | 7,549 | 35.35% | 329 | 1.54% | 5,926 | 27.76% | 21,353 | ||||||||||
| Crawford | 2,359 | 54.82% | 1,889 | 43.90% | 55 | 1.28% | 470 | 10.92% | 4,303 | ||||||||||
| Delta | 7,809 | 45.85% | 9,027 | 53.00% | 197 | 1.16% | -1,218 | -7.15% | 17,033 | ||||||||||
| Dickinson | 5,922 | 48.63% | 6,134 | 50.37% | 121 | 0.99% | -212 | -1.74% | 12,177 | ||||||||||
| Eaton | 22,120 | 63.65% | 12,083 | 34.77% | 547 | 1.57% | 10,037 | 28.88% | 34,750 | ||||||||||
| Emmet | 5,910 | 58.49% | 4,013 | 39.72% | 181 | 1.79% | 1,897 | 18.77% | 10,104 | ||||||||||
| Genesee | 80,004 | 46.67% | 88,967 | 51.89% | 2,467 | 1.44% | -8,963 | -5.22% | 171,438 | ||||||||||
| Gladwin | 3,794 | 50.14% | 3,719 | 49.15% | 54 | 0.71% | 75 | 0.99% | 7,567 | ||||||||||
| Gogebic | 3,953 | 38.04% | 6,341 | 61.02% | 98 | 0.94% | -2,388 | -22.98% | 10,392 | ||||||||||
| Grand Traverse | 13,505 | 63.85% | 7,263 | 34.34% | 382 | 1.81% | 6,242 | 29.51% | 21,150 | ||||||||||
| Gratiot | 9,526 | 63.01% | 5,429 | 35.91% | 163 | 1.08% | 4,097 | 27.10% | 15,118 | ||||||||||
| Hillsdale | 9,307 | 62.23% | 5,427 | 36.29% | 221 | 1.48% | 3,880 | 25.94% | 14,955 | ||||||||||
| Houghton | 8,049 | 51.60% | 7,352 | 47.13% | 199 | 1.28% | 697 | 4.47% | 15,600 | ||||||||||
| Huron | 9,297 | 61.26% | 5,721 | 37.70% | 158 | 1.04% | 3,576 | 23.56% | 15,176 | ||||||||||
| Ingham | 66,729 | 55.92% | 47,890 | 40.13% | 4,708 | 3.95% | 18,839 | 15.79% | 119,327 | ||||||||||
| Ionia | 11,737 | 62.46% | 6,820 | 36.29% | 234 | 1.25% | 4,917 | 26.17% | 18,791 | ||||||||||
| Iosco | 5,500 | 52.39% | 4,875 | 46.44% | 123 | 1.17% | 625 | 5.95% | 10,498 | ||||||||||
| Iron | 3,224 | 41.77% | 4,401 | 57.02% | 93 | 1.20% | -1,177 | -15.25% | 7,718 | ||||||||||
| Isabella | 10,577 | 57.66% | 7,281 | 39.69% | 487 | 2.65% | 3,296 | 17.97% | 18,345 | ||||||||||
| Jackson | 32,873 | 56.23% | 24,726 | 42.30% | 858 | 1.47% | 8,147 | 13.93% | 58,457 | ||||||||||
| Kalamazoo | 51,462 | 59.09% | 33,411 | 38.37% | 2,212 | 2.54% | 18,051 | 20.72% | 87,085 | ||||||||||
| Kalkaska | 2,280 | 53.13% | 1,957 | 45.61% | 54 | 1.26% | 323 | 7.52% | 4,291 | ||||||||||
| Kent | 126,805 | 67.22% | 59,000 | 31.28% | 2,828 | 1.50% | 67,805 | 35.94% | 188,633 | ||||||||||
| Keweenaw | 606 | 47.68% | 658 | 51.77% | 7 | 0.55% | -52 | -4.09% | 1,271 | ||||||||||
| Lake | 1,598 | 41.96% | 2,179 | 57.22% | 31 | 0.81% | -581 | -15.26% | 3,808 | ||||||||||
| Lapeer | 12,349 | 55.59% | 9,503 | 42.78% | 363 | 1.63% | 2,846 | 12.81% | 22,215 | ||||||||||
| Leelanau | 4,240 | 62.33% | 2,437 | 35.82% | 126 | 1.85% | 1,803 | 26.51% | 6,803 | ||||||||||
| Lenawee | 18,397 | 55.02% | 14,610 | 43.70% | 428 | 1.28% | 3,787 | 11.32% | 33,435 | ||||||||||
| Livingston | 19,437 | 59.83% | 12,415 | 38.22% | 634 | 1.95% | 7,022 | 21.61% | 32,486 | ||||||||||
| Luce | 1,379 | 55.27% | 1,099 | 44.05% | 17 | 0.68% | 280 | 11.22% | 2,495 | ||||||||||
| Mackinac | 3,107 | 55.22% | 2,452 | 43.58% | 68 | 1.21% | 655 | 11.64% | 5,627 | ||||||||||
| Macomb | 132,499 | 51.24% | 121,176 | 46.86% | 4,928 | 1.91% | 11,323 | 4.38% | 258,603 | ||||||||||
| Manistee | 5,532 | 54.59% | 4,479 | 44.20% | 123 | 1.21% | 1,053 | 10.39% | 10,134 | ||||||||||
| Marquette | 12,984 | 49.34% | 12,837 | 48.78% | 494 | 1.88% | 147 | 0.56% | 26,315 | ||||||||||
| Mason | 6,812 | 59.15% | 4,541 | 39.43% | 163 | 1.42% | 2,271 | 19.72% | 11,516 | ||||||||||
| Mecosta | 7,287 | 59.63% | 4,725 | 38.66% | 209 | 1.71% | 2,562 | 20.97% | 12,221 | ||||||||||
| Menominee | 5,633 | 49.60% | 5,596 | 49.27% | 128 | 1.13% | 37 | 0.33% | 11,357 | ||||||||||
| Midland | 17,631 | 58.57% | 11,959 | 39.73% | 511 | 1.70% | 5,672 | 18.84% | 30,101 | ||||||||||
| Missaukee | 2,943 | 62.87% | 1,688 | 36.06% | 50 | 1.07% | 1,255 | 26.81% | 4,681 | ||||||||||
| Monroe | 20,676 | 46.36% | 23,290 | 52.22% | 631 | 1.41% | -2,614 | -5.86% | 44,597 | ||||||||||
| Montcalm | 10,439 | 60.36% | 6,684 | 38.65% | 171 | 0.99% | 3,755 | 21.71% | 17,294 | ||||||||||
| Montmorency | 1,882 | 52.03% | 1,684 | 46.56% | 51 | 1.41% | 198 | 5.47% | 3,617 | ||||||||||
| Muskegon | 35,548 | 56.06% | 27,013 | 42.60% | 846 | 1.33% | 8,535 | 13.46% | 63,407 | ||||||||||
| Newaygo | 8,258 | 58.78% | 5,622 | 40.01% | 170 | 1.21% | 2,636 | 18.77% | 14,050 | ||||||||||
| Oakland | 244,271 | 58.69% | 164,266 | 39.47% | 7,668 | 1.84% | 80,005 | 19.22% | 416,205 | ||||||||||
| Oceana | 5,236 | 59.51% | 3,427 | 38.95% | 135 | 1.53% | 1,809 | 20.56% | 8,798 | ||||||||||
| Ogemaw | 3,212 | 47.07% | 3,545 | 51.95% | 67 | 0.98% | -333 | -4.88% | 6,824 | ||||||||||
| Ontonagon | 2,462 | 43.91% | 3,104 | 55.36% | 41 | 0.73% | -642 | -11.45% | 5,607 | ||||||||||
| Osceola | 4,467 | 62.23% | 2,603 | 36.26% | 108 | 1.50% | 1,864 | 25.97% | 7,178 | ||||||||||
| Oscoda | 1,541 | 57.56% | 1,108 | 41.39% | 28 | 1.05% | 433 | 16.17% | 2,677 | ||||||||||
| Otsego | 3,155 | 53.01% | 2,724 | 45.77% | 73 | 1.23% | 431 | 7.24% | 5,952 | ||||||||||
| Ottawa | 49,196 | 74.12% | 16,381 | 24.68% | 793 | 1.19% | 32,815 | 49.44% | 66,370 | ||||||||||
| Presque Isle | 3,545 | 51.02% | 3,334 | 47.99% | 69 | 0.99% | 211 | 3.03% | 6,948 | ||||||||||
| Roscommon | 4,608 | 54.85% | 3,691 | 43.94% | 102 | 1.21% | 917 | 10.91% | 8,401 | ||||||||||
| Saginaw | 46,765 | 55.63% | 36,280 | 43.15% | 1,026 | 1.22% | 10,485 | 12.48% | 84,071 | ||||||||||
| Sanilac | 10,597 | 62.87% | 6,042 | 35.84% | 217 | 1.29% | 4,555 | 27.03% | 16,856 | ||||||||||
| Schoolcraft | 1,933 | 46.53% | 2,158 | 51.95% | 63 | 1.52% | -225 | -5.42% | 4,154 | ||||||||||
| Shiawassee | 15,113 | 54.52% | 12,202 | 44.02% | 406 | 1.46% | 2,911 | 10.50% | 27,721 | ||||||||||
| St. Clair | 26,311 | 52.74% | 22,734 | 45.57% | 844 | 1.69% | 3,577 | 7.17% | 49,889 | ||||||||||
| St. Joseph | 11,784 | 61.07% | 7,306 | 37.86% | 205 | 1.06% | 4,478 | 23.21% | 19,295 | ||||||||||
| Tuscola | 12,059 | 59.86% | 7,932 | 39.38% | 153 | 0.76% | 4,127 | 20.48% | 20,144 | ||||||||||
| Van Buren | 13,615 | 56.02% | 10,366 | 42.65% | 321 | 1.32% | 3,249 | 13.37% | 24,302 | ||||||||||
| Washtenaw | 56,807 | 50.86% | 50,917 | 45.59% | 3,965 | 3.55% | 5,890 | 5.27% | 111,689 | ||||||||||
| Wayne | 348,588 | 38.18% | 548,767 | 60.11% | 15,635 | 1.71% | -200,179 | -21.93% | 912,990 | ||||||||||
| Wexford | 5,670 | 54.96% | 4,519 | 43.80% | 128 | 1.24% | 1,151 | 11.16% | 10,317 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 1,893,742 | 51.83% | 1,696,714 | 46.44% | 63,293 | 1.73% | 197,028 | 5.39% | 3,653,749 | ||||||||||