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The1976 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the1976 United States presidential election. All fifty states and theDistrict of Columbia participated in the election. Oklahoma voters chose eight electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Oklahoma was won by incumbent PresidentGerald Ford (R) by a narrow margin of 1.21 percent.[1] Despite Ford's narrow victory, Oklahoma is a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state wasLyndon Johnson in1964.
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which a Democrat carried one of the three counties in theOklahoma Panhandle, namelyCimarron County, as well as the last timeGrant County,Jackson County,Rogers County,Adair County,Dewey County,Roger Mills County,Lincoln County,Creek County,Grady County,Logan County,McClain County,Pottawatomie County, andWagoner County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2] Carter's 532,442 votes is the most received by a Democratic presidential candidate in the state's history.
Oklahoma, a verysocially conservative state, had last voted for a Democratic presidential nominee in1964, but Democrats maintained a large advantage in party registration and in the state legislature in this era. Going into election day,ABC News rated the state as a tossup betweenDemocratic Georgia GovernorJimmy Carter and Republican PresidentGerald Ford.
On Election Day, Oklahoma voted for Ford by a narrow margin of 1.21% or 13,266 votes. Oklahoma was one of only two states in theSouth, the other beingVirginia, to vote for Ford. Despite Carter's rural appeal in socially conservativeLittle Dixie, Ford ran up large margins inTulsa andOklahoma counties.
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Running mate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
| Gerald Ford (incumbent) | Republican | Michigan | 545,708 | 49.96% | 8 | Robert Dole | Kansas | 8 |
| Jimmy Carter | Democratic | Georgia | 534,442 | 48.75% | 0 | Walter Mondale | Minnesota | 0 |
| Eugene McCarthy | Independent | Minnesota | 14,101 | 1.26% | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Total | 1,094,251 | 100% | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Needed to win | 270 | 270 | ||||||
| County | Gerald Ford Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | Eugene McCarthy Independent | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 3,013 | 48.14% | 3,183 | 50.85% | 63 | 1.01% | -170 | -2.71% | 6,259 |
| Alfalfa | 2,113 | 54.22% | 1,725 | 44.26% | 59 | 1.51% | 388 | 9.96% | 3,897 |
| Atoka | 1,098 | 24.94% | 3,276 | 74.42% | 28 | 0.64% | -2,178 | -49.48% | 4,402 |
| Beaver | 1,801 | 58.84% | 1,213 | 39.63% | 47 | 1.54% | 588 | 19.21% | 3,061 |
| Beckham | 2,351 | 33.90% | 4,530 | 65.32% | 54 | 0.78% | -2,179 | -31.42% | 6,935 |
| Blaine | 2,682 | 53.05% | 2,297 | 45.43% | 77 | 1.52% | 385 | 7.62% | 5,056 |
| Bryan | 2,848 | 27.67% | 7,410 | 71.99% | 35 | 0.34% | -4,562 | -44.32% | 10,293 |
| Caddo | 3,854 | 34.02% | 7,382 | 65.17% | 91 | 0.80% | -3,528 | -31.15% | 11,327 |
| Canadian | 9,766 | 56.32% | 7,288 | 42.03% | 285 | 1.64% | 2,478 | 14.29% | 17,339 |
| Carter | 6,668 | 44.25% | 8,319 | 55.20% | 83 | 0.55% | -1,651 | -10.95% | 15,070 |
| Cherokee | 4,443 | 42.06% | 6,006 | 56.85% | 115 | 1.09% | -1,563 | -14.79% | 10,564 |
| Choctaw | 1,821 | 29.66% | 4,269 | 69.53% | 50 | 0.81% | -2,448 | -39.87% | 6,140 |
| Cimarron | 872 | 46.41% | 962 | 51.20% | 45 | 2.39% | -90 | -4.79% | 1,879 |
| Cleveland | 22,098 | 51.06% | 20,054 | 46.33% | 1,129 | 2.61% | 2,044 | 4.73% | 43,281 |
| Coal | 769 | 29.97% | 1,774 | 69.13% | 23 | 0.90% | -1,005 | -39.16% | 2,566 |
| Comanche | 13,163 | 50.04% | 12,910 | 49.08% | 230 | 0.87% | 253 | 0.96% | 26,303 |
| Cotton | 1,127 | 36.78% | 1,911 | 62.37% | 26 | 0.85% | -784 | -25.59% | 3,064 |
| Craig | 2,540 | 41.11% | 3,577 | 57.90% | 61 | 0.99% | -1,037 | -16.79% | 6,178 |
| Creek | 8,458 | 48.08% | 8,964 | 50.96% | 169 | 0.96% | -506 | -2.88% | 17,591 |
| Custer | 4,847 | 50.78% | 4,597 | 48.16% | 102 | 1.07% | 250 | 2.62% | 9,546 |
| Delaware | 3,642 | 42.07% | 4,924 | 56.88% | 91 | 1.05% | -1,282 | -14.81% | 8,657 |
| Dewey | 1,230 | 43.54% | 1,540 | 54.51% | 55 | 1.95% | -310 | -10.97% | 2,825 |
| Ellis | 1,429 | 52.04% | 1,256 | 45.74% | 61 | 2.22% | 173 | 6.30% | 2,746 |
| Garfield | 14,202 | 60.50% | 8,969 | 38.21% | 303 | 1.29% | 5,233 | 22.29% | 23,474 |
| Garvin | 3,905 | 36.21% | 6,797 | 63.02% | 83 | 0.77% | -2,892 | -26.81% | 10,785 |
| Grady | 4,686 | 39.20% | 7,155 | 59.85% | 114 | 0.95% | -2,469 | -20.65% | 11,955 |
| Grant | 1,685 | 46.96% | 1,853 | 51.64% | 50 | 1.39% | -168 | -4.68% | 3,588 |
| Greer | 1,164 | 35.19% | 2,113 | 63.88% | 31 | 0.94% | -949 | -28.69% | 3,308 |
| Harmon | 666 | 32.57% | 1,371 | 67.04% | 8 | 0.39% | -705 | -34.47% | 2,045 |
| Harper | 1,303 | 56.16% | 978 | 42.16% | 39 | 1.68% | 325 | 14.00% | 2,320 |
| Haskell | 1,401 | 29.08% | 3,388 | 70.32% | 29 | 0.60% | -1,987 | -41.24% | 4,818 |
| Hughes | 1,715 | 28.79% | 4,185 | 70.27% | 56 | 0.94% | -2,470 | -41.48% | 5,956 |
| Jackson | 3,189 | 39.07% | 4,914 | 60.20% | 60 | 0.74% | -1,725 | -21.13% | 8,163 |
| Jefferson | 956 | 29.10% | 2,303 | 70.11% | 26 | 0.79% | -1,347 | -41.01% | 3,285 |
| Johnston | 1,127 | 28.65% | 2,765 | 70.28% | 42 | 1.07% | -1,638 | -41.63% | 3,934 |
| Kay | 12,441 | 56.33% | 9,371 | 42.43% | 274 | 1.24% | 3,070 | 13.90% | 22,086 |
| Kingfisher | 3,443 | 58.39% | 2,372 | 40.22% | 82 | 1.39% | 1,071 | 18.17% | 5,897 |
| Kiowa | 1,971 | 36.37% | 3,403 | 62.79% | 46 | 0.85% | -1,432 | -26.42% | 5,420 |
| Latimer | 1,312 | 32.57% | 2,661 | 66.06% | 55 | 1.37% | -1,349 | -33.49% | 4,028 |
| LeFlore | 4,907 | 37.50% | 8,033 | 61.39% | 145 | 1.11% | -3,126 | -23.89% | 13,085 |
| Lincoln | 4,429 | 46.38% | 4,988 | 52.23% | 133 | 1.39% | -559 | -5.85% | 9,550 |
| Logan | 4,382 | 47.96% | 4,594 | 50.28% | 160 | 1.75% | -212 | -2.32% | 9,136 |
| Love | 846 | 30.45% | 1,923 | 69.22% | 9 | 0.32% | -1,077 | -38.77% | 2,778 |
| McClain | 2,444 | 37.19% | 4,048 | 61.59% | 80 | 1.22% | -1,604 | -24.40% | 6,572 |
| McCurtain | 3,423 | 30.89% | 7,560 | 68.23% | 97 | 0.88% | -4,137 | -37.34% | 11,080 |
| McIntosh | 1,822 | 30.29% | 4,145 | 68.91% | 48 | 0.80% | -2,323 | -38.62% | 6,015 |
| Major | 2,282 | 61.73% | 1,357 | 36.71% | 58 | 1.57% | 925 | 25.02% | 3,697 |
| Marshall | 1,358 | 31.41% | 2,939 | 67.97% | 27 | 0.62% | -1,581 | -36.56% | 4,324 |
| Mayes | 5,040 | 44.14% | 6,298 | 55.15% | 81 | 0.71% | -1,258 | -11.01% | 11,419 |
| Murray | 1,563 | 34.46% | 2,932 | 64.64% | 41 | 0.90% | -1,369 | -30.18% | 4,536 |
| Muskogee | 10,287 | 40.89% | 14,678 | 58.35% | 190 | 0.76% | -4,391 | -17.46% | 25,155 |
| Noble | 2,634 | 53.05% | 2,278 | 45.88% | 53 | 1.07% | 356 | 7.17% | 4,965 |
| Nowata | 2,077 | 48.18% | 2,195 | 50.92% | 39 | 0.90% | -118 | -2.74% | 4,311 |
| Okfuskee | 1,630 | 37.69% | 2,663 | 61.57% | 32 | 0.74% | -1,033 | -23.88% | 4,325 |
| Oklahoma | 119,120 | 56.69% | 87,185 | 41.49% | 3,808 | 1.81% | 31,935 | 15.20% | 210,113 |
| Okmulgee | 5,333 | 38.19% | 8,499 | 60.87% | 131 | 0.94% | -3,166 | -22.68% | 13,963 |
| Osage | 6,398 | 47.93% | 6,832 | 51.18% | 118 | 0.88% | -434 | -3.25% | 13,348 |
| Ottawa | 4,985 | 39.83% | 7,446 | 59.50% | 84 | 0.67% | -2,461 | -19.67% | 12,515 |
| Pawnee | 3,111 | 50.17% | 3,031 | 48.88% | 59 | 0.95% | 80 | 1.29% | 6,201 |
| Payne | 13,481 | 56.43% | 9,987 | 41.81% | 420 | 1.76% | 3,494 | 14.62% | 23,888 |
| Pittsburg | 4,807 | 30.63% | 10,743 | 68.46% | 142 | 0.90% | -5,936 | -37.83% | 15,692 |
| Pontotoc | 4,895 | 39.20% | 7,466 | 59.79% | 125 | 1.00% | -2,571 | -20.59% | 12,486 |
| Pottawatomie | 9,090 | 44.19% | 11,255 | 54.71% | 226 | 1.10% | -2,165 | -10.52% | 20,571 |
| Pushmataha | 1,360 | 31.08% | 2,987 | 68.26% | 29 | 0.66% | -1,627 | -37.18% | 4,376 |
| Roger Mills | 873 | 38.92% | 1,346 | 60.01% | 24 | 1.07% | -473 | -21.09% | 2,243 |
| Rogers | 7,318 | 49.40% | 7,368 | 49.73% | 129 | 0.87% | -50 | -0.33% | 14,815 |
| Seminole | 4,237 | 41.53% | 5,874 | 57.58% | 91 | 0.89% | -1,637 | -16.05% | 10,202 |
| Sequoyah | 3,938 | 39.84% | 5,873 | 59.42% | 73 | 0.74% | -1,935 | -19.58% | 9,884 |
| Stephens | 7,099 | 41.71% | 9,795 | 57.55% | 126 | 0.74% | -2,696 | -15.84% | 17,020 |
| Texas | 3,919 | 59.56% | 2,591 | 39.38% | 70 | 1.06% | 1,328 | 20.18% | 6,580 |
| Tillman | 1,802 | 38.38% | 2,852 | 60.75% | 41 | 0.87% | -1,050 | -22.37% | 4,695 |
| Tulsa | 108,653 | 61.63% | 65,298 | 37.04% | 2,349 | 1.33% | 43,355 | 24.59% | 176,300 |
| Wagoner | 5,071 | 45.86% | 5,879 | 53.17% | 107 | 0.97% | -808 | -7.31% | 11,057 |
| Washington | 14,560 | 67.19% | 6,898 | 31.83% | 212 | 0.98% | 7,662 | 35.36% | 21,670 |
| Washita | 2,165 | 39.14% | 3,304 | 59.74% | 62 | 1.12% | -1,139 | -20.60% | 5,531 |
| Woods | 2,788 | 51.43% | 2,530 | 46.67% | 103 | 1.90% | 258 | 4.76% | 5,421 |
| Woodward | 3,782 | 56.52% | 2,807 | 41.95% | 102 | 1.52% | 975 | 14.57% | 6,691 |
| Totals | 545,708 | 49.96% | 532,442 | 48.75% | 14,101 | 1.29% | 13,266 | 1.21% | 1,092,251 |
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