1976 United States presidential election in Maryland explained

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Election Name:1976 United States presidential election in Maryland
Country:Maryland
Type:Presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1972 United States presidential election in Maryland
Previous Year:1972
Next Election:1980 United States presidential election in Maryland
Next Year:1980
Election Date:November 2, 1976
Votes For Election:All 10 Maryland electoral votes to the Electoral College
Image1:Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg
Nominee1:Jimmy Carter
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:Georgia
Running Mate1:Walter Mondale
Electoral Vote1:10
Popular Vote1:759,612
Percentage1:53.04%
Nominee2:Gerald Ford
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Michigan
Running Mate2:Bob Dole
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:672,661
Percentage2:46.96%
Map Size:350px
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 Maryland was held on November 2, 1976 as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford of Michigan and his running mate Senator Bob Dole of Kansas lost to the Democratic challengers, Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia and Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Carter and Mondale won Maryland with 53.04% of the vote compared to Ford and Dole’s 46.96% – a comfortable margin of 6.08%.

After Nixon had won every county-equivalent in the state except for Baltimore City in 1972, Carter won ten of the state's 23 counties, most critically the populous Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in the Washington metropolitan area, and won Baltimore City by almost 100,000 raw votes. Carter began a Democratic winning streak in Prince George's County that continues to this day.[1]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which a Democrat carried Allegany, Calvert, Cecil, and St. Mary’s Counties.[2]

In this election, Maryland voted 4.01% more Democratic than the nation at-large.[3]

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Maryland[4]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
DemocraticJimmy CarterWalter Mondale759,61253.04%10
RepublicanGerald Ford (incumbent)Bob Dole672,66146.96%0

Results by county

CountyJimmy Carter
Democratic
Gerald Ford
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast[5]
%%%
Allegany15,96750.85%15,43549.15%5321.70%31,402
Anne Arundel54,35146.97%61,35353.03%-7,002-6.06%115,704
Baltimore118,50545.27%143,29354.73%-24,788-9.46%261,798
Baltimore City178,59368.60%81,76231.40%96,83137.20%260,355
Calvert4,62657.36%3,43942.64%1,18714.72%8,065
Caroline3,01749.21%3,11450.79%-97-1.58%6,131
Carroll9,94038.83%15,66161.17%-5,721-22.34%25,601
Cecil8,95053.33%7,83346.67%1,1176.66%16,783
Charles9,52555.00%7,79245.00%1,73310.00%17,317
Dorchester4,52848.71%4,76851.29%-240-2.58%9,296
Frederick14,54244.77%17,94155.23%-3,399-10.46%32,483
Garrett3,33241.80%4,64058.20%-1,308-16.40%7,972
Harford19,89045.00%24,30955.00%-4,419-10.00%44,199
Howard20,53349.20%21,20050.80%-667-1.60%41,733
Kent3,21153.23%2,82146.77%3906.46%6,032
Montgomery131,09851.66%122,67448.34%8,4243.32%253,772
Prince George's111,74357.97%81,02742.03%30,71615.94%192,770
Queen Anne's3,45749.84%3,47950.16%-22-0.32%6,936
Somerset3,47251.62%3,25448.38%2183.24%6,726
St. Mary's7,22756.17%5,64043.83%1,58712.34%12,867
Talbot3,71538.85%5,84861.15%-2,133-22.30%9,563
Washington15,90244.05%20,19455.95%-4,292-11.90%36,096
Wicomico9,41247.18%10,53752.82%-1,125-5.64%19,949
Worcester4,07646.73%4,64753.27%-571-6.54%8,723
Totals759,61253.04%672,66146.96%86,9516.08%1,432,273

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=1976&fips=24&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1976 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – Maryland by County
  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: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . 2023-03-31 . uselectionatlas.org.
  4. Web site: 1976 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland. 2015-09-18.
  5. Maryland State Board of Elections, ‘For President of the United States’ Maryland General Election Returns – November 2, 1976 (Annapolis, 1976)