1976 United States presidential election in Ohio explained

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Election Name:	1976 United States presidential election in Ohio
Country:	Ohio
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1972 United States presidential election in Ohio
Previous Year:	1972
Next Election:	1980 United States presidential election in Ohio
Next Year:	1980
Election Date:	November 2, 1976
Map Size:	250px
Map Alt:	Map of election results by county
Image1:	Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg
Nominee1:	Jimmy Carter
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	Georgia
Running Mate1:	Walter Mondale
Electoral Vote1:	25
Popular Vote1:	2,011,621
Percentage1:	48.92%
Nominee2:	Gerald Ford
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Michigan
Running Mate2:	Bob Dole
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	2,000,505
Percentage2:	48.65%
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 Ohio took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Ohio was won by former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter (D) by a margin of 0.27%, which made the state almost 2% more Republican than the nation-at-large., this is the last election in which Adams County and Brown County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, the last time until 2020 when Wood County voted for a losing candidate,^[1] and the last time that a Democrat would win Ohio while losing neighboring Michigan.

The state was not only one of the closest states in the election, but it was called for Carter after he won Wisconsin, the tipping-point state of the election. This being said, even if Ford carried Ohio, Carter would still have enough electoral votes to win the presidency.^{[2] [3]}

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Ohio^[4]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Jimmy Carter	Walter Mondale	2,011,621	48.92%	25
	Republican	Gerald Ford (incumbent)	Bob Dole	2,000,505	48.65%	0
	Not Designated	Eugene McCarthy	Dennis Anderson	58,258	1.42%	0
	American	Lester Maddox	William Dyke	15,529	0.38%	0
	Not Designated	Roger MacBride	David Bergland	8,961	0.22%	0
	Not Designated	Gus Hall	Jarvis Tyner	7,817	0.19%	0
	Not Designated	Peter Camejo	Willie Mae Reed	4,717	0.11%	0
	Not Designated	Lyndon LaRouche	R. Wayne Evans	4,335	0.11%	0
	Write-in	Julius Levin	Constance Blomen	68	0.00%	0
	Write-in	Benjamin Bubar	Earl Dodge	62	0.00%	0
Totals				4,107,408	100.00%	25

Results by county

County	Jimmy Carter Democratic		Gerald Ford Republican		Eugene McCarthy^[5] Not Designated		Lester Maddox American		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[6]
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		4,450		50.68%		4,197		47.80%		55		0.63%		47		0.54%		20		0.23%		253		2.88%		8,780
	Allen		14,627		37.35%		23,721		60.56%		478		1.22%		201		0.51%		71		0.18%		-9,094		-23.21%		39,167
	Ashland		7,205		41.52%		9,761		56.25%		256		1.48%		71		0.41%		28		0.16%		-2,556		-14.73%		17,354
	Ashtabula		20,883		54.07%		16,885		43.72%		595		1.54%		137		0.36%		59		0.15%		3,998		10.35%		38,625
	Athens		9,896		52.04%		8,387		44.10%		581		3.06%		24		0.13%		82		0.43%		1,509		7.94%		19,016
	Auglaize		5,840		36.58%		9,772		61.21%		205		1.29%		99		0.62%		20		0.13%		-3,932		-24.63%		15,965
	Belmont		21,162		60.09%		13,550		38.47%		305		0.87%		72		0.20%		86		0.24%		7,612		21.62%		35,219
	Brown		5,432		53.64%		4,549		44.92%		87		0.86%		37		0.37%		10		0.10%		883		8.72%		10,126
	Butler		35,123		40.74%		49,625		57.56%		817		0.95%		286		0.33%		236		0.27%		-14,502		-16.82%		86,217
	Carroll		5,006		48.48%		5,091		49.31%		113		1.10%		72		0.70%		21		0.20%		-85		-0.83%		10,325
	Champaign		4,748		41.28%		6,526		56.74%		135		1.18%		48		0.42%		28		0.24%		-1,778		-15.46%		11,502
	Clark		26,135		47.81%		26,745		48.93%		699		1.28%		253		0.46%		614		1.13%		-610		-1.12%		54,660
	Clermont		14,850		42.38%		19,616		55.99%		335		0.96%		125		0.36%		51		0.15%		-4,766		-13.61%		35,037
	Clinton		4,959		42.25%		6,597		56.21%		115		0.98%		25		0.21%		28		0.24%		-1,638		-13.96%		11,737
	Columbiana		23,096		49.81%		22,318		48.13%		606		1.31%		221		0.48%		70		0.15%		778		1.68%		46,367
	Coshocton		5,827		46.63%		6,361		50.90%		143		1.15%		51		0.41%		97		0.78%		-534		-4.27%		12,496
	Crawford		7,553		40.03%		10,801		57.24%		311		1.65%		153		0.81%		19		0.10%		-3,248		-17.21%		18,870
	Cuyahoga		349,186		56.03%		255,594		41.01%		10,854		1.75%		2,270		0.37%		3,741		0.60%		93,592		15.02%		623,222
	Darke		9,901		45.10%		11,580		52.75%		250		1.14%		136		0.62%		57		0.26%		-1,679		-7.65%		21,953
	Defiance		5,850		42.77%		7,526		55.02%		188		1.38%		63		0.46%		29		0.21%		-1,676		-12.25%		13,679
	Delaware		7,058		35.55%		12,285		61.88%		323		1.63%		121		0.61%		19		0.10%		-5,227		-26.33%		19,853
	Erie		13,843		46.96%		14,742		50.01%		472		1.61%		229		0.78%		108		0.37%		-899		-3.05%		29,478
	Fairfield		13,361		40.39%		19,098		57.73%		334		1.01%		169		0.51%		58		0.18%		-5,737		-17.34%		33,079
	Fayette		4,477		43.20%		5,719		55.18%		76		0.73%		64		0.62%		13		0.13%		-1,242		-11.98%		10,364
	Franklin		141,624		41.57%		189,645		55.66%		6,062		1.78%		1,187		0.35%		1,161		0.34%		-48,021		-14.09%		340,712
	Fulton		4,850		37.45%		7,891		60.94%		167		1.29%		24		0.19%		7		0.05%		-3,041		-23.49%		12,949
	Gallia		4,971		48.18%		5,198		50.38%		91		0.88%		36		0.35%		15		0.15%		-227		-2.20%		10,317
	Geauga		10,449		39.78%		15,004		57.12%		424		1.62%		183		0.70%		121		0.46%		-4,555		-17.34%		26,269
	Greene		20,245		45.93%		22,598		51.27%		716		1.63%		124		0.28%		302		0.69%		-2,353		-5.34%		44,077
	Guernsey		7,573		48.78%		7,746		49.90%		129		0.83%		40		0.26%		20		0.13%		-173		-1.12%		15,524
	Hamilton		135,605		38.41%		211,267		59.84%		3,930		1.11%		931		0.26%		776		0.22%		-75,662		-21.43%		353,079
	Hancock		8,548		33.74%		15,983		63.09%		328		1.30%		170		0.67%		219		0.87%		-7,435		-29.35%		25,333
	Hardin		4,650		41.99%		6,076		54.86%		134		1.21%		61		0.55%		124		1.12%		-1,426		-12.87%		11,075
	Harrison		4,070		52.99%		3,509		45.68%		68		0.89%		16		0.21%		12		0.16%		561		7.31%		7,681
	Henry		4,592		36.82%		7,656		61.40%		156		1.25%		31		0.25%		19		0.15%		-3,064		-24.58%		12,470
	Highland		6,327		47.46%		6,853		51.41%		99		0.74%		24		0.18%		14		0.11%		-526		-3.95%		13,331
	Hocking		5,126		54.56%		4,114		43.78%		118		1.26%		16		0.17%		12		0.13%		1,012		10.78%		9,396
	Holmes		2,242		42.31%		2,870		54.16%		70		1.32%		23		0.43%		83		1.57%		-628		-11.85%		5,299
	Huron		7,742		42.85%		9,386		51.95%		282		1.57%		141		0.78%		465		2.58%		-1,644		-9.10%		18,066
	Jackson		6,699		52.25%		5,987		46.69%		80		0.62%		26		0.20%		17		0.13%		712		5.56%		12,822
	Jefferson		22,318		59.00%		14,839		39.23%		481		1.27%		74		0.20%		77		0.20%		7,479		19.77%		37,825
	Knox		7,361		43.09%		9,290		54.39%		244		1.43%		77		0.45%		70		0.41%		-1,929		-11.30%		17,081
	Lake		40,734		51.30%		36,390		45.83%		1,358		1.72%		408		0.52%		291		0.37%		4,344		5.47%		79,408
	Lawrence		12,072		52.50%		10,668		46.39%		154		0.67%		54		0.24%		29		0.13%		1,404		6.11%		22,996
	Licking		19,247		44.01%		23,518		53.78%		618		1.42%		153		0.35%		106		0.24%		-4,271		-9.77%		43,733
	Logan		5,949		38.62%		9,092		59.03%		178		1.16%		116		0.75%		41		0.27%		-3,143		-20.41%		15,402
	Lorain		52,387		55.31%		39,459		41.66%		1,631		1.73%		404		0.43%		525		0.56%		12,928		13.65%		94,711
	Lucas		103,658		56.36%		76,069		41.36%		2,762		1.51%		455		0.25%		545		0.30%		27,589		15.00%		183,907
	Madison		4,885		40.17%		7,074		58.17%		133		1.10%		39		0.32%		12		0.10%		-2,189		-18.00%		12,161
	Mahoning		75,837		60.53%		46,314		36.96%		1,362		1.09%		533		0.43%		882		0.71%		29,523		23.57%		125,294
	Marion		10,962		44.52%		13,141		53.38%		330		1.34%		84		0.34%		66		0.27%		-2,179		-8.86%		24,620
	Medina		16,251		44.83%		19,066		52.60%		623		1.72%		135		0.37%		86		0.24%		-2,815		-7.77%		36,249
	Meigs		5,262		50.85%		4,942		47.76%		95		0.92%		30		0.29%		12		0.12%		320		3.09%		10,348
	Mercer		6,724		45.28%		7,678		51.71%		248		1.67%		122		0.82%		50		0.34%		-954		-6.43%		14,849
	Miami		13,074		40.34%		18,686		57.65%		407		1.26%		95		0.29%		98		0.30%		-5,612		-17.31%		32,413
	Monroe		4,296		60.24%		2,728		38.25%		75		1.05%		12		0.17%		16		0.22%		1,568		21.99%		7,132
	Montgomery		106,468		50.35%		100,223		47.40%		2,701		1.28%		567		0.27%		955		0.45%		6,245		2.95%		211,436
	Morgan		2,727		46.94%		2,971		51.14%		66		1.14%		31		0.53%		8		0.14%		-244		-4.20%		5,809
	Morrow		4,870		44.63%		5,814		53.28%		150		1.38%		49		0.45%		11		0.10%		-944		-8.65%		10,912
	Muskingum		14,178		47.15%		15,358		51.07%		350		1.16%		119		0.40%		38		0.13%		-1,180		-3.92%		30,070
	Noble		2,612		45.58%		3,007		52.48%		68		1.19%		24		0.42%		14		0.24%		-395		-6.90%		5,730
	Ottawa		9,646		52.71%		8,241		45.04%		275		1.51%		78		0.43%		22		0.12%		1,405		7.67%		18,299
	Paulding		3,229		46.21%		3,593		51.42%		101		1.45%		46		0.66%		11		0.16%		-364		-5.21%		6,987
	Perry		6,268		51.64%		5,637		46.44%		135		1.11%		61		0.50%		19		0.16%		631		5.20%		12,138
	Pickaway		5,907		42.06%		7,695		54.79%		140		1.00%		65		0.47%		169		1.21%		-1,788		-12.73%		14,045
	Pike		5,734		59.89%		3,729		38.95%		68		0.71%		17		0.18%		17		0.18%		2,005		20.94%		9,574
	Portage		24,417		55.72%		17,927		40.91%		1,008		2.31%		171		0.39%		184		0.42%		6,490		14.81%		43,824
	Preble		5,850		45.89%		6,654		52.20%		132		1.04%		57		0.45%		33		0.26%		-804		-6.31%		12,747
	Putnam		5,035		39.61%		7,332		57.69%		256		2.02%		59		0.46%		14		0.11%		-2,297		-18.08%		12,710
	Richland		23,065		46.83%		24,310		49.36%		600		1.22%		228		0.46%		898		1.83%		-1,245		-2.53%		49,251
	Ross		10,743		47.22%		11,477		50.45%		248		1.09%		77		0.34%		148		0.65%		-734		-3.23%		22,751
	Sandusky		11,202		45.05%		13,074		52.58%		436		1.76%		88		0.35%		27		0.11%		-1,872		-7.53%		24,867
	Scioto		18,019		57.22%		13,021		41.35%		218		0.69%		111		0.35%		89		0.28%		4,998		15.87%		31,488
	Seneca		10,074		44.74%		11,730		52.10%		498		2.22%		140		0.62%		39		0.17%		-1,656		-7.36%		22,516
	Shelby		6,414		43.17%		8,011		53.91%		207		1.40%		182		1.23%		20		0.13%		-1,597		-10.74%		14,859
	Stark		70,012		48.05%		72,607		49.83%		1,805		1.24%		671		0.46%		336		0.23%		-2,595		-1.78%		145,709
	Summit		123,711		59.09%		80,415		38.41%		3,192		1.53%		613		0.29%		1,026		0.49%		43,296		20.68%		209,350
	Trumbull		53,828		58.16%		36,469		39.41%		1,068		1.16%		490		0.53%		462		0.50%		17,359		18.75%		92,544
	Tuscarawas		16,880		53.01%		14,279		44.84%		429		1.35%		149		0.47%		50		0.16%		2,601		8.17%		31,841
	Union		4,377		36.34%		7,464		61.98%		117		0.97%		52		0.43%		13		0.11%		-3,087		-25.64%		12,043
	Van Wert		5,689		39.83%		8,344		58.42%		143		1.00%		64		0.45%		19		0.13%		-2,655		-18.59%		14,284
	Vinton		2,629		54.25%		2,148		44.33%		46		0.95%		11		0.23%		10		0.21%		481		9.92%		4,846
	Warren		13,349		44.59%		16,115		53.83%		235		0.79%		119		0.40%		74		0.25%		-2,766		-9.24%		29,935
	Washington		8,914		42.25%		11,513		54.57%		250		1.19%		89		0.42%		275		1.31%		-2,599		-12.32%		21,096
	Wayne		13,087		42.55%		16,976		55.20%		429		1.40%		105		0.34%		103		0.34%		-3,889		-12.65%		30,754
	Williams		4,920		38.55%		7,596		59.52%		178		1.40%		34		0.27%		15		0.12%		-2,676		-20.97%		12,762
	Wood		16,926		45.58%		19,331		52.06%		649		1.75%		117		0.32%		52		0.14%		-2,405		-6.48%		37,131
	Wyandot		4,043		40.65%		5,661		56.92%		174		1.75%		47		0.47%		11		0.11%		-1,618		-16.27%		9,946
Totals	2,011,621	48.92%	2,000,505	48.65%	58,258	1.42%	15,529	0.38%	25,960	0.63%!	11,116	0.27%	4,111,873

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Adams
• Ashtabula
• Belmont
• Brown
• Columbiana
• Cuyahoga
• Harrison
• Hocking
• Jackson
• Lake
• Lawrence
• Lorain
• Jefferson
• Mahoning
• Monroe
• Meigs
• Ottawa
• Perry
• Portage
• Scioto
• Tuscarawas
• Vinton
• Montgomery
• Pike
• Summit
• Trumbull

See also

• United States presidential elections in Ohio

Notes and References

1. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
2. Web site: Archived copy . www.mit.edu . 11 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120825102042/http://www.mit.edu/~mi22295/elections.html#1976 . 25 August 2012 . dead.
3. Web site: Tipping-Point States: 1856-2012.
4. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Ohio
5. Our Campaigns; OH US President November 02, 1976
6. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1976 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – Ohio