1976 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
The 1976 United States presidential election in Washington was held on November 2, 1976 as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Incumbent President Gerald Ford won the state of Washington with 50% of the vote, which made the state 6% more Republican than the nation-at-large, [1] but Ford received only eight of the state's nine electoral votes. Former California Governor Ronald Reagan lost the Republican nomination to Gerald Ford in 1976 and was not on the ballot in any state. However, he was given one electoral vote by Washington faithless elector Mike Padden.
This is the most recent presidential election where Washington would vote Republican in a close nationwide contest, while backing the Republican who did not win the overall election as well. This is also the last time Washington voted more Republican than the nation at large. In addition, this was also the last time until Donald Trump lost two Texas electoral votes in 2016, when a Republican presidential candidate would lose an electoral vote to a faithless elector. This is also the last time when Clallam County would back the losing candidate, which is now the county with the nation's longest streak of picking the winner of the electoral college in a presidential election.
Results
| 1976 United States presidential election in Washington[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | 777,732 | 50.00% | 8 | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 717,323 | 46.11% | 0 | |
| Independent | Eugene McCarthy | 36,986 | 2.38% | 0 | |
| Right Government | Lester Maddox | 8,585 | 0.55% | 0 | |
| American | Thomas J. Anderson | 5,046 | 0.32% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Roger MacBride | 5,042 | 0.32% | 0 | |
| Bicentennial Reality | Margaret Wright | 1,124 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | Peter Camejo | 905 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| U.S. Labor | Lyndon LaRouche | 903 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Communist | Gus Hall | 817 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Julius Levin | 713 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Frank Zeidler | 358 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | |
| Totals | 1,555,534 | 100.00% | 9 | ||
| Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) | 60%/75% | ||||
Results by county
| County | Gerald Rudolph Ford Republican |
James Earl Carter Democratic |
Eugene Joseph McCarthy[2] Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 2,795 | 58.56% | 1,790 | 37.50% | 68 | 1.43% | 115 | 2.41% | 1,005 | 21.08% | 4,773 |
| Asotin | 2,752 | 47.22% | 2,898 | 49.73% | 80 | 1.38% | 87 | 1.50% | -146 | -2.51% | 5,828 |
| Benton | 22,135 | 63.95% | 11,306 | 32.67% | 677 | 1.96% | 441 | 1.28% | 10,829 | 31.33% | 34,611 |
| Chelan | 10,492 | 56.13% | 7,623 | 40.78% | 322 | 1.73% | 219 | 1.17% | 2,869 | 15.38% | 18,692 |
| Clallam | 9,132 | 49.67% | 8,268 | 44.97% | 475 | 2.60% | 418 | 2.29% | 864 | 4.72% | 18,386 |
| Clark | 27,938 | 45.65% | 31,080 | 50.78% | 1,469 | 2.40% | 597 | 0.98% | -3,142 | -5.14% | 61,201 |
| Columbia | 1,153 | 56.69% | 829 | 40.76% | 29 | 1.43% | 23 | 1.13% | 324 | 15.93% | 2,034 |
| Cowlitz | 12,531 | 44.11% | 14,958 | 52.66% | 562 | 1.98% | 293 | 1.03% | -2,427 | -8.56% | 28,406 |
| Douglas | 4,547 | 53.09% | 3,809 | 44.48% | 111 | 1.30% | 83 | 0.97% | 738 | 8.63% | 8,564 |
| Ferry | 776 | 45.86% | 814 | 48.11% | 45 | 2.66% | 55 | 3.25% | -38 | -2.25% | 1,692 |
| Franklin | 5,671 | 54.51% | 4,369 | 42.00% | 192 | 1.85% | 151 | 1.45% | 1,302 | 12.54% | 10,403 |
| Garfield | 892 | 57.18% | 616 | 39.49% | 26 | 1.67% | 23 | 1.48% | 276 | 17.73% | 1,560 |
| Grant | 9,192 | 51.87% | 7,777 | 43.89% | 400 | 2.26% | 305 | 1.73% | 1,415 | 8.01% | 17,721 |
| Grays Harbor | 9,464 | 39.61% | 13,478 | 56.41% | 534 | 2.24% | 331 | 1.39% | -4,014 | -16.86% | 23,893 |
| Island | 7,804 | 55.33% | 5,859 | 41.54% | 280 | 1.99% | 134 | 0.95% | 1,945 | 13.82% | 14,104 |
| Jefferson | 2,794 | 45.86% | 2,913 | 47.82% | 199 | 3.29% | 136 | 2.25% | -119 | -1.97% | 6,092 |
| King | 279,382 | 50.79% | 248,743 | 45.22% | 14,234 | 2.60% | 5,483 | 1.00% | 30,609 | 5.59% | 550,119 |
| Kitsap | 23,124 | 45.56% | 25,701 | 50.64% | 1,179 | 2.33% | 642 | 1.27% | -2,577 | -5.09% | 50,750 |
| Kittitas | 4,765 | 47.57% | 4,858 | 48.50% | 267 | 2.67% | 99 | 0.99% | -93 | -0.93% | 10,017 |
| Klickitat | 2,573 | 44.99% | 2,890 | 50.53% | 126 | 2.21% | 119 | 2.08% | -317 | -5.55% | 5,719 |
| Lewis | 10,933 | 51.65% | 9,026 | 42.64% | 557 | 2.64% | 601 | 2.85% | 1,907 | 9.03% | 21,167 |
| Lincoln | 2,925 | 57.57% | 1,978 | 38.93% | 98 | 1.93% | 71 | 1.40% | 947 | 18.67% | 5,081 |
| Mason | 4,758 | 42.14% | 6,060 | 53.67% | 268 | 2.38% | 178 | 1.58% | -1,302 | -11.56% | 11,291 |
| Okanogan | 5,455 | 47.05% | 5,543 | 47.81% | 338 | 2.92% | 233 | 2.01% | -88 | -0.76% | 11,595 |
| Pacific | 2,781 | 37.84% | 4,278 | 58.20% | 192 | 2.62% | 77 | 1.05% | -1,497 | -20.43% | 7,350 |
| Pend Oreille | 1,516 | 47.82% | 1,533 | 48.36% | 62 | 1.96% | 51 | 1.61% | -17 | -0.54% | 3,170 |
| Pierce | 74,668 | 46.92% | 78,238 | 49.16% | 4,316 | 2.72% | 1,502 | 0.95% | -3,570 | -2.25% | 159,148 |
| San Juan | 1,998 | 53.68% | 1,467 | 39.41% | 152 | 4.12% | 76 | 2.06% | 531 | 14.38% | 3,722 |
| Skagit | 13,060 | 48.66% | 12,718 | 47.39% | 575 | 2.15% | 412 | 1.54% | 342 | 1.28% | 26,837 |
| Skamania | 1,102 | 41.55% | 1,436 | 54.15% | 82 | 3.09% | 30 | 1.13% | -334 | -12.60% | 2,652 |
| Snohomish | 55,375 | 47.95% | 55,623 | 48.16% | 2,470 | 2.14% | 1,731 | 1.50% | -248 | -0.22% | 115,488 |
| Spokane | 68,290 | 53.37% | 55,660 | 43.50% | 2,033 | 1.59% | 1,683 | 1.32% | 12,630 | 9.89% | 127,954 |
| Stevens | 4,719 | 51.81% | 3,824 | 41.98% | 181 | 1.99% | 357 | 3.93% | 895 | 9.86% | 9,109 |
| Thurston | 21,000 | 47.67% | 21,247 | 48.23% | 1,120 | 2.55% | 494 | 1.13% | -247 | -0.56% | 44,056 |
| Wahkiakum | 704 | 41.17% | 942 | 55.09% | 32 | 1.87% | 30 | 1.76% | -238 | -13.93% | 1,710 |
| Walla Walla | 10,883 | 59.15% | 7,012 | 38.11% | 328 | 1.78% | 153 | 0.83% | 3,871 | 21.07% | 18,400 |
| Whatcom | 20,007 | 48.00% | 19,739 | 47.36% | 1,393 | 3.36% | 373 | 0.90% | 268 | 0.65% | 41,679 |
| Whitman | 8,168 | 54.21% | 6,197 | 41.13% | 428 | 2.85% | 215 | 1.43% | 1,971 | 13.13% | 15,068 |
| Yakima | 29,478 | 53.12% | 24,223 | 43.65% | 1,086 | 1.96% | 624 | 1.13% | 5,255 | 9.48% | 55,492 |
| Totals | 777,732 | 50.00% | 717,323 | 46.11% | 36,986 | 2.38% | 23,493 | 1.51% | 60,409 | 3.88% | 1,555,534 |
Notes
- One elector voted for Ronald Reagan for president and Bob Dole for vice president
References
- "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Washington". Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- Our Campaigns; WA US President 1976
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