The 1976 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
County Results
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Ohio was won by former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter (D) by a margin of 0.27%, which made the state almost 2% more Republican than the nation-at-large. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Adams County and Brown County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, the last time until 2020 when Wood County voted for a losing candidate,[1] and the last time that a Democrat would win Ohio while losing neighboring Michigan.
The state was not only one of the closest states in the election, but it was called for Carter after he won Wisconsin, the tipping-point state of the election. This being said, even if Ford carried Ohio, Carter would still have enough electoral votes to win the presidency.[2][3]
1976 United States presidential election in Ohio[4] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Jimmy Carter | Walter Mondale | 2,011,621 | 48.92% | 25 | |
Republican | Gerald Ford | Bob Dole | 2,000,505 | 48.65% | 0 | |
Not Designated | Eugene McCarthy | Dennis Anderson | 58,258 | 1.42% | 0 | |
American | Lester Maddox | William Dyke | 15,529 | 0.38% | 0 | |
Not Designated | Roger MacBride | David Bergland | 8,961 | 0.22% | 0 | |
Not Designated | Gus Hall | Jarvis Tyner | 7,817 | 0.19% | 0 | |
Not Designated | Peter Camejo | Willie Mae Reed | 4,717 | 0.11% | 0 | |
Not Designated | Lyndon LaRouche | R. Wayne Evans | 4,335 | 0.11% | 0 | |
Write-in | Julius Levin | Constance Blomen | 68 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Write-in | Benjamin Bubar | Earl Dodge | 62 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Totals | 4,107,408 | 100.00% | 25 |
County | Jimmy Carter Democratic |
Gerald Ford Republican |
Eugene McCarthy[5] Not Designated |
Lester Maddox[5] American |
Various candidates[5] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 4,450 | 50.68% | 4,197 | 47.80% | 55 | 0.63% | 47 | 0.54% | 20 | 0.23% | 253 | 2.88% | 8,780 |
Allen | 14,627 | 37.35% | 23,721 | 60.56% | 478 | 1.22% | 201 | 0.51% | 71 | 0.18% | -9,094 | -23.21% | 39,167 |
Ashland | 7,205 | 41.52% | 9,761 | 56.25% | 256 | 1.48% | 71 | 0.41% | 28 | 0.16% | -2,556 | -14.73% | 17,354 |
Ashtabula | 20,883 | 54.07% | 16,885 | 43.72% | 595 | 1.54% | 137 | 0.36% | 59 | 0.15% | 3,998 | 10.35% | 38,625 |
Athens | 9,896 | 52.04% | 8,387 | 44.10% | 581 | 3.06% | 24 | 0.13% | 82 | 0.43% | 1,509 | 7.94% | 19,016 |
Auglaize | 5,840 | 36.58% | 9,772 | 61.21% | 205 | 1.29% | 99 | 0.62% | 20 | 0.13% | -3,932 | -24.63% | 15,965 |
Belmont | 21,162 | 60.09% | 13,550 | 38.47% | 305 | 0.87% | 72 | 0.20% | 86 | 0.24% | 7,612 | 21.62% | 35,219 |
Brown | 5,432 | 53.64% | 4,549 | 44.92% | 87 | 0.86% | 37 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.10% | 883 | 8.72% | 10,126 |
Butler | 35,123 | 40.74% | 49,625 | 57.56% | 817 | 0.95% | 286 | 0.33% | 236 | 0.27% | -14,502 | -16.82% | 86,217 |
Carroll | 5,006 | 48.48% | 5,091 | 49.31% | 113 | 1.10% | 72 | 0.70% | 21 | 0.20% | -85 | -0.83% | 10,325 |
Champaign | 4,748 | 41.28% | 6,526 | 56.74% | 135 | 1.18% | 48 | 0.42% | 28 | 0.24% | -1,778 | -15.46% | 11,502 |
Clark | 26,135 | 47.81% | 26,745 | 48.93% | 699 | 1.28% | 253 | 0.46% | 614 | 1.13% | -610 | -1.12% | 54,660 |
Clermont | 14,850 | 42.38% | 19,616 | 55.99% | 335 | 0.96% | 125 | 0.36% | 51 | 0.15% | -4,766 | -13.61% | 35,037 |
Clinton | 4,959 | 42.25% | 6,597 | 56.21% | 115 | 0.98% | 25 | 0.21% | 28 | 0.24% | -1,638 | -13.96% | 11,737 |
Columbiana | 23,096 | 49.81% | 22,318 | 48.13% | 606 | 1.31% | 221 | 0.48% | 70 | 0.15% | 778 | 1.68% | 46,367 |
Coshocton | 5,827 | 46.63% | 6,361 | 50.90% | 143 | 1.15% | 51 | 0.41% | 97 | 0.78% | -534 | -4.27% | 12,496 |
Crawford | 7,553 | 40.03% | 10,801 | 57.24% | 311 | 1.65% | 153 | 0.81% | 19 | 0.10% | -3,248 | -17.21% | 18,870 |
Cuyahoga | 349,186 | 56.03% | 255,594 | 41.01% | 10,854 | 1.75% | 2,270 | 0.37% | 3,741 | 0.60% | 93,592 | 15.02% | 623,222 |
Darke | 9,901 | 45.10% | 11,580 | 52.75% | 250 | 1.14% | 136 | 0.62% | 57 | 0.26% | -1,679 | -7.65% | 21,953 |
Defiance | 5,850 | 42.77% | 7,526 | 55.02% | 188 | 1.38% | 63 | 0.46% | 29 | 0.21% | -1,676 | -12.25% | 13,679 |
Delaware | 7,058 | 35.55% | 12,285 | 61.88% | 323 | 1.63% | 121 | 0.61% | 19 | 0.10% | -5,227 | -26.33% | 19,853 |
Erie | 13,843 | 46.96% | 14,742 | 50.01% | 472 | 1.61% | 229 | 0.78% | 108 | 0.37% | -899 | -3.05% | 29,478 |
Fairfield | 13,361 | 40.39% | 19,098 | 57.73% | 334 | 1.01% | 169 | 0.51% | 58 | 0.18% | -5,737 | -17.34% | 33,079 |
Fayette | 4,477 | 43.20% | 5,719 | 55.18% | 76 | 0.73% | 64 | 0.62% | 13 | 0.13% | -1,242 | -11.98% | 10,364 |
Franklin | 141,624 | 41.57% | 189,645 | 55.66% | 6,062 | 1.78% | 1,187 | 0.35% | 1,161 | 0.34% | -48,021 | -14.09% | 340,712 |
Fulton | 4,850 | 37.45% | 7,891 | 60.94% | 167 | 1.29% | 24 | 0.19% | 7 | 0.05% | -3,041 | -23.49% | 12,949 |
Gallia | 4,971 | 48.18% | 5,198 | 50.38% | 91 | 0.88% | 36 | 0.35% | 15 | 0.15% | -227 | -2.20% | 10,317 |
Geauga | 10,449 | 39.78% | 15,004 | 57.12% | 424 | 1.62% | 183 | 0.70% | 121 | 0.46% | -4,555 | -17.34% | 26,269 |
Greene | 20,245 | 45.93% | 22,598 | 51.27% | 716 | 1.63% | 124 | 0.28% | 302 | 0.69% | -2,353 | -5.34% | 44,077 |
Guernsey | 7,573 | 48.78% | 7,746 | 49.90% | 129 | 0.83% | 40 | 0.26% | 20 | 0.13% | -173 | -1.12% | 15,524 |
Hamilton | 135,605 | 38.41% | 211,267 | 59.84% | 3,930 | 1.11% | 931 | 0.26% | 776 | 0.22% | -75,662 | -21.43% | 353,079 |
Hancock | 8,548 | 33.74% | 15,983 | 63.09% | 328 | 1.30% | 170 | 0.67% | 219 | 0.87% | -7,435 | -29.35% | 25,333 |
Hardin | 4,650 | 41.99% | 6,076 | 54.86% | 134 | 1.21% | 61 | 0.55% | 124 | 1.12% | -1,426 | -12.87% | 11,075 |
Harrison | 4,070 | 52.99% | 3,509 | 45.68% | 68 | 0.89% | 16 | 0.21% | 12 | 0.16% | 561 | 7.31% | 7,681 |
Henry | 4,592 | 36.82% | 7,656 | 61.40% | 156 | 1.25% | 31 | 0.25% | 19 | 0.15% | -3,064 | -24.58% | 12,470 |
Highland | 6,327 | 47.46% | 6,853 | 51.41% | 99 | 0.74% | 24 | 0.18% | 14 | 0.11% | -526 | -3.95% | 13,331 |
Hocking | 5,126 | 54.56% | 4,114 | 43.78% | 118 | 1.26% | 16 | 0.17% | 12 | 0.13% | 1,012 | 10.78% | 9,396 |
Holmes | 2,242 | 42.31% | 2,870 | 54.16% | 70 | 1.32% | 23 | 0.43% | 83 | 1.57% | -628 | -11.85% | 5,299 |
Huron | 7,742 | 42.85% | 9,386 | 51.95% | 282 | 1.57% | 141 | 0.78% | 465 | 2.58% | -1,644 | -9.10% | 18,066 |
Jackson | 6,699 | 52.25% | 5,987 | 46.69% | 80 | 0.62% | 26 | 0.20% | 17 | 0.13% | 712 | 5.56% | 12,822 |
Jefferson | 22,318 | 59.00% | 14,839 | 39.23% | 481 | 1.27% | 74 | 0.20% | 77 | 0.20% | 7,479 | 19.77% | 37,825 |
Knox | 7,361 | 43.09% | 9,290 | 54.39% | 244 | 1.43% | 77 | 0.45% | 70 | 0.41% | -1,929 | -11.30% | 17,081 |
Lake | 40,734 | 51.30% | 36,390 | 45.83% | 1,358 | 1.72% | 408 | 0.52% | 291 | 0.37% | 4,344 | 5.47% | 79,408 |
Lawrence | 12,072 | 52.50% | 10,668 | 46.39% | 154 | 0.67% | 54 | 0.24% | 29 | 0.13% | 1,404 | 6.11% | 22,996 |
Licking | 19,247 | 44.01% | 23,518 | 53.78% | 618 | 1.42% | 153 | 0.35% | 106 | 0.24% | -4,271 | -9.77% | 43,733 |
Logan | 5,949 | 38.62% | 9,092 | 59.03% | 178 | 1.16% | 116 | 0.75% | 41 | 0.27% | -3,143 | -20.41% | 15,402 |
Lorain | 52,387 | 55.31% | 39,459 | 41.66% | 1,631 | 1.73% | 404 | 0.43% | 525 | 0.56% | 12,928 | 13.65% | 94,711 |
Lucas | 103,658 | 56.36% | 76,069 | 41.36% | 2,762 | 1.51% | 455 | 0.25% | 545 | 0.30% | 27,589 | 15.00% | 183,907 |
Madison | 4,885 | 40.17% | 7,074 | 58.17% | 133 | 1.10% | 39 | 0.32% | 12 | 0.10% | -2,189 | -18.00% | 12,161 |
Mahoning | 75,837 | 60.53% | 46,314 | 36.96% | 1,362 | 1.09% | 533 | 0.43% | 882 | 0.71% | 29,523 | 23.57% | 125,294 |
Marion | 10,962 | 44.52% | 13,141 | 53.38% | 330 | 1.34% | 84 | 0.34% | 66 | 0.27% | -2,179 | -8.86% | 24,620 |
Medina | 16,251 | 44.83% | 19,066 | 52.60% | 623 | 1.72% | 135 | 0.37% | 86 | 0.24% | -2,815 | -7.77% | 36,249 |
Meigs | 5,262 | 50.85% | 4,942 | 47.76% | 95 | 0.92% | 30 | 0.29% | 12 | 0.12% | 320 | 3.09% | 10,348 |
Mercer | 6,724 | 45.28% | 7,678 | 51.71% | 248 | 1.67% | 122 | 0.82% | 50 | 0.34% | -954 | -6.43% | 14,849 |
Miami | 13,074 | 40.34% | 18,686 | 57.65% | 407 | 1.26% | 95 | 0.29% | 98 | 0.30% | -5,612 | -17.31% | 32,413 |
Monroe | 4,296 | 60.24% | 2,728 | 38.25% | 75 | 1.05% | 12 | 0.17% | 16 | 0.22% | 1,568 | 21.99% | 7,132 |
Montgomery | 106,468 | 50.35% | 100,223 | 47.40% | 2,701 | 1.28% | 567 | 0.27% | 955 | 0.45% | 6,245 | 2.95% | 211,436 |
Morgan | 2,727 | 46.94% | 2,971 | 51.14% | 66 | 1.14% | 31 | 0.53% | 8 | 0.14% | -244 | -4.20% | 5,809 |
Morrow | 4,870 | 44.63% | 5,814 | 53.28% | 150 | 1.38% | 49 | 0.45% | 11 | 0.10% | -944 | -8.65% | 10,912 |
Muskingum | 14,178 | 47.15% | 15,358 | 51.07% | 350 | 1.16% | 119 | 0.40% | 38 | 0.13% | -1,180 | -3.92% | 30,070 |
Noble | 2,612 | 45.58% | 3,007 | 52.48% | 68 | 1.19% | 24 | 0.42% | 14 | 0.24% | -395 | -6.90% | 5,730 |
Ottawa | 9,646 | 52.71% | 8,241 | 45.04% | 275 | 1.51% | 78 | 0.43% | 22 | 0.12% | 1,405 | 7.67% | 18,299 |
Paulding | 3,229 | 46.21% | 3,593 | 51.42% | 101 | 1.45% | 46 | 0.66% | 11 | 0.16% | -364 | -5.21% | 6,987 |
Perry | 6,268 | 51.64% | 5,637 | 46.44% | 135 | 1.11% | 61 | 0.50% | 19 | 0.16% | 631 | 5.20% | 12,138 |
Pickaway | 5,907 | 42.06% | 7,695 | 54.79% | 140 | 1.00% | 65 | 0.47% | 169 | 1.21% | -1,788 | -12.73% | 14,045 |
Pike | 5,734 | 59.89% | 3,729 | 38.95% | 68 | 0.71% | 17 | 0.18% | 17 | 0.18% | 2,005 | 20.94% | 9,574 |
Portage | 24,417 | 55.72% | 17,927 | 40.91% | 1,008 | 2.31% | 171 | 0.39% | 184 | 0.42% | 6,490 | 14.81% | 43,824 |
Preble | 5,850 | 45.89% | 6,654 | 52.20% | 132 | 1.04% | 57 | 0.45% | 33 | 0.26% | -804 | -6.31% | 12,747 |
Putnam | 5,035 | 39.61% | 7,332 | 57.69% | 256 | 2.02% | 59 | 0.46% | 14 | 0.11% | -2,297 | -18.08% | 12,710 |
Richland | 23,065 | 46.83% | 24,310 | 49.36% | 600 | 1.22% | 228 | 0.46% | 898 | 1.83% | -1,245 | -2.53% | 49,251 |
Ross | 10,743 | 47.22% | 11,477 | 50.45% | 248 | 1.09% | 77 | 0.34% | 148 | 0.65% | -734 | -3.23% | 22,751 |
Sandusky | 11,202 | 45.05% | 13,074 | 52.58% | 436 | 1.76% | 88 | 0.35% | 27 | 0.11% | -1,872 | -7.53% | 24,867 |
Scioto | 18,019 | 57.22% | 13,021 | 41.35% | 218 | 0.69% | 111 | 0.35% | 89 | 0.28% | 4,998 | 15.87% | 31,488 |
Seneca | 10,074 | 44.74% | 11,730 | 52.10% | 498 | 2.22% | 140 | 0.62% | 39 | 0.17% | -1,656 | -7.36% | 22,516 |
Shelby | 6,414 | 43.17% | 8,011 | 53.91% | 207 | 1.40% | 182 | 1.23% | 20 | 0.13% | -1,597 | -10.74% | 14,859 |
Stark | 70,012 | 48.05% | 72,607 | 49.83% | 1,805 | 1.24% | 671 | 0.46% | 336 | 0.23% | -2,595 | -1.78% | 145,709 |
Summit | 123,711 | 59.09% | 80,415 | 38.41% | 3,192 | 1.53% | 613 | 0.29% | 1,026 | 0.49% | 43,296 | 20.68% | 209,350 |
Trumbull | 53,828 | 58.16% | 36,469 | 39.41% | 1,068 | 1.16% | 490 | 0.53% | 462 | 0.50% | 17,359 | 18.75% | 92,544 |
Tuscarawas | 16,880 | 53.01% | 14,279 | 44.84% | 429 | 1.35% | 149 | 0.47% | 50 | 0.16% | 2,601 | 8.17% | 31,841 |
Union | 4,377 | 36.34% | 7,464 | 61.98% | 117 | 0.97% | 52 | 0.43% | 13 | 0.11% | -3,087 | -25.64% | 12,043 |
Van Wert | 5,689 | 39.83% | 8,344 | 58.42% | 143 | 1.00% | 64 | 0.45% | 19 | 0.13% | -2,655 | -18.59% | 14,284 |
Vinton | 2,629 | 54.25% | 2,148 | 44.33% | 46 | 0.95% | 11 | 0.23% | 10 | 0.21% | 481 | 9.92% | 4,846 |
Warren | 13,349 | 44.59% | 16,115 | 53.83% | 235 | 0.79% | 119 | 0.40% | 74 | 0.25% | -2,766 | -9.24% | 29,935 |
Washington | 8,914 | 42.25% | 11,513 | 54.57% | 250 | 1.19% | 89 | 0.42% | 275 | 1.31% | -2,599 | -12.32% | 21,096 |
Wayne | 13,087 | 42.55% | 16,976 | 55.20% | 429 | 1.40% | 105 | 0.34% | 103 | 0.34% | -3,889 | -12.65% | 30,754 |
Williams | 4,920 | 38.55% | 7,596 | 59.52% | 178 | 1.40% | 34 | 0.27% | 15 | 0.12% | -2,676 | -20.97% | 12,762 |
Wood | 16,926 | 45.58% | 19,331 | 52.06% | 649 | 1.75% | 117 | 0.32% | 52 | 0.14% | -2,405 | -6.48% | 37,131 |
Wyandot | 4,043 | 40.65% | 5,661 | 56.92% | 174 | 1.75% | 47 | 0.47% | 11 | 0.11% | -1,618 | -16.27% | 9,946 |
Totals | 2,011,621 | 48.92% | 2,000,505 | 48.65% | 58,258 | 1.42% | 15,529 | 0.38% | 25,960 | 0.63% | 11,116 | 0.27% | 4,111,873 |
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)