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1976 United States presidential election in California

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Field	Value
election_name	1976 United States presidential election in California
country	California
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1972 United States presidential election in California
previous_year	1972
next_election	1980 United States presidential election in California
next_year	1980
turnout	81.53% (of registered voters) 0.60 pp
57.32% (of eligible voters) 7.20 pp
election_date	November 2, 1976
image_size	x200px
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	45
popular_vote1	3,882,244
percentage1	49.35%
image2	Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg
nominee2	Jimmy Carter
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Georgia
running_mate2	Walter Mondale
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	3,742,284
percentage2	47.57%
map_image	325px
map_size	325px
map_caption	County Results
title	President
before_election	Gerald Ford
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Jimmy Carter
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Main article: 1976 United States presidential election

57.32% (of eligible voters) 7.20 pp Ford Carter

The 1976 United States presidential election in California took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose 45 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

California narrowly voted for the Republican incumbent, Gerald Ford, over the Democratic challenger, Jimmy Carter.

Ford won the state with a plurality of 49.35% of the vote to Carter's 47.57%, a victory margin of 1.78%, which made California almost 4% more Republican than the nation-at-large.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time that a Democrat has won the counties of Amador, El Dorado, Lassen, Madera, Placer, Shasta, Sierra and Yuba, Carter is also the last candidate from either party to carry Los Angeles by only a plurality. This also remains the last election in which a Republican presidential candidate won at least 40% of the vote in San Francisco, and the last time that county was not the most Democratic in the state. This is also the last time when a Democrat has won the presidency without California and the last time that the state would vote Republican in a close election. The state would not vote for a losing candidate again until 2000, and for the loser of the popular vote until 2004.

Campaign

A presidential debate was held in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts with President Ford and Jimmy Carter in attendance. The debate was sponsored by the League of Women Voters with Pauline Frederick from NPR being the moderator of the debate. 63.9 million people watched the debate.

Results

1976 United States presidential election in California	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Republican	Gerald Ford (incumbent)	3,882,244	49.35%	45
Democratic	Jimmy Carter	3,742,284	47.57%	0
No party	Eugene McCarthy (write-in)	58,412	0.74%	0
Independent	Roger MacBride	56,388	0.72%	0
American Independent	Lester Maddox	51,098	0.65%	0
Peace and Freedom	Margaret Wright	41,731	0.53%	0
Independent	Peter Camejo	17,259	0.22%	0
Independent	Gus Hall	12,766	0.16%	0
No party	Thomas J. Anderson (write-in)	4,565	0.06%	0
No party	Jules Levin (write-in)	222	0.00%	0
No party	Write-ins	74	0.00%	0
No party	Ben Bubar (write-in)	34	0.00%	0
No party	Ernest Miller (write-in)	26	0.00%	0
No party	Frank Taylor (write-in)	14	0.00%	0
Invalid or blank votes			—
Totals	7,867,117	100.00%	45
Voter turnout		—

Results by county

County	Gerald Ford
Republican	Jimmy Carter
Democratic	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total	3,882,244	49.35%	3,742,284	47.57%	242,589	3.08%	139,960	1.78%	7,867,117
	Alameda		155,280		38.09%		235,988		57.89%		16,413		4.02%		-80,708		-19.80%		407,681
	Alpine		225		50.34%		189		42.28%		33		7.38%		36		8.06%		447
	Amador		3,699		46.13%		4,037		50.35%		282		3.52%		-338		-4.22%		8,018
	Butte		28,400		51.77%		24,203		44.12%		2,251		4.11%		4,197		7.65%		54,854
	Calaveras		3,695		49.08%		3,607		47.91%		226		3.01%		88		1.17%		7,528
	Colusa		2,733		52.74%		2,340		45.16%		109		2.10%		393		7.58%		5,182
	Contra Costa		126,598		49.35%		123,742		48.24%		6,194		2.41%		2,856		1.11%		256,534
	Del Norte		2,481		45.29%		2,789		50.91%		208		3.80%		-308		-5.62%		5,478
	El Dorado		12,472		47.69%		12,763		48.80%		919		3.51%		-291		-1.11%		26,154
	Fresno		72,533		48.10%		74,958		49.71%		3,314		2.19%		-2,425		-1.61%		150,805
	Glenn		4,094		52.67%		3,501		45.04%		178		2.29%		593		7.63%		7,773
	Humboldt		18,034		41.58%		23,500		54.18%		1,838		4.24%		-5,466		-12.60%		43,372
	Imperial		10,618		49.94%		10,244		48.18%		400		1.88%		374		1.76%		21,262
	Inyo		3,905		58.23%		2,635		39.29%		166		2.48%		1,270		18.94%		6,706
	Kern		58,023		52.29%		50,567		45.57%		2,371		2.14%		7,456		6.72%		110,961
	Kings		8,263		49.65%		8,061		48.44%		318		1.91%		202		1.21%		16,642
	Lake		5,462		44.46%		6,374		51.88%		449		3.64%		-912		-7.42%		12,285
	Lassen		3,007		42.97%		3,801		54.32%		190		2.71%		-794		-11.35%		6,998
	Los Angeles		1,174,926		47.78%		1,221,893		49.69%		62,258		2.53%		-46,967		-1.91%		2,459,077
	Madera		6,844		45.96%		7,625		51.20%		423		2.84%		-781		-5.24%		14,892
	Marin		53,425		52.52%		43,590		42.86%		4,700		4.62%		9,835		9.66%		101,715
	Mariposa		2,012		46.61%		2,093		48.48%		212		4.91%		-81		-1.87%		4,317
	Mendocino		9,784		45.49%		10,653		49.53%		1,072		4.98%		-869		-4.04%		21,509
	Merced		14,842		46.08%		16,637		51.65%		729		2.27%		-1,795		-5.57%		32,208
	Modoc		1,917		51.20%		1,733		46.29%		94		2.51%		184		4.91%		3,744
	Mono		1,600		58.80%		1,025		37.67%		96		3.53%		575		21.13%		2,721
	Monterey		40,896		51.02%		36,849		45.97%		2,408		3.01%		4,047		5.05%		80,153
	Napa		20,839		51.83%		18,048		44.89%		1,318		3.28%		2,791		6.94%		40,205
	Nevada		8,170		48.40%		7,926		46.95%		785		4.65%		244		1.45%		16,881
	Orange		408,632		62.16%		232,246		35.33%		16,555		2.51%		176,386		26.83%		657,433
	Placer		18,154		45.03%		21,026		52.16%		1,131		2.81%		-2,872		-7.13%		40,311
	Plumas		2,884		43.94%		3,429		52.25%		250		3.81%		-545		-8.31%		6,563
	Riverside		97,774		49.24%		96,228		48.46%		4,556		2.30%		1,546		0.78%		198,558
	Sacramento		123,110		44.63%		144,203		52.27%		8,563		3.10%		-21,093		-7.64%		275,876
	San Benito		3,398		50.87%		3,122		46.74%		160		2.40%		276		4.13%		6,680
	San Bernardino		113,265		49.49%		109,636		47.90%		5,984		2.61%		3,629		1.59%		228,885
	San Diego		353,302		55.74%		263,654		41.60%		16,839		2.66%		89,648		14.14%		633,795
	San Francisco		103,561		40.31%		133,733		52.06%		19,594		7.63%		-30,172		-11.75%		256,888
	San Joaquin		50,277		49.60%		48,733		48.08%		2,351		2.32%		1,544		1.52%		101,361
	San Luis Obispo		27,785		51.17%		24,926		45.91%		1,587		2.92%		2,859		5.26%		54,298
	San Mateo		117,338		50.63%		102,896		44.40%		11,507		4.97%		14,442		6.23%		231,741
	Santa Barbara		60,922		50.83%		55,018		45.91%		3,904		3.26%		5,904		4.92%		119,844
	Santa Clara		219,188		49.46%		208,023		46.94%		15,927		3.60%		11,165		2.52%		443,138
	Santa Cruz		31,872		43.09%		37,772		51.06%		4,325		5.85%		-5,900		-7.97%		73,969
	Shasta		17,273		45.63%		19,200		50.72%		1,381		3.65%		-1,927		-5.09%		37,854
	Sierra		680		43.15%		841		53.36%		55		3.49%		-161		-10.21%		1,576
	Siskiyou		7,070		48.37%		7,060		48.31%		485		3.32%		10		0.06%		14,615
	Solano		26,136		42.40%		33,682		54.64%		1,826		2.96%		-7,546		-12.24%		61,644
	Sonoma		50,555		47.72%		50,353		47.52%		5,044		4.76%		202		0.20%		105,952
	Stanislaus		32,937		44.83%		38,448		52.34%		2,080		2.83%		-5,511		-7.51%		73,465
	Sutter		8,745		54.21%		6,966		43.18%		420		2.61%		1,779		11.03%		16,131
	Tehama		6,110		44.81%		6,990		51.27%		535		3.92%		-880		-6.46%		13,635
	Trinity		1,989		45.66%		2,172		49.86%		195		4.48%		-183		-4.20%		4,356
	Tulare		31,864		54.52%		25,551		43.72%		1,027		1.76%		6,313		10.80%		58,442
	Tuolumne		6,104		46.94%		6,492		49.93%		407		3.13%		-388		-2.99%		13,003
	Ventura		82,670		53.20%		68,529		44.10%		4,201		2.70%		14,141		9.10%		155,400
	Yolo		18,376		42.42%		23,533		54.33%		1,408		3.25%		-5,157		-11.91%		43,317
	Yuba		5,496		44.74%		6,451		52.51%		338		2.75%		-955		-7.77%		12,285

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

El Dorado
Fresno
Mariposa
Los Angeles
Tuolumne
Mendocino
Trinity
Amador
Shasta
Madera
Merced
Del Norte
Tehama
Placer
Plumas
Shasta
Sierra
Lake
Stanislaus
Sacramento
Yuba
Santa Cruz
Plumas
Sierra
Lassen
Solano
Humboldt

References

"Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018".
Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016
"1976 Debates".
"1976 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.

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