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The1976 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states andthe District of Columbia were part of the1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Ohio was won by formerGeorgiaGovernorJimmy Carter (D) by a margin of 0.27%, which made the state almost 2% more Republican than the nation-at-large. As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichAdams County andBrown County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, the last time until2020 whenWood County voted for a losing candidate,[1] and the last time that a Democrat would win Ohio while losing neighboringMichigan. It would also be the last election in which a Democratic Candidate won the state by under 1%, as Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton won Ohio in both of their runs by more than 1%
The state was not only one of the closest states in the election, but it was called for Carter after he wonWisconsin, thetipping-point state of the election. Ohio, Mississippi, and Wisconsin were the only three states that Carter won without receiving above 50 percent of the vote. Unlike with Mississippi, Wisconsin and Ohio were the two closest states that Carter won, and if Carter had lost both, he would have lost the election to Ford.[2][3][4]
| 1976 United States presidential election in Ohio[5] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter | Walter Mondale | 2,011,621 | 48.92% | 25 | |
| Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | 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[6] Not Designated | Lester Maddox[6] American | Various candidates[6] Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[7] | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
| Democratic Hold Gain from Republican | Republican Hold |
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