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The 1976 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Missouri was won by Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 51.10% of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), who finished with 47.47% of the popular vote.
Jimmy Carter went on to become the 39th president of the United States. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Laclede County, McDonald County, Bollinger County, Webster County, Pettis County, and Cass County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[1]
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Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 998,387 | 51.10% | |
| Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 927,443 | 47.47% | |
| Independent | Eugene McCarthy | 24,029 | 1.23% | |
| Write-In | 3,471 | 0.19% | ||
| Total votes | 1,953,600 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| James Earl Carter Democratic |
Gerald Rudolph Ford Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Adair | 3,684 | 40.34% | 5,249 | 57.47% | 200 | 2.19% | -1,565 | -17.14% | 9,133 |
| Andrew | 3,042 | 48.96% | 3,130 | 50.38% | 41 | 0.66% | -88 | -1.42% | 6,213 |
| Atchison | 1,926 | 49.01% | 1,960 | 49.87% | 44 | 1.12% | -34 | -0.87% | 3,930 |
| Audrain | 5,600 | 50.76% | 5,378 | 48.75% | 54 | 0.49% | 222 | 2.01% | 11,032 |
| Barry | 5,046 | 49.72% | 5,053 | 49.79% | 49 | 0.48% | -7 | -0.07% | 10,148 |
| Barton | 2,326 | 45.81% | 2,708 | 53.34% | 43 | 0.85% | -382 | -7.52% | 5,077 |
| Bates | 4,288 | 55.80% | 3,350 | 43.60% | 46 | 0.60% | 938 | 12.21% | 7,684 |
| Benton | 2,684 | 48.04% | 2,875 | 51.46% | 28 | 0.50% | -191 | -3.42% | 5,587 |
| Bollinger | 2,740 | 56.36% | 2,113 | 43.46% | 9 | 0.19% | 627 | 12.90% | 4,862 |
| Boone | 17,674 | 50.65% | 16,373 | 46.92% | 846 | 2.42% | 1,301 | 3.73% | 34,893 |
| Buchanan | 17,427 | 51.07% | 16,446 | 48.19% | 251 | 0.74% | 981 | 2.87% | 34,124 |
| Butler | 6,759 | 54.14% | 5,669 | 45.41% | 57 | 0.46% | 1,090 | 8.73% | 12,485 |
| Caldwell | 2,113 | 49.92% | 2,094 | 49.47% | 26 | 0.61% | 19 | 0.45% | 4,233 |
| Callaway | 4,843 | 48.15% | 5,115 | 50.85% | 101 | 1.00% | -272 | -2.70% | 10,059 |
| Camden | 3,975 | 46.71% | 4,469 | 52.51% | 66 | 0.78% | -494 | -5.80% | 8,510 |
| Cape Girardeau | 10,440 | 45.07% | 12,607 | 54.42% | 117 | 0.51% | -2,167 | -9.36% | 23,164 |
| Carroll | 3,114 | 51.24% | 2,936 | 48.31% | 27 | 0.44% | 178 | 2.93% | 6,077 |
| Carter | 1,154 | 57.50% | 842 | 41.95% | 11 | 0.55% | 312 | 15.55% | 2,007 |
| Cass | 9,008 | 55.16% | 7,182 | 43.98% | 140 | 0.86% | 1,826 | 11.18% | 16,330 |
| Cedar | 2,192 | 44.15% | 2,752 | 55.43% | 21 | 0.42% | -560 | -11.28% | 4,965 |
| Chariton | 3,055 | 58.70% | 2,128 | 40.89% | 21 | 0.40% | 927 | 17.81% | 5,204 |
| Christian | 3,830 | 45.37% | 4,553 | 53.93% | 59 | 0.70% | -723 | -8.56% | 8,442 |
| Clark | 1,679 | 51.28% | 1,582 | 48.32% | 13 | 0.40% | 97 | 2.96% | 3,274 |
| Clay | 26,609 | 50.86% | 24,962 | 47.71% | 744 | 1.42% | 1,647 | 3.15% | 52,315 |
| Clinton | 3,424 | 54.59% | 2,807 | 44.75% | 41 | 0.65% | 617 | 9.84% | 6,272 |
| Cole | 7,949 | 35.32% | 14,370 | 63.86% | 184 | 0.82% | -6,421 | -28.53% | 22,503 |
| Cooper | 3,087 | 45.34% | 3,694 | 54.25% | 28 | 0.41% | -607 | -8.91% | 6,809 |
| Crawford | 3,565 | 52.17% | 3,224 | 47.18% | 44 | 0.64% | 341 | 4.99% | 6,833 |
| Dade | 1,681 | 45.31% | 2,015 | 54.31% | 14 | 0.38% | -334 | -9.00% | 3,710 |
| Dallas | 2,453 | 49.96% | 2,430 | 49.49% | 27 | 0.55% | 23 | 0.47% | 4,910 |
| Daviess | 2,250 | 53.69% | 1,919 | 45.79% | 22 | 0.52% | 331 | 7.90% | 4,191 |
| DeKalb | 2,023 | 53.53% | 1,739 | 46.02% | 17 | 0.45% | 284 | 7.52% | 3,779 |
| Dent | 2,931 | 54.27% | 2,433 | 45.05% | 37 | 0.69% | 498 | 9.22% | 5,401 |
| Douglas | 1,981 | 42.45% | 2,652 | 56.82% | 34 | 0.73% | -671 | -14.38% | 4,667 |
| Dunklin | 7,107 | 68.06% | 3,314 | 31.73% | 22 | 0.21% | 3,793 | 36.32% | 10,443 |
| Franklin | 11,695 | 48.04% | 12,242 | 50.29% | 405 | 1.66% | -547 | -2.25% | 24,342 |
| Gasconade | 1,702 | 29.95% | 3,925 | 69.08% | 55 | 0.97% | -2,223 | -39.12% | 5,682 |
| Gentry | 2,249 | 55.74% | 1,772 | 43.92% | 14 | 0.35% | 477 | 11.82% | 4,035 |
| Greene | 33,824 | 46.84% | 37,691 | 52.20% | 690 | 0.96% | -3,867 | -5.36% | 72,205 |
| Grundy | 2,597 | 49.25% | 2,646 | 50.18% | 30 | 0.57% | -49 | -0.93% | 5,273 |
| Harrison | 2,304 | 47.87% | 2,478 | 51.49% | 31 | 0.64% | -174 | -3.62% | 4,813 |
| Henry | 5,282 | 55.62% | 4,168 | 43.89% | 47 | 0.49% | 1,114 | 11.73% | 9,497 |
| Hickory | 1,398 | 49.54% | 1,403 | 49.72% | 21 | 0.74% | -5 | -0.18% | 2,822 |
| Holt | 1,529 | 46.08% | 1,777 | 53.56% | 12 | 0.36% | -248 | -7.47% | 3,318 |
| Howard | 2,769 | 61.62% | 1,690 | 37.61% | 35 | 0.78% | 1,079 | 24.01% | 4,494 |
| Howell | 5,265 | 52.47% | 4,692 | 46.76% | 78 | 0.78% | 573 | 5.71% | 10,035 |
| Iron | 2,646 | 59.68% | 1,765 | 39.81% | 23 | 0.52% | 881 | 19.87% | 4,434 |
| Jackson | 130,120 | 55.27% | 101,401 | 43.07% | 3,920 | 1.66% | 28,719 | 12.20% | 235,441 |
| Jasper | 14,910 | 46.38% | 17,086 | 53.15% | 153 | 0.48% | -2,176 | -6.77% | 32,149 |
| Jefferson | 25,159 | 57.29% | 18,261 | 41.58% | 495 | 1.13% | 6,898 | 15.71% | 43,915 |
| Johnson | 5,551 | 49.47% | 5,513 | 49.14% | 156 | 1.39% | 38 | 0.34% | 11,220 |
| Knox | 1,319 | 51.60% | 1,216 | 47.57% | 21 | 0.82% | 103 | 4.03% | 2,556 |
| Laclede | 4,381 | 51.69% | 4,067 | 47.99% | 27 | 0.32% | 314 | 3.71% | 8,475 |
| Lafayette | 6,410 | 48.18% | 6,823 | 51.28% | 72 | 0.54% | -413 | -3.10% | 13,305 |
| Lawrence | 5,315 | 47.72% | 5,784 | 51.93% | 38 | 0.34% | -469 | -4.21% | 11,137 |
| Lewis | 2,486 | 55.28% | 1,983 | 44.10% | 28 | 0.62% | 503 | 11.19% | 4,497 |
| Lincoln | 4,473 | 54.95% | 3,581 | 43.99% | 86 | 1.06% | 892 | 10.96% | 8,140 |
| Linn | 4,092 | 56.55% | 3,114 | 43.03% | 30 | 0.41% | 978 | 13.52% | 7,236 |
| Livingston | 3,819 | 55.69% | 3,010 | 43.90% | 28 | 0.41% | 809 | 11.80% | 6,857 |
| Macon | 4,296 | 55.88% | 3,360 | 43.70% | 32 | 0.42% | 936 | 12.17% | 7,688 |
| Madison | 2,229 | 55.88% | 1,739 | 43.59% | 21 | 0.53% | 490 | 12.28% | 3,989 |
| Maries | 1,796 | 54.52% | 1,485 | 45.08% | 13 | 0.39% | 311 | 9.44% | 3,294 |
| Marion | 6,124 | 52.51% | 5,501 | 47.17% | 38 | 0.33% | 623 | 5.34% | 11,663 |
| McDonald | 3,111 | 50.93% | 2,949 | 48.28% | 48 | 0.79% | 162 | 2.65% | 6,108 |
| Mercer | 1,177 | 53.33% | 1,025 | 46.44% | 5 | 0.23% | 152 | 6.89% | 2,207 |
| Miller | 2,739 | 39.89% | 4,095 | 59.64% | 32 | 0.47% | -1,356 | -19.75% | 6,866 |
| Mississippi | 3,366 | 65.79% | 1,733 | 33.87% | 17 | 0.33% | 1,633 | 31.92% | 5,116 |
| Moniteau | 2,462 | 44.32% | 3,077 | 55.39% | 16 | 0.29% | -615 | -11.07% | 5,555 |
| Monroe | 3,039 | 65.35% | 1,585 | 34.09% | 26 | 0.56% | 1,454 | 31.27% | 4,650 |
| Montgomery | 2,535 | 48.35% | 2,665 | 50.83% | 43 | 0.82% | -130 | -2.48% | 5,243 |
| Morgan | 2,738 | 48.94% | 2,831 | 50.60% | 26 | 0.46% | -93 | -1.66% | 5,595 |
| New Madrid | 5,319 | 65.38% | 2,798 | 34.39% | 19 | 0.23% | 2,521 | 30.99% | 8,136 |
| Newton | 7,045 | 49.26% | 7,142 | 49.94% | 114 | 0.80% | -97 | -0.68% | 14,301 |
| Nodaway | 4,875 | 51.13% | 4,558 | 47.81% | 101 | 1.06% | 317 | 3.32% | 9,534 |
| Oregon | 2,564 | 69.07% | 1,122 | 30.23% | 26 | 0.70% | 1,442 | 38.85% | 3,712 |
| Osage | 2,015 | 38.24% | 3,224 | 61.19% | 30 | 0.57% | -1,209 | -22.95% | 5,269 |
| Ozark | 1,341 | 43.19% | 1,754 | 56.49% | 10 | 0.32% | -413 | -13.30% | 3,105 |
| Pemiscot | 4,681 | 64.69% | 2,541 | 35.12% | 14 | 0.19% | 2,140 | 29.57% | 7,236 |
| Perry | 2,801 | 40.49% | 4,086 | 59.06% | 31 | 0.45% | -1,285 | -18.57% | 6,918 |
| Pettis | 7,887 | 51.56% | 7,344 | 48.01% | 65 | 0.42% | 543 | 3.55% | 15,296 |
| Phelps | 6,261 | 50.04% | 6,153 | 49.18% | 98 | 0.78% | 108 | 0.86% | 12,512 |
| Pike | 3,770 | 52.64% | 3,355 | 46.84% | 37 | 0.52% | 415 | 5.79% | 7,162 |
| Platte | 8,651 | 50.73% | 8,103 | 47.51% | 300 | 1.76% | 548 | 3.21% | 17,054 |
| Polk | 3,663 | 48.26% | 3,893 | 51.29% | 34 | 0.45% | -230 | -3.03% | 7,590 |
| Pulaski | 4,370 | 60.13% | 2,865 | 39.42% | 32 | 0.44% | 1,505 | 20.71% | 7,267 |
| Putnam | 1,097 | 43.02% | 1,444 | 56.63% | 9 | 0.35% | -347 | -13.61% | 2,550 |
| Ralls | 2,318 | 62.95% | 1,334 | 36.23% | 30 | 0.81% | 984 | 26.72% | 3,682 |
| Randolph | 5,839 | 61.59% | 3,594 | 37.91% | 48 | 0.51% | 2,245 | 23.68% | 9,481 |
| Ray | 5,535 | 65.42% | 2,853 | 33.72% | 73 | 0.86% | 2,682 | 31.70% | 8,461 |
| Reynolds | 2,143 | 70.73% | 879 | 29.01% | 8 | 0.26% | 1,264 | 41.72% | 3,030 |
| Ripley | 2,577 | 60.71% | 1,640 | 38.63% | 28 | 0.66% | 937 | 22.07% | 4,245 |
| Saint Charles | 22,063 | 45.30% | 26,105 | 53.60% | 536 | 1.10% | -4,042 | -8.30% | 48,704 |
| Saint Clair | 2,271 | 55.35% | 1,808 | 44.07% | 24 | 0.58% | 463 | 11.28% | 4,103 |
| Saint Francois | 8,852 | 55.63% | 7,002 | 44.01% | 57 | 0.36% | 1,850 | 11.63% | 15,911 |
| Saint Louis County | 196,915 | 43.51% | 246,988 | 54.57% | 8,723 | 1.93% | -50,073 | -11.06% | 452,626 |
| Saint Louis City | 118,703 | 67.04% | 58,367 | 32.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 60,336 | 34.07% | 177,070 |
| Sainte Genevieve | 3,091 | 57.54% | 2,241 | 41.72% | 40 | 0.74% | 850 | 15.82% | 5,372 |
| Saline | 5,890 | 54.31% | 4,883 | 45.03% | 72 | 0.66% | 1,007 | 9.29% | 10,845 |
| Schuyler | 1,417 | 54.08% | 1,193 | 45.53% | 10 | 0.38% | 224 | 8.55% | 2,620 |
| Scotland | 1,449 | 52.65% | 1,286 | 46.73% | 17 | 0.62% | 163 | 5.92% | 2,752 |
| Scott | 8,075 | 59.48% | 5,473 | 40.31% | 28 | 0.21% | 2,602 | 19.17% | 13,576 |
| Shannon | 1,960 | 65.97% | 989 | 33.29% | 22 | 0.74% | 971 | 32.68% | 2,971 |
| Shelby | 2,227 | 60.16% | 1,453 | 39.25% | 22 | 0.59% | 774 | 20.91% | 3,702 |
| Stoddard | 6,097 | 60.30% | 3,989 | 39.45% | 25 | 0.25% | 2,108 | 20.85% | 10,111 |
| Stone | 2,358 | 40.36% | 3,457 | 59.17% | 27 | 0.46% | -1,099 | -18.81% | 5,842 |
| Sullivan | 2,313 | 51.58% | 2,141 | 47.75% | 30 | 0.67% | 172 | 3.84% | 4,484 |
| Taney | 3,626 | 43.46% | 4,696 | 56.28% | 22 | 0.26% | -1,070 | -12.82% | 8,344 |
| Texas | 4,638 | 57.84% | 3,338 | 41.63% | 42 | 0.52% | 1,300 | 16.21% | 8,018 |
| Vernon | 4,921 | 56.67% | 3,715 | 42.78% | 48 | 0.55% | 1,206 | 13.89% | 8,684 |
| Warren | 2,164 | 39.85% | 3,214 | 59.19% | 52 | 0.96% | -1,050 | -19.34% | 5,430 |
| Washington | 3,543 | 58.01% | 2,526 | 41.36% | 39 | 0.64% | 1,017 | 16.65% | 6,108 |
| Wayne | 2,987 | 60.25% | 1,963 | 39.59% | 8 | 0.16% | 1,024 | 20.65% | 4,958 |
| Webster | 3,759 | 51.39% | 3,510 | 47.98% | 46 | 0.63% | 249 | 3.40% | 7,315 |
| Worth | 969 | 55.40% | 771 | 44.08% | 9 | 0.51% | 198 | 11.32% | 1,749 |
| Wright | 2,781 | 44.92% | 3,397 | 54.87% | 13 | 0.21% | -616 | -9.95% | 6,191 |
| Totals | 998,387 | 51.27% | 927,443 | 47.63% | 21,315 | 1.09% | 70,944 | 3.64% | 1,947,145 |
References
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri
- ^ Missouri Secretary of State, ‘General Election Returns Vote for President, By Counties, at General Election November 2, 1976’, Official Manual State of Missouri 1977-1978 (Jefferson City, 1977)
This page was last edited on 12 February 2021, at 02:19