1976 United States presidential election in Iowa explained

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Election Name:1976 United States presidential election in Iowa
Country:Iowa
Flag Image:Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1972 United States presidential election in Iowa
Previous Year:1972
Next Election:1980 United States presidential election in Iowa
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 Vote1:632,863
Percentage1:49.47%
Nominee2:Jimmy Carter
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:Georgia
Running Mate2:Walter Mondale
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:619,931
Percentage2:48.46%
President
Map Size:280px
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 Iowa took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Iowa was won by incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan). with 49.47 percent of the popular vote, against Jimmy Carter (DGeorgia), with 48.46 percent, making Iowa about 3% more Republican than the nation-at-large. This race was one of the tightest in the nation, with the two candidates being separated by just 1.01 percent and a mere thirteen thousand votes. None of the third-party candidates amounted to a significant portion of the vote, but Eugene McCarthy (NBP–Minnesota) won 1.57 percent of the popular vote and came third overall in the nation.

Despite losing in Iowa, Carter went on to win the national election and became the 39th president of the United States.[1] This was the last time until 2020 that a Democrat was elected President without carrying the state of Iowa.

This is the third most recent election in which Iowa voted for a different candidate than Wisconsin, and the first election since 1940, a phenomenon that has only been repeated twice since, in 2004, and 2020.

Results

Results by county

County[2] Gerald Ford
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
Eugene McCarthy
Nominated By Petition
Thomas Anderson
American
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
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Adair2,32649.26%2,29448.58%651.38%200.42%170.36%320.68%4,722
Adams1,38847.26%1,50751.31%270.92%70.24%80.27%-119-4.05%2,937
Allamakee3,64857.88%2,56840.74%671.06%20.03%180.29%1,08017.14%6,303
Appanoose3,03646.29%3,42452.21%630.96%100.15%250.38%-388-5.92%6,558
Audubon1,97847.86%2,10450.91%340.82%90.22%80.19%-126-3.05%4,133
Benton5,01446.85%5,51451.52%1371.28%180.17%200.19%-500-4.67%10,703
Black Hawk30,99450.23%29,50847.82%9181.49%920.15%1930.31%1,4862.41%61,705
Boone5,41344.14%6,59553.78%1871.52%440.36%240.20%-1,182-9.64%12,263
Bremer6,25258.51%4,20339.34%1761.65%140.13%400.37%2,04919.17%10,685
Buchanan4,79451.98%4,25846.17%1271.38%80.09%360.39%5365.81%9,223
Buena Vista5,12653.58%4,22744.18%1631.70%150.16%360.38%8999.40%9,567
Butler4,20761.79%2,50336.77%721.06%170.25%90.13%1,70425.02%6,808
Calhoun3,21551.03%3,00147.63%671.06%30.05%140.22%2143.40%6,300
Carroll4,09442.61%5,33355.51%1431.49%130.14%250.26%-1,239-12.90%9,608
Cass4,58960.79%2,86637.97%700.93%100.13%140.19%1,72322.82%7,549
Cedar4,30855.08%3,35442.88%1051.34%350.45%200.26%95412.20%7,822
Cerro Gordo10,60447.77%11,18950.41%3221.45%520.23%290.13%-585-2.64%22,196
Cherokee3,99353.40%3,35844.91%971.30%110.15%190.25%6358.49%7,478
Chickasaw3,43249.11%3,50350.13%460.66%50.07%20.03%-71-1.02%6,988
Clarke1,73741.87%2,33356.23%431.04%170.41%190.46%-596-14.36%4,149
Clay4,54853.51%3,77644.42%1021.20%450.53%290.34%7729.09%8,500
Clayton4,82654.80%3,80443.19%1231.40%200.23%340.39%1,02211.61%8,807
Clinton12,40150.55%11,74647.88%2851.16%430.18%580.24%6552.67%24,533
Crawford3,87948.80%3,90349.11%1261.59%180.23%220.28%-24-0.31%7,948
Dallas5,30843.34%6,72254.89%1661.36%270.22%240.20%-1,414-11.55%12,247
Davis1,63139.50%2,42658.76%511.24%110.27%100.24%-795-19.26%4,129
Decatur1,93241.05%2,69857.32%390.83%210.45%170.36%-766-16.27%4,707
Delaware4,16155.62%3,16842.35%1171.56%130.17%220.29%99313.27%7,481
Des Moines9,02343.94%11,26854.87%1730.84%320.16%400.19%-2,245-10.93%20,536
Dickinson3,79554.14%3,07443.85%1081.54%230.33%100.14%72110.29%7,010
Dubuque17,45944.71%20,54852.62%8632.21%1020.26%770.20%-3,089-7.91%39,049
Emmet2,87250.50%2,72047.83%681.20%90.16%180.32%1522.67%5,687
Fayette6,61854.69%5,22043.13%1801.49%300.25%540.45%1,39811.56%12,102
Floyd4,36147.52%4,64650.62%1261.37%320.35%130.14%-285-3.10%9,178
Franklin3,05652.30%2,68245.90%781.33%110.19%160.27%3746.40%5,843
Fremont2,16351.80%1,96447.03%350.84%100.24%40.10%1994.77%4,176
Greene2,81146.94%3,09451.66%641.07%90.15%110.18%-283-4.72%5,989
Grundy4,17362.66%2,41036.19%590.89%100.15%80.12%1,76326.47%6,660
Guthrie2,64446.87%2,87350.93%921.63%180.32%140.25%-229-4.06%5,641
Hamilton3,93249.00%3,95349.26%1051.31%110.14%240.30%-21-0.26%8,025
Hancock3,12750.54%2,97548.08%681.10%110.18%60.10%1522.46%6,187
Hardin4,68250.19%4,47948.02%1281.37%210.23%180.19%2032.17%9,328
Harrison3,48951.38%3,22847.54%380.56%120.18%230.34%2613.84%6,790
Henry3,84848.79%3,88249.22%1141.45%250.32%180.23%-34-0.43%7,887
Howard2,61846.62%2,91751.94%550.98%140.25%120.21%-299-5.32%5,616
Humboldt3,07552.65%2,67745.83%651.11%100.17%140.24%3986.82%5,841
Ida2,59056.86%1,86841.01%701.54%130.29%140.31%72215.85%4,555
Iowa3,92652.98%3,36745.43%811.09%180.24%190.26%5597.55%7,411
Jackson4,22147.50%4,46750.27%1521.71%140.16%320.36%-246-2.77%8,886
Jasper7,72846.04%8,78352.32%2261.35%180.11%310.19%-1,055-6.28%16,786
Jefferson3,74651.71%3,37746.62%731.01%280.39%200.28%3695.09%7,244
Johnson16,09041.57%20,20852.20%2,0825.38%430.11%2870.74%-4,118-10.63%38,710
Jones4,46350.54%4,24548.07%911.03%200.23%120.14%2182.47%8,831
Keokuk2,92044.90%3,48253.54%841.29%100.15%80.12%-562-8.64%6,504
Kossuth4,65346.32%5,19051.66%1541.53%280.28%210.21%-537-5.34%10,046
Lee8,19546.92%9,01751.63%1861.06%340.19%330.19%-822-4.71%17,465
Linn36,51347.79%38,25250.07%1,2561.64%1280.17%2480.32%-1,739-2.28%76,397
Louisa2,28451.43%2,08947.04%471.06%110.25%100.23%1954.39%4,441
Lucas2,07142.32%2,73355.84%681.39%120.25%100.20%-662-13.52%4,894
Lyon3,55864.06%1,87033.67%561.01%631.13%70.13%1,68830.39%5,554
Madison2,68145.36%3,10952.61%831.40%250.42%120.20%-428-7.25%5,910
Mahaska5,26751.38%4,83847.20%1091.06%240.23%130.13%4294.18%10,251
Marion5,42945.79%6,22652.51%1491.26%360.30%170.14%-797-6.72%11,857
Marshall9,56251.33%8,69546.67%2851.53%490.26%390.21%8674.66%18,630
Mills2,72257.79%1,90840.51%310.66%440.93%50.11%81417.28%4,710
Mitchell2,88749.00%2,90649.32%781.32%80.14%130.22%-19-0.32%5,892
Monona2,63649.09%2,66149.55%490.91%110.20%130.24%-25-0.46%5,370
Monroe1,58139.56%2,36059.06%350.88%40.10%160.40%-779-19.50%3,996
Montgomery3,67361.48%2,22937.31%370.62%300.50%50.08%1,44424.17%5,974
Muscatine7,69753.10%6,56745.30%1831.26%190.13%300.21%1,1307.80%14,496
O'Brien4,64361.86%2,73236.40%821.09%350.47%140.19%1,91125.46%7,506
Osceola1,95558.36%1,30939.07%531.58%150.45%180.54%64619.29%3,350
Page5,34364.10%2,86534.37%660.79%290.35%320.38%2,47829.73%8,335
Palo Alto2,62344.43%3,18253.90%761.29%180.30%50.08%-559-9.47%5,904
Plymouth5,59055.81%4,28442.77%890.89%330.33%200.20%1,30613.04%10,016
Pocahontas2,70045.85%3,05551.88%961.63%110.19%270.46%-355-6.03%5,889
Polk62,31645.23%71,91752.20%2,8222.05%3430.25%3650.26%-9,601-6.97%137,763
Pottawattamie17,26453.09%14,75445.37%2910.89%1230.38%870.27%2,5107.72%32,519
Poweshiek4,19448.01%4,36049.91%1391.59%130.15%290.33%-166-1.90%8,735
Ringgold1,54346.25%1,73952.13%371.11%60.18%110.33%-196-5.88%3,336
Sac3,34751.55%2,99646.14%1071.65%140.22%290.45%3515.41%6,493
Scott35,02153.11%29,77145.15%8221.25%1470.22%1790.27%5,2507.96%65,940
Shelby3,30152.72%2,85145.54%761.21%120.19%210.34%4507.18%6,261
Sioux9,44873.04%3,32225.68%900.70%570.44%180.14%6,12647.36%12,935
Story18,39451.85%15,71744.30%1,1533.25%740.21%1380.39%2,6777.55%35,476
Tama4,37948.08%4,58050.29%1081.19%210.23%200.22%-201-2.21%9,108
Taylor2,05950.42%1,94747.67%310.76%130.32%340.83%1122.75%4,084
Union2,87348.30%2,95549.68%791.33%310.52%100.17%-82-1.38%5,948
Van Buren1,80449.14%1,80749.22%360.98%130.35%110.30%-3-0.08%3,671
Wapello6,78639.30%10,24959.35%1520.88%410.24%400.23%-3,463-20.05%17,268
Warren6,09943.23%7,65354.25%2721.93%650.46%190.13%-1,554-11.02%14,108
Washington4,21854.03%3,44844.17%911.17%300.38%200.26%7709.86%7,807
Wayne1,78144.58%2,14553.69%541.35%90.23%60.15%-364-9.11%3,995
Webster9,06845.35%10,54352.73%2981.49%350.18%510.26%-1,475-7.38%19,995
Winnebago3,31552.24%2,95046.49%630.99%140.22%40.06%3655.75%6,346
Winneshiek4,76552.08%4,15845.45%1621.77%340.37%300.33%6076.63%9,149
Woodbury22,85352.79%19,66445.43%5551.28%1110.26%1040.24%3,1897.37%43,287
Worth1,96444.38%2,39954.21%511.15%110.25%00.00%-435-9.83%4,425
Wright3,54448.67%3,63749.95%781.07%230.32%00.00%-93-1.28%7,282
Total632,86349.47%619,93148.46%20,0511.57%3,0400.24%3,4210.27%12,9321.01%1,279,306

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1976 Presidential General Election Results. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. Web site: IA US President Race, November 02, 1976. Our Campaigns.