1976 U.S. Presidential Election
Who won the 1976 U.S. Presidential Election?
Jimmy Carter won the 1976 U.S. Presidential Election. Jimmy Carter received 40,831,881 popular votes (50.1%) and 297 electoral votes. The main challenger was Gerald Ford (48%).
See the full head-to-head between Carter and Ford
Carter +2.1 pts · won by 1,683,247 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.9% of the popular vote; only the leading tickets are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.