1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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 County Results Carter 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | Ford 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | Tie 49.21% Carter & Ford |
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The1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Kentucky was won byJimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 52.75 percent of the popular vote. Carter defeatedincumbentPresidentGerald Ford (R–Michigan), who finished with 45.57 percent of the popular vote, and did so by winning all major demographic groups in theCommonwealth.[1] No third-party candidate amounted to 1 percent of the vote;American Party candidateThomas Anderson came the closest with 0.71 percent.
Carter went on to become the39th president of theUnited States.[2] As ofthe 2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichWarren County,Hardin County,Madison County,Christian County,Taylor County, andLincoln County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and the last in whichBoone County did not support the Republican candidate, as voters in Boone County gave exactly the same number of votes to Ford as they did to Carter.[3] This is also the last presidential election in which a Democratic presidential candidate won a majority of the vote in the state.
| County[5] | Jimmy Carter
Democratic | Gerald Ford
Republican | Thomas Anderson
American | Eugene McCarthy
Independent | Various candidates
Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast |
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % |
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| Adair | 2,366 | 42.00% | 3,201 | 56.82% | 26 | 0.46% | 10 | 0.18% | 31 | 0.55% | -835 | -14.82% | 5,634 |
| Allen | 2,231 | 46.69% | 2,508 | 52.49% | 11 | 0.23% | 10 | 0.21% | 18 | 0.38% | -277 | -5.80% | 4,778 |
| Anderson | 2,388 | 57.79% | 1,682 | 40.71% | 34 | 0.82% | 15 | 0.36% | 13 | 0.31% | 706 | 17.08% | 4,132 |
| Ballard | 2,794 | 75.66% | 649 | 17.57% | 216 | 5.85% | 16 | 0.43% | 18 | 0.49% | 2,145 | 58.09% | 3,693 |
| Barren | 5,878 | 60.16% | 3,797 | 38.86% | 55 | 0.56% | 22 | 0.23% | 19 | 0.19% | 2,081 | 21.30% | 9,771 |
| Bath | 2,113 | 68.80% | 938 | 30.54% | 9 | 0.29% | 7 | 0.23% | 4 | 0.13% | 1,175 | 38.26% | 3,071 |
| Bell | 5,284 | 50.41% | 5,035 | 48.03% | 100 | 0.95% | 30 | 0.29% | 34 | 0.32% | 249 | 2.38% | 10,483 |
| Boone | 5,602 | 49.21% | 5,602 | 49.21% | 63 | 0.55% | 75 | 0.66% | 43 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,385 |
| Bourbon | 3,504 | 59.35% | 2,260 | 38.28% | 88 | 1.49% | 30 | 0.51% | 22 | 0.37% | 1,244 | 21.07% | 5,904 |
| Boyd | 11,150 | 54.50% | 9,106 | 44.51% | 50 | 0.24% | 84 | 0.41% | 69 | 0.34% | 2,044 | 9.99% | 20,459 |
| Boyle | 4,095 | 53.16% | 3,511 | 45.58% | 21 | 0.27% | 45 | 0.58% | 31 | 0.40% | 584 | 7.58% | 7,703 |
| Bracken | 1,577 | 63.21% | 879 | 35.23% | 19 | 0.76% | 12 | 0.48% | 8 | 0.32% | 698 | 27.98% | 2,495 |
| Breathitt | 3,544 | 77.45% | 1,014 | 22.16% | 5 | 0.11% | 7 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.13% | 2,530 | 55.29% | 4,576 |
| Breckinridge | 3,347 | 54.77% | 2,698 | 44.15% | 20 | 0.33% | 25 | 0.41% | 21 | 0.34% | 649 | 10.62% | 6,111 |
| Bullitt | 5,623 | 59.40% | 3,639 | 38.44% | 100 | 1.06% | 56 | 0.59% | 49 | 0.52% | 1,984 | 20.96% | 9,467 |
| Butler | 1,588 | 39.89% | 2,363 | 59.36% | 6 | 0.15% | 10 | 0.25% | 14 | 0.35% | -775 | -19.47% | 3,981 |
| Caldwell | 3,016 | 61.56% | 1,808 | 36.91% | 46 | 0.94% | 15 | 0.31% | 14 | 0.29% | 1,208 | 24.65% | 4,899 |
| Calloway | 8,141 | 70.75% | 3,171 | 27.56% | 55 | 0.48% | 90 | 0.78% | 50 | 0.43% | 4,970 | 43.19% | 11,507 |
| Campbell | 12,423 | 43.10% | 15,798 | 54.81% | 100 | 0.35% | 379 | 1.32% | 121 | 0.42% | -3,375 | -11.71% | 28,821 |
| Carlisle | 1,985 | 80.82% | 435 | 17.71% | 22 | 0.90% | 8 | 0.33% | 6 | 0.24% | 1,550 | 63.11% | 2,456 |
| Carroll | 2,251 | 72.64% | 815 | 26.30% | 11 | 0.35% | 11 | 0.35% | 11 | 0.35% | 1,436 | 46.34% | 3,099 |
| Carter | 3,915 | 54.89% | 3,185 | 44.65% | 6 | 0.08% | 11 | 0.15% | 16 | 0.22% | 730 | 10.24% | 7,133 |
| Casey | 1,602 | 31.84% | 3,379 | 67.15% | 27 | 0.54% | 17 | 0.34% | 7 | 0.14% | -1,777 | -35.31% | 5,032 |
| Christian | 7,845 | 60.75% | 4,964 | 38.44% | 38 | 0.29% | 32 | 0.25% | 35 | 0.27% | 2,881 | 22.31% | 12,914 |
| Clark | 4,575 | 58.90% | 3,114 | 40.09% | 19 | 0.24% | 39 | 0.50% | 21 | 0.27% | 1,461 | 18.81% | 7,768 |
| Clay | 1,674 | 31.37% | 3,652 | 68.44% | 2 | 0.04% | 6 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.04% | -1,978 | -37.07% | 5,336 |
| Clinton | 987 | 29.12% | 2,354 | 69.46% | 11 | 0.32% | 7 | 0.21% | 30 | 0.89% | -1,367 | -40.34% | 3,389 |
| Crittenden | 1,715 | 51.16% | 1,596 | 47.61% | 21 | 0.63% | 13 | 0.39% | 7 | 0.21% | 119 | 3.55% | 3,352 |
| Cumberland | 853 | 33.76% | 1,653 | 65.41% | 7 | 0.28% | 7 | 0.28% | 7 | 0.28% | -800 | -31.65% | 2,527 |
| Daviess | 14,114 | 51.41% | 12,826 | 46.72% | 266 | 0.97% | 175 | 0.64% | 73 | 0.27% | 1,288 | 4.69% | 27,454 |
| Edmonson | 1,418 | 41.57% | 1,976 | 57.93% | 7 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.18% | -558 | -16.36% | 3,411 |
| Elliott | 1,987 | 80.74% | 455 | 18.49% | 5 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.33% | 6 | 0.24% | 1,532 | 62.25% | 2,461 |
| Estill | 2,034 | 47.15% | 2,250 | 52.16% | 6 | 0.14% | 16 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.19% | -216 | -5.01% | 4,314 |
| Fayette | 28,012 | 43.10% | 35,170 | 54.12% | 628 | 0.97% | 897 | 1.38% | 282 | 0.43% | -7,158 | -11.02% | 64,989 |
| Fleming | 2,317 | 58.17% | 1,647 | 41.35% | 8 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.03% | 670 | 16.82% | 3,983 |
| Floyd | 10,151 | 76.13% | 3,108 | 23.31% | 21 | 0.16% | 24 | 0.18% | 29 | 0.22% | 7,043 | 52.82% | 13,333 |
| Franklin | 10,475 | 63.71% | 5,536 | 33.67% | 240 | 1.46% | 124 | 0.75% | 66 | 0.40% | 4,939 | 30.04% | 16,441 |
| Fulton | 2,370 | 68.30% | 1,060 | 30.55% | 27 | 0.78% | 9 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,310 | 37.75% | 3,470 |
| Gallatin | 1,164 | 71.72% | 436 | 26.86% | 7 | 0.43% | 6 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.62% | 728 | 44.86% | 1,623 |
| Garrard | 1,887 | 47.32% | 2,045 | 51.28% | 42 | 1.05% | 7 | 0.18% | 7 | 0.18% | -158 | -3.96% | 3,988 |
| Grant | 2,336 | 64.28% | 1,212 | 33.35% | 70 | 1.93% | 6 | 0.17% | 10 | 0.28% | 1,124 | 30.93% | 3,634 |
| Graves | 8,982 | 72.32% | 3,195 | 25.72% | 172 | 1.38% | 33 | 0.27% | 38 | 0.31% | 5,787 | 46.60% | 12,420 |
| Grayson | 3,064 | 45.13% | 3,658 | 53.87% | 36 | 0.53% | 12 | 0.18% | 20 | 0.29% | -594 | -8.74% | 6,790 |
| Green | 2,085 | 46.14% | 2,397 | 53.04% | 5 | 0.11% | 10 | 0.22% | 22 | 0.49% | -312 | -6.90% | 4,519 |
| Greenup | 6,880 | 57.27% | 5,062 | 42.14% | 21 | 0.17% | 27 | 0.22% | 23 | 0.19% | 1,818 | 15.13% | 12,013 |
| Hancock | 1,562 | 56.86% | 1,124 | 40.92% | 41 | 1.49% | 14 | 0.51% | 6 | 0.22% | 438 | 15.94% | 2,747 |
| Hardin | 7,977 | 52.53% | 6,965 | 45.87% | 113 | 0.74% | 81 | 0.53% | 49 | 0.32% | 1,012 | 6.66% | 15,185 |
| Harlan | 7,300 | 60.80% | 4,624 | 38.51% | 16 | 0.13% | 38 | 0.32% | 28 | 0.23% | 2,676 | 22.29% | 12,006 |
| Harrison | 3,582 | 64.53% | 1,911 | 34.43% | 21 | 0.38% | 24 | 0.43% | 13 | 0.23% | 1,671 | 30.10% | 5,551 |
| Hart | 3,189 | 60.81% | 2,013 | 38.39% | 7 | 0.13% | 15 | 0.29% | 20 | 0.38% | 1,176 | 22.42% | 5,244 |
| Henderson | 7,916 | 65.32% | 4,053 | 33.45% | 56 | 0.46% | 59 | 0.49% | 34 | 0.28% | 3,863 | 31.87% | 12,118 |
| Henry | 2,985 | 70.73% | 1,192 | 28.25% | 7 | 0.17% | 22 | 0.52% | 14 | 0.33% | 1,793 | 42.48% | 4,220 |
| Hickman | 2,035 | 74.93% | 585 | 21.54% | 87 | 3.20% | 5 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.15% | 1,450 | 53.39% | 2,716 |
| Hopkins | 7,749 | 59.65% | 5,115 | 39.38% | 37 | 0.28% | 48 | 0.37% | 41 | 0.32% | 2,634 | 20.27% | 12,990 |
| Jackson | 680 | 19.62% | 2,766 | 79.80% | 8 | 0.23% | 5 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.20% | -2,086 | -60.18% | 3,466 |
| Jefferson | 122,731 | 47.31% | 130,262 | 50.21% | 2,831 | 1.09% | 2,272 | 0.88% | 1,349 | 0.52% | -7,531 | -2.90% | 259,445 |
| Jessamine | 2,795 | 46.55% | 3,081 | 51.32% | 74 | 1.23% | 33 | 0.55% | 21 | 0.35% | -286 | -4.77% | 6,004 |
| Johnson | 3,683 | 42.65% | 4,891 | 56.64% | 16 | 0.19% | 21 | 0.24% | 24 | 0.28% | -1,208 | -13.99% | 8,635 |
| Kenton | 18,833 | 45.18% | 22,087 | 52.99% | 176 | 0.42% | 429 | 1.03% | 155 | 0.37% | -3,254 | -7.81% | 41,680 |
| Knott | 4,762 | 82.40% | 962 | 16.65% | 5 | 0.09% | 14 | 0.24% | 36 | 0.62% | 3,800 | 65.75% | 5,779 |
| Knox | 3,642 | 42.05% | 4,931 | 56.93% | 13 | 0.15% | 24 | 0.28% | 51 | 0.59% | -1,289 | -14.88% | 8,661 |
| LaRue | 2,207 | 60.38% | 1,409 | 38.55% | 14 | 0.38% | 11 | 0.30% | 14 | 0.38% | 798 | 21.83% | 3,655 |
| Laurel | 3,813 | 37.85% | 6,186 | 61.41% | 28 | 0.28% | 18 | 0.18% | 28 | 0.28% | -2,373 | -23.56% | 10,073 |
| Lawrence | 2,402 | 56.08% | 1,838 | 42.91% | 13 | 0.30% | 11 | 0.26% | 19 | 0.44% | 564 | 13.17% | 4,283 |
| Lee | 1,091 | 42.57% | 1,449 | 56.54% | 3 | 0.12% | 7 | 0.27% | 13 | 0.51% | -358 | -13.97% | 2,563 |
| Leslie | 1,478 | 28.04% | 3,770 | 71.52% | 8 | 0.15% | 8 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.13% | -2,292 | -43.48% | 5,271 |
| Letcher | 4,590 | 59.24% | 3,122 | 40.29% | 9 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.13% | 17 | 0.22% | 1,468 | 18.95% | 7,748 |
| Lewis | 1,929 | 44.53% | 2,383 | 55.01% | 6 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.14% | 8 | 0.18% | -454 | -10.48% | 4,332 |
| Lincoln | 3,198 | 53.97% | 2,694 | 45.47% | 14 | 0.24% | 5 | 0.08% | 14 | 0.24% | 504 | 8.50% | 5,925 |
| Livingston | 2,497 | 73.12% | 878 | 25.71% | 25 | 0.73% | 4 | 0.12% | 11 | 0.32% | 1,619 | 47.41% | 3,415 |
| Logan | 4,850 | 65.64% | 2,430 | 32.89% | 67 | 0.91% | 16 | 0.22% | 26 | 0.35% | 2,420 | 32.75% | 7,389 |
| Lyon | 1,606 | 72.31% | 585 | 26.34% | 22 | 0.99% | 3 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.23% | 1,021 | 45.97% | 2,221 |
| Madison | 7,299 | 51.71% | 6,581 | 46.63% | 106 | 0.75% | 88 | 0.62% | 40 | 0.28% | 718 | 5.08% | 14,114 |
| Magoffin | 2,451 | 57.49% | 1,793 | 42.06% | 3 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.07% | 13 | 0.30% | 658 | 15.43% | 4,263 |
| Marion | 3,520 | 66.14% | 1,723 | 32.38% | 27 | 0.51% | 30 | 0.56% | 22 | 0.41% | 1,797 | 33.76% | 5,322 |
| Marshall | 6,906 | 71.83% | 2,578 | 26.82% | 63 | 0.66% | 23 | 0.24% | 44 | 0.46% | 4,328 | 45.01% | 9,614 |
| Martin | 1,267 | 37.12% | 2,120 | 62.12% | 4 | 0.12% | 7 | 0.21% | 15 | 0.44% | -853 | -25.00% | 3,413 |
| Mason | 3,397 | 56.58% | 2,529 | 42.12% | 26 | 0.43% | 36 | 0.60% | 16 | 0.27% | 868 | 14.46% | 6,004 |
| McCracken | 14,956 | 65.92% | 6,997 | 30.84% | 535 | 2.36% | 125 | 0.55% | 74 | 0.33% | 7,959 | 35.08% | 22,687 |
| McCreary | 1,827 | 35.53% | 3,272 | 63.63% | 22 | 0.43% | 10 | 0.19% | 11 | 0.21% | -1,445 | -28.10% | 5,142 |
| McLean | 2,346 | 65.29% | 1,212 | 33.73% | 3 | 0.08% | 12 | 0.33% | 20 | 0.56% | 1,134 | 31.56% | 3,593 |
| Meade | 3,030 | 62.24% | 1,755 | 36.05% | 20 | 0.41% | 41 | 0.84% | 22 | 0.45% | 1,275 | 26.19% | 4,868 |
| Menifee | 1,041 | 76.77% | 304 | 22.42% | 5 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.37% | 737 | 54.35% | 1,356 |
| Mercer | 3,411 | 56.94% | 2,451 | 40.91% | 85 | 1.42% | 21 | 0.35% | 23 | 0.38% | 960 | 16.03% | 5,991 |
| Metcalfe | 1,877 | 57.47% | 1,356 | 41.52% | 14 | 0.43% | 4 | 0.12% | 15 | 0.46% | 521 | 15.95% | 3,266 |
| Monroe | 1,412 | 29.45% | 3,352 | 69.91% | 6 | 0.13% | 14 | 0.29% | 11 | 0.23% | -1,940 | -40.46% | 4,795 |
| Montgomery | 3,141 | 60.01% | 2,032 | 38.82% | 17 | 0.32% | 22 | 0.42% | 22 | 0.42% | 1,109 | 21.19% | 5,234 |
| Morgan | 2,897 | 74.34% | 973 | 24.97% | 8 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.21% | 11 | 0.28% | 1,924 | 49.37% | 3,897 |
| Muhlenberg | 7,058 | 61.65% | 4,292 | 37.49% | 28 | 0.24% | 31 | 0.27% | 40 | 0.35% | 2,766 | 24.16% | 11,449 |
| Nelson | 4,454 | 59.36% | 2,804 | 37.37% | 138 | 1.84% | 65 | 0.87% | 43 | 0.57% | 1,650 | 21.99% | 7,504 |
| Nicholas | 1,582 | 66.53% | 738 | 31.03% | 45 | 1.89% | 3 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.42% | 844 | 35.50% | 2,378 |
| Ohio | 3,508 | 47.81% | 3,764 | 51.30% | 22 | 0.30% | 25 | 0.34% | 18 | 0.25% | -256 | -3.49% | 7,337 |
| Oldham | 2,819 | 42.51% | 3,695 | 55.72% | 27 | 0.41% | 52 | 0.78% | 38 | 0.57% | -876 | -13.21% | 6,631 |
| Owen | 2,332 | 76.43% | 676 | 22.16% | 15 | 0.49% | 14 | 0.46% | 14 | 0.46% | 1,656 | 54.27% | 3,051 |
| Owsley | 305 | 22.31% | 1,053 | 77.03% | 3 | 0.22% | 5 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.07% | -748 | -54.72% | 1,367 |
| Pendleton | 2,147 | 62.65% | 1,230 | 35.89% | 19 | 0.55% | 20 | 0.58% | 11 | 0.32% | 917 | 26.76% | 3,427 |
| Perry | 5,633 | 55.68% | 4,434 | 43.83% | 10 | 0.10% | 15 | 0.15% | 24 | 0.24% | 1,199 | 11.85% | 10,116 |
| Pike | 14,320 | 60.44% | 9,178 | 38.74% | 47 | 0.20% | 46 | 0.19% | 100 | 0.42% | 5,142 | 21.70% | 23,691 |
| Powell | 1,859 | 61.37% | 1,148 | 37.90% | 6 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.33% | 6 | 0.20% | 711 | 23.47% | 3,029 |
| Pulaski | 5,752 | 38.14% | 9,226 | 61.17% | 29 | 0.19% | 36 | 0.24% | 40 | 0.27% | -3,474 | -23.03% | 15,083 |
| Robertson | 546 | 65.94% | 275 | 33.21% | 3 | 0.36% | 3 | 0.36% | 1 | 0.12% | 271 | 32.73% | 828 |
| Rockcastle | 1,408 | 35.09% | 2,583 | 64.37% | 4 | 0.10% | 11 | 0.27% | 7 | 0.17% | -1,175 | -29.28% | 4,013 |
| Rowan | 3,541 | 60.34% | 2,244 | 38.24% | 13 | 0.22% | 42 | 0.72% | 28 | 0.48% | 1,297 | 22.10% | 5,868 |
| Russell | 1,803 | 38.10% | 2,882 | 60.90% | 14 | 0.30% | 12 | 0.25% | 21 | 0.44% | -1,079 | -22.80% | 4,732 |
| Scott | 3,118 | 55.30% | 2,408 | 42.71% | 62 | 1.10% | 37 | 0.66% | 13 | 0.23% | 710 | 12.59% | 5,638 |
| Shelby | 3,841 | 56.10% | 2,916 | 42.59% | 30 | 0.44% | 32 | 0.47% | 28 | 0.41% | 925 | 13.51% | 6,847 |
| Simpson | 2,782 | 64.71% | 1,481 | 34.45% | 14 | 0.33% | 9 | 0.21% | 13 | 0.30% | 1,301 | 30.26% | 4,299 |
| Spencer | 1,209 | 60.97% | 742 | 37.42% | 18 | 0.91% | 10 | 0.50% | 4 | 0.20% | 467 | 23.55% | 1,983 |
| Taylor | 3,456 | 50.33% | 3,337 | 48.60% | 20 | 0.29% | 25 | 0.36% | 28 | 0.41% | 119 | 1.73% | 6,866 |
| Todd | 2,436 | 67.72% | 1,095 | 30.44% | 42 | 1.17% | 11 | 0.31% | 13 | 0.36% | 1,341 | 37.28% | 3,597 |
| Trigg | 2,727 | 72.82% | 991 | 26.46% | 11 | 0.29% | 8 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.21% | 1,736 | 46.36% | 3,745 |
| Trimble | 1,568 | 74.21% | 517 | 24.47% | 10 | 0.47% | 11 | 0.52% | 7 | 0.33% | 1,051 | 49.74% | 2,113 |
| Union | 3,540 | 66.64% | 1,716 | 32.30% | 10 | 0.19% | 21 | 0.40% | 25 | 0.47% | 1,824 | 34.34% | 5,312 |
| Warren | 9,657 | 50.06% | 9,439 | 48.93% | 39 | 0.20% | 96 | 0.50% | 60 | 0.31% | 218 | 1.13% | 19,291 |
| Washington | 2,376 | 56.10% | 1,765 | 41.68% | 66 | 1.56% | 16 | 0.38% | 12 | 0.28% | 611 | 14.42% | 4,235 |
| Wayne | 2,537 | 43.61% | 3,243 | 55.75% | 14 | 0.24% | 12 | 0.21% | 11 | 0.19% | -706 | -12.14% | 5,817 |
| Webster | 3,523 | 70.89% | 1,402 | 28.21% | 17 | 0.34% | 9 | 0.18% | 19 | 0.38% | 2,121 | 42.68% | 4,970 |
| Whitley | 4,212 | 40.53% | 6,100 | 58.70% | 22 | 0.21% | 16 | 0.15% | 42 | 0.40% | -1,888 | -18.17% | 10,392 |
| Wolfe | 1,777 | 72.29% | 659 | 26.81% | 14 | 0.57% | 2 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.24% | 1,118 | 45.48% | 2,458 |
| Woodford | 2,689 | 49.20% | 2,646 | 48.42% | 85 | 1.56% | 32 | 0.59% | 13 | 0.24% | 43 | 0.78% | 5,465 |
| Totals | 615,717 | 52.75% | 531,852 | 45.57% | 8,308 | 0.71% | 6,837 | 0.59% | 4,428 | 0.38% | 83,865 | 7.18% | 1,167,142 |
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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
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