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The1976 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose four representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Idaho was won byincumbent PresidentGerald Ford (R–Michigan), with 59.9 percent of the popular vote, againstJimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 37.1 percent of the popular vote. Twothird party candidates accumulated a portion of the vote greater than one percent:Lester Maddox (AIA–Georgia) andRoger MacBride (L–Vermont). Despite losing in Idaho, Carter went on to win the national election and became the39th president of the United States. Idaho had previously voted Republican ten times, Democrat ten times, and Populist once.
With 59.88 percent of the popular vote, Idaho would prove to be Ford's second strongest state in the 1976 election after neighboringUtah.[1] Carter became the first ever Democrat to win the White House without carryingBlaine,Boundary, orButte Counties, as well as the first to do so without carryingElmore,Idaho,Kootenai, orShoshone Counties sinceGrover Cleveland in1892, and the first to do so without carryingBannock orBonner Counties sinceWoodrow Wilson in1912.
Despite this, this would prove to be the high water mark for Democrats sinceLyndon Johnson last carried the state in1964: as of 2024, no Democrats have met Carter's 37.12%, the closest beingBarack Obama's 36.09% in2008.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 204,151 | 59.88% | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 126,549 | 37.12% | |
| American Independent | Lester Maddox | 5,935 | 1.74% | |
| Libertarian | Roger MacBride | 3,558 | 1.04% | |
| U.S. Labor | Lyndon LaRouche | 739 | 0.22% | |
| Total votes | 340,932 | 100.00% | ||
| County | Gerald Ford Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | Lester Maddox[3] American Independent | Roger MacBride[3] Libertarian | Lyndon LaRouche[3] U.S. Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Ada | 41,135 | 64.39% | 21,125 | 33.07% | 717 | 1.12% | 737 | 1.15% | 175 | 0.27% | 20,010 | 31.32% | 63,889 |
| Adams | 809 | 54.74% | 639 | 43.23% | 15 | 1.01% | 10 | 0.68% | 5 | 0.34% | 170 | 11.51% | 1,478 |
| Bannock | 13,172 | 53.65% | 10,261 | 41.80% | 485 | 1.98% | 577 | 2.35% | 55 | 0.22% | 2,911 | 11.85% | 24,550 |
| Bear Lake | 2,094 | 66.60% | 960 | 30.53% | 74 | 2.35% | 15 | 0.48% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,134 | 36.07% | 3,144 |
| Benewah | 1,458 | 47.58% | 1,549 | 50.55% | 37 | 1.21% | 16 | 0.52% | 4 | 0.13% | -91 | -2.97% | 3,064 |
| Bingham | 7,327 | 60.83% | 4,347 | 36.09% | 219 | 1.82% | 119 | 0.99% | 33 | 0.27% | 2,980 | 24.74% | 12,045 |
| Blaine | 2,176 | 56.13% | 1,604 | 41.37% | 25 | 0.64% | 69 | 1.78% | 3 | 0.08% | 572 | 14.76% | 3,877 |
| Boise | 684 | 58.61% | 433 | 37.10% | 22 | 1.89% | 24 | 2.06% | 4 | 0.34% | 251 | 21.51% | 1,167 |
| Bonner | 4,549 | 51.37% | 4,065 | 45.91% | 161 | 1.82% | 60 | 0.68% | 20 | 0.23% | 484 | 5.46% | 8,855 |
| Bonneville | 15,793 | 66.44% | 7,230 | 30.41% | 414 | 1.74% | 275 | 1.16% | 60 | 0.25% | 8,563 | 36.03% | 23,772 |
| Boundary | 1,458 | 52.15% | 1,217 | 43.53% | 92 | 3.29% | 24 | 0.86% | 5 | 0.18% | 241 | 8.62% | 2,796 |
| Butte | 751 | 51.16% | 663 | 45.16% | 35 | 2.38% | 19 | 1.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 88 | 6.00% | 1,468 |
| Camas | 288 | 62.20% | 160 | 34.56% | 8 | 1.73% | 6 | 1.30% | 1 | 0.22% | 128 | 27.64% | 463 |
| Canyon | 17,263 | 62.91% | 9,460 | 34.47% | 405 | 1.48% | 277 | 1.01% | 36 | 0.13% | 7,803 | 28.44% | 27,441 |
| Caribou | 2,253 | 64.83% | 1,110 | 31.94% | 83 | 2.39% | 24 | 0.69% | 5 | 0.14% | 1,143 | 32.89% | 3,475 |
| Cassia | 4,575 | 66.38% | 1,881 | 27.29% | 368 | 5.34% | 64 | 0.93% | 4 | 0.06% | 2,694 | 39.09% | 6,892 |
| Clark | 334 | 64.48% | 169 | 32.63% | 7 | 1.35% | 6 | 1.16% | 2 | 0.39% | 165 | 31.85% | 518 |
| Clearwater | 1,469 | 44.01% | 1,752 | 52.49% | 71 | 2.13% | 33 | 0.99% | 13 | 0.39% | -283 | -8.48% | 3,338 |
| Custer | 850 | 60.33% | 516 | 36.62% | 40 | 2.84% | 2 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.07% | 334 | 23.71% | 1,409 |
| Elmore | 2,808 | 55.46% | 2,164 | 42.74% | 61 | 1.20% | 26 | 0.51% | 4 | 0.08% | 644 | 12.72% | 5,063 |
| Franklin | 2,720 | 67.80% | 1,157 | 28.84% | 104 | 2.59% | 24 | 0.60% | 7 | 0.17% | 1,563 | 38.96% | 4,012 |
| Fremont | 2,581 | 61.94% | 1,445 | 34.68% | 115 | 2.76% | 21 | 0.50% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,136 | 27.26% | 4,167 |
| Gem | 2,401 | 52.75% | 1,978 | 43.45% | 118 | 2.59% | 52 | 1.14% | 3 | 0.07% | 423 | 9.30% | 4,552 |
| Gooding | 2,909 | 58.54% | 1,923 | 38.70% | 74 | 1.49% | 59 | 1.19% | 4 | 0.08% | 986 | 19.84% | 4,969 |
| Idaho | 3,185 | 55.96% | 2,323 | 40.81% | 122 | 2.14% | 54 | 0.95% | 8 | 0.14% | 862 | 15.15% | 5,692 |
| Jefferson | 3,599 | 65.14% | 1,745 | 31.58% | 157 | 2.84% | 21 | 0.38% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,854 | 33.56% | 5,525 |
| Jerome | 3,188 | 61.81% | 1,800 | 34.90% | 113 | 2.19% | 52 | 1.01% | 5 | 0.10% | 1,388 | 26.91% | 5,158 |
| Kootenai | 10,493 | 57.78% | 7,225 | 39.79% | 306 | 1.69% | 92 | 0.51% | 43 | 0.24% | 3,268 | 17.99% | 18,159 |
| Latah | 6,846 | 54.90% | 5,314 | 42.61% | 96 | 0.77% | 174 | 1.40% | 40 | 0.32% | 1,532 | 12.29% | 12,470 |
| Lemhi | 1,685 | 56.37% | 1,159 | 38.78% | 117 | 3.91% | 25 | 0.84% | 3 | 0.10% | 526 | 17.59% | 2,989 |
| Lewis | 824 | 46.61% | 898 | 50.79% | 21 | 1.19% | 18 | 1.02% | 7 | 0.40% | -74 | -4.18% | 1,768 |
| Lincoln | 909 | 57.75% | 615 | 39.07% | 36 | 2.29% | 13 | 0.83% | 1 | 0.06% | 294 | 18.68% | 1,574 |
| Madison | 4,190 | 72.38% | 1,320 | 22.80% | 153 | 2.64% | 58 | 1.00% | 68 | 1.17% | 2,870 | 49.58% | 5,789 |
| Minidoka | 3,600 | 56.44% | 2,441 | 38.27% | 252 | 3.95% | 80 | 1.25% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,159 | 18.17% | 6,378 |
| Nez Perce | 6,151 | 48.22% | 6,324 | 49.58% | 126 | 0.99% | 110 | 0.86% | 44 | 0.34% | -173 | -1.36% | 12,755 |
| Oneida | 1,065 | 61.14% | 637 | 36.57% | 31 | 1.78% | 7 | 0.40% | 2 | 0.11% | 428 | 24.57% | 1,742 |
| Owyhee | 1,519 | 57.52% | 1,054 | 39.91% | 41 | 1.55% | 21 | 0.80% | 6 | 0.23% | 465 | 17.61% | 2,641 |
| Payette | 3,115 | 57.44% | 2,195 | 40.48% | 75 | 1.38% | 35 | 0.65% | 3 | 0.06% | 920 | 16.96% | 5,423 |
| Power | 1,374 | 49.96% | 1,286 | 46.76% | 52 | 1.89% | 38 | 1.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 88 | 3.20% | 2,750 |
| Shoshone | 3,570 | 51.67% | 3,216 | 46.55% | 77 | 1.11% | 39 | 0.56% | 7 | 0.10% | 354 | 5.12% | 6,909 |
| Teton | 904 | 63.04% | 514 | 35.84% | 12 | 0.84% | 3 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.07% | 390 | 27.20% | 1,434 |
| Twin Falls | 12,659 | 65.82% | 6,085 | 31.64% | 310 | 1.61% | 145 | 0.75% | 34 | 0.18% | 6,574 | 34.18% | 19,233 |
| Valley | 1,374 | 59.33% | 897 | 38.73% | 22 | 0.95% | 20 | 0.86% | 3 | 0.13% | 477 | 20.60% | 2,316 |
| Washington | 2,044 | 53.47% | 1,693 | 44.28% | 66 | 1.73% | 14 | 0.37% | 6 | 0.16% | 351 | 9.19% | 3,823 |
| Totals | 204,151 | 59.88% | 126,549 | 37.12% | 5,935 | 1.74% | 3,558 | 1.04% | 739 | 0.22% | 77,602 | 22.76% | 340,932 |
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