1976 United States presidential election in Missouri
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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 12 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] and the last time a Democrat won Missouri with the majority of the vote.
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
County[3] | Jimmy Carter Democratic |
Gerald Ford Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 3,684 | 40.34% | 5,249 | 57.47% | 200 | 2.19% | -1,565 | -17.13% | 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 | -0.86% | 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 | 0.49% | -7 | -0.07% | 10,148 |
Barton | 2,326 | 45.81% | 2,708 | 53.34% | 43 | 0.85% | -382 | -7.53% | 5,077 |
Bates | 4,288 | 55.80% | 3,350 | 43.60% | 46 | 0.60% | 938 | 12.20% | 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 | 0.18% | 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 | 2.88% | 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 | -9.35% | 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 | -28.54% | 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 | 7.51% | 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 | -14.37% | 4,667 |
Dunklin | 7,107 | 68.06% | 3,314 | 31.73% | 22 | 0.21% | 3,793 | 36.33% | 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 | -39.13% | 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 | -7.48% | 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 | 0.33% | 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 | 3.70% | 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 | 11.18% | 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 | 11.79% | 6,857 |
Macon | 4,296 | 55.88% | 3,360 | 43.70% | 32 | 0.42% | 936 | 12.18% | 7,688 |
Madison | 2,229 | 55.88% | 1,739 | 43.59% | 21 | 0.53% | 490 | 12.29% | 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 | 31.26% | 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 | 38.84% | 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 | 5.80% | 7,162 |
Platte | 8,651 | 50.73% | 8,103 | 47.51% | 300 | 1.76% | 548 | 3.22% | 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 | 0.50% | 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 | 22.08% | 4,245 |
St. Charles | 22,063 | 45.30% | 26,105 | 53.60% | 536 | 1.10% | -4,042 | -8.30% | 48,704 |
St. Clair | 2,271 | 55.35% | 1,808 | 44.07% | 24 | 0.58% | 463 | 11.28% | 4,103 |
St. Francois | 8,852 | 55.63% | 7,002 | 44.01% | 57 | 0.36% | 1,850 | 11.62% | 15,911 |
St. Louis | 196,915 | 43.51% | 246,988 | 54.57% | 8,723 | 1.93% | -50,073 | -11.06% | 452,626 |
St. Louis City | 118,703 | 66.03% | 58,367 | 32.47% | 2,714 | 1.50% | 60,336 | 33.56% | 179,784 |
Ste. 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 | 9.28% | 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 | 3.83% | 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 | 20.66% | 4,958 |
Webster | 3,759 | 51.39% | 3,510 | 47.98% | 46 | 0.63% | 249 | 3.41% | 7,315 |
Worth | 969 | 55.40% | 771 | 44.08% | 9 | 0.52% | 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 | 51.10% | 927,443 | 47.47% | 27,770 | 1.42% | 70,944 | 3.63% | 1,953,600 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Audrain
- Bates
- Bollinger
- Butler
- Caldwell
- Carroll
- Carter
- Cass
- Chariton
- Clark
- Clay
- Clinton
- Crawford
- Dallas
- Daviess
- DeKalb
- Dent
- Gentry
- Henry
- Howell
- Jefferson
- Johnson
- Jackson
- Knox
- Laclede
- Lewis
- Lincoln
- Linn
- Livingston
- Macon
- Madison
- Maries
- Marion
- McDonald
- Mercer
- Mississippi
- Oregon
- Nodaway
- Pettis
- Phelps
- Pike
- Platte
- Pulaski
- Randolph
- Reynolds
- Ripley
- St. Clair
- St. Francois
- Schuyler
- Scotland
- Scott
- Saline
- Shelby
- Stoddard
- Sullivan
- Texas
- Vernon
- Washington
- Webster
- Wayne
- Worth
- Boone
- Buchanan
- Dunklin
- Howard
- Iron
- New Madrid
- Pemiscot
- Ralls
- Ray
- Ste Genevieve
- Shannon
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