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The1976 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the1976 United States presidential election. Kansas voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Kansas was won byincumbent PresidentGerald Ford (R–Michigan). with 52.49 percent of the popular vote, againstJimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 44.94 percent of the popular vote.[1] None of the third-party candidates amounted to a significant portion of the vote, butEugene McCarthy (I–Minnesota) won 1.38 percent of the popular vote in Kansas, finishing third in the state. This was the only occasion between 1964 and 1988 that the Democrats won any Kansas county except Wyandotte.
Ford's running mate wasBob Dole, Kansas' juniorU.S. senator since 1969. Dole, a native ofRussell, was previously theU.S. representative fromKansas's 1st congressional district from 1963 to 1968 after representing the defunct6th district for one term.
Despite losing in Kansas, Carter went on to win the national election and became the39th president of the United States. As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate:Anderson,Butler,Cloud,Edwards,Finney,Ford,Gray,Greeley,Hamilton,Hodgeman,Kingman,Ness,Pawnee,Reno,Rice,Rush,Stafford,Sumner, andWichita.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 502,752 | 52.49% | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 430,421 | 44.94% | |
| Independent | Eugene McCarthy | 13,185 | 1.38% | |
| American | Thomas Anderson | 4,724 | 0.49% | |
| Libertarian | Roger MacBride | 3,242 | 0.34% | |
| Conservative | Lester Maddox | 2,118 | 0.22% | |
| Prohibition | Benjamin Bubar | 1,403 | 0.15% | |
| Total votes | 957,845 | 100% | ||
| County[3] | Gerald Ford Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | Eugene McCarthy Independent | Thomas Anderson American | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 3,269 | 53.23% | 2,746 | 44.72% | 67 | 1.09% | 25 | 0.41% | 34 | 0.55% | 523 | 8.51% | 6,141 |
| Anderson | 1,872 | 48.70% | 1,886 | 49.06% | 51 | 1.33% | 17 | 0.44% | 18 | 0.47% | -14 | -0.36% | 3,844 |
| Atchison | 4,030 | 48.30% | 4,108 | 49.23% | 142 | 1.70% | 35 | 0.42% | 29 | 0.35% | -78 | -0.93% | 8,344 |
| Barber | 1,568 | 50.43% | 1,494 | 48.05% | 27 | 0.87% | 8 | 0.26% | 12 | 0.39% | 74 | 2.38% | 3,109 |
| Barton | 7,311 | 55.63% | 5,497 | 41.83% | 174 | 1.32% | 84 | 0.64% | 76 | 0.58% | 1,814 | 13.80% | 13,142 |
| Bourbon | 3,589 | 51.80% | 3,237 | 46.72% | 44 | 0.64% | 28 | 0.40% | 31 | 0.45% | 352 | 5.08% | 6,929 |
| Brown | 3,407 | 64.96% | 1,745 | 33.27% | 51 | 0.97% | 17 | 0.32% | 25 | 0.48% | 1,662 | 31.69% | 5,245 |
| Butler | 8,390 | 48.45% | 8,540 | 49.32% | 173 | 1.00% | 107 | 0.62% | 106 | 0.61% | -150 | -0.87% | 17,316 |
| Chase | 922 | 57.59% | 643 | 40.16% | 18 | 1.12% | 10 | 0.62% | 8 | 0.50% | 279 | 17.43% | 1,601 |
| Chautauqua | 1,159 | 55.77% | 866 | 41.67% | 27 | 1.30% | 17 | 0.82% | 9 | 0.43% | 293 | 14.10% | 2,078 |
| Cherokee | 3,957 | 42.93% | 5,154 | 55.91% | 55 | 0.60% | 18 | 0.20% | 34 | 0.37% | -1,197 | -12.98% | 9,218 |
| Cheyenne | 1,008 | 55.84% | 758 | 41.99% | 19 | 1.05% | 10 | 0.55% | 10 | 0.55% | 250 | 13.85% | 1,805 |
| Clark | 761 | 51.80% | 680 | 46.29% | 13 | 0.88% | 9 | 0.61% | 6 | 0.41% | 81 | 5.51% | 1,469 |
| Clay | 3,085 | 63.85% | 1,610 | 33.32% | 57 | 1.18% | 20 | 0.41% | 60 | 1.24% | 1,475 | 30.53% | 4,832 |
| Cloud | 2,954 | 48.74% | 2,976 | 49.10% | 55 | 0.91% | 18 | 0.30% | 58 | 0.96% | -22 | -0.36% | 6,061 |
| Coffey | 2,145 | 56.70% | 1,549 | 40.95% | 48 | 1.27% | 23 | 0.61% | 18 | 0.48% | 596 | 15.75% | 3,783 |
| Comanche | 719 | 52.71% | 630 | 46.19% | 8 | 0.59% | 1 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.44% | 89 | 6.52% | 1,364 |
| Cowley | 7,513 | 50.32% | 7,095 | 47.52% | 152 | 1.02% | 76 | 0.51% | 95 | 0.64% | 418 | 2.80% | 14,931 |
| Crawford | 7,225 | 43.78% | 9,021 | 54.66% | 133 | 0.81% | 37 | 0.22% | 88 | 0.53% | -1,796 | -10.88% | 16,504 |
| Decatur | 1,232 | 52.74% | 1,011 | 43.28% | 36 | 1.54% | 32 | 1.37% | 25 | 1.07% | 221 | 9.46% | 2,336 |
| Dickinson | 4,759 | 55.23% | 3,672 | 42.61% | 103 | 1.20% | 38 | 0.44% | 45 | 0.52% | 1,087 | 12.62% | 8,617 |
| Doniphan | 2,469 | 62.21% | 1,428 | 35.98% | 29 | 0.73% | 12 | 0.30% | 31 | 0.78% | 1,041 | 26.23% | 3,969 |
| Douglas | 14,277 | 51.28% | 11,922 | 42.82% | 1,358 | 4.88% | 115 | 0.41% | 170 | 0.61% | 2,355 | 8.46% | 27,842 |
| Edwards | 1,001 | 42.47% | 1,304 | 55.32% | 26 | 1.25% | 9 | 0.43% | 17 | 0.81% | -303 | -12.85% | 2,357 |
| Elk | 1,087 | 54.84% | 865 | 43.64% | 12 | 0.61% | 6 | 0.30% | 12 | 0.61% | 222 | 11.20% | 1,982 |
| Ellis | 4,719 | 41.98% | 6,280 | 55.87% | 157 | 1.40% | 38 | 0.34% | 46 | 0.41% | -1,561 | -13.89% | 11,240 |
| Ellsworth | 1,618 | 49.85% | 1,573 | 48.46% | 28 | 0.86% | 14 | 0.43% | 13 | 0.40% | 45 | 1.39% | 3,246 |
| Finney | 3,711 | 48.40% | 3,813 | 49.73% | 68 | 0.89% | 37 | 0.48% | 38 | 0.50% | -102 | -1.33% | 7,667 |
| Ford | 4,679 | 47.61% | 4,934 | 50.21% | 114 | 1.16% | 29 | 0.30% | 71 | 0.72% | -255 | -2.60% | 9,827 |
| Franklin | 4,760 | 55.49% | 3,607 | 42.05% | 120 | 1.40% | 33 | 0.38% | 58 | 0.68% | 1,153 | 13.44% | 8,578 |
| Geary | 3,230 | 52.13% | 2,843 | 45.88% | 61 | 0.98% | 15 | 0.24% | 47 | 0.76% | 387 | 6.25% | 6,196 |
| Gove | 860 | 48.95% | 848 | 48.26% | 33 | 1.88% | 4 | 0.23% | 12 | 0.68% | 12 | 0.69% | 1,757 |
| Graham | 1,112 | 53.26% | 936 | 44.83% | 22 | 1.05% | 4 | 0.19% | 14 | 0.67% | 176 | 8.43% | 2,088 |
| Grant | 1,226 | 50.62% | 1,151 | 47.52% | 21 | 0.87% | 7 | 0.29% | 17 | 0.70% | 75 | 3.10% | 2,422 |
| Gray | 837 | 42.08% | 1,111 | 55.86% | 23 | 1.16% | 5 | 0.25% | 13 | 0.65% | -274 | -13.78% | 1,989 |
| Greeley | 389 | 43.42% | 479 | 53.46% | 14 | 1.56% | 5 | 0.56% | 9 | 1.00% | -90 | -10.04% | 896 |
| Greenwood | 2,319 | 55.96% | 1,737 | 41.92% | 23 | 0.56% | 44 | 1.06% | 21 | 0.51% | 582 | 14.04% | 4,144 |
| Hamilton | 560 | 41.70% | 746 | 55.55% | 8 | 0.60% | 20 | 1.49% | 9 | 0.67% | -186 | -13.85% | 1,343 |
| Harper | 1,777 | 50.00% | 1,681 | 47.30% | 29 | 0.82% | 35 | 0.98% | 32 | 0.90% | 96 | 2.70% | 3,554 |
| Harvey | 6,624 | 51.00% | 6,003 | 46.22% | 173 | 1.33% | 92 | 0.71% | 95 | 0.73% | 621 | 4.78% | 12,987 |
| Haskell | 761 | 51.98% | 676 | 46.17% | 13 | 0.89% | 4 | 0.27% | 10 | 0.68% | 85 | 5.81% | 1,464 |
| Hodgeman | 576 | 43.80% | 697 | 53.00% | 24 | 1.83% | 7 | 0.53% | 11 | 0.84% | -121 | -9.20% | 1,315 |
| Jackson | 2,725 | 54.85% | 2,129 | 42.85% | 48 | 0.97% | 30 | 0.60% | 36 | 0.72% | 596 | 12.00% | 4,968 |
| Jefferson | 3,225 | 55.12% | 2,470 | 42.22% | 84 | 1.44% | 40 | 0.68% | 32 | 0.55% | 755 | 12.90% | 5,851 |
| Jewell | 1,592 | 57.47% | 1,111 | 40.11% | 29 | 1.05% | 11 | 0.40% | 27 | 0.97% | 481 | 17.36% | 2,770 |
| Johnson | 75,798 | 66.41% | 35,605 | 31.19% | 1,740 | 1.52% | 364 | 0.32% | 635 | 0.56% | 40,193 | 35.22% | 114,142 |
| Kearny | 674 | 48.95% | 658 | 47.79% | 22 | 1.60% | 10 | 0.73% | 13 | 0.94% | 16 | 1.16% | 1,377 |
| Kingman | 1,839 | 44.93% | 2,142 | 52.33% | 69 | 1.69% | 16 | 0.39% | 27 | 0.66% | -303 | -7.40% | 4,093 |
| Kiowa | 1,180 | 59.48% | 764 | 38.51% | 19 | 0.96% | 6 | 0.30% | 15 | 0.76% | 416 | 20.97% | 1,984 |
| Labette | 4,640 | 45.59% | 5,294 | 52.02% | 127 | 1.25% | 59 | 0.58% | 57 | 0.56% | -654 | -6.43% | 10,177 |
| Lane | 651 | 48.91% | 646 | 48.53% | 12 | 0.90% | 8 | 0.60% | 14 | 1.05% | 5 | 0.38% | 1,331 |
| Leavenworth | 8,407 | 50.11% | 8,022 | 47.81% | 212 | 1.26% | 70 | 0.42% | 67 | 0.40% | 385 | 2.30% | 16,778 |
| Lincoln | 1,225 | 54.52% | 985 | 43.84% | 23 | 1.02% | 3 | 0.13% | 11 | 0.49% | 240 | 10.68% | 2,247 |
| Linn | 1,873 | 52.00% | 1,681 | 46.67% | 23 | 0.64% | 7 | 0.19% | 18 | 0.50% | 192 | 5.33% | 3,602 |
| Logan | 957 | 56.39% | 694 | 40.90% | 15 | 0.88% | 20 | 1.18% | 11 | 0.65% | 263 | 15.49% | 1,697 |
| Lyon | 7,062 | 52.59% | 5,634 | 41.96% | 232 | 1.73% | 446 | 3.32% | 54 | 0.40% | 1,428 | 10.63% | 13,428 |
| Marion | 3,226 | 50.72% | 3,004 | 47.23% | 71 | 1.12% | 16 | 0.25% | 43 | 0.68% | 222 | 3.49% | 6,360 |
| Marshall | 6,187 | 52.17% | 5,366 | 45.24% | 158 | 1.33% | 44 | 0.37% | 105 | 0.89% | 821 | 6.93% | 11,860 |
| McPherson | 3,519 | 57.31% | 2,483 | 40.44% | 63 | 1.03% | 31 | 0.50% | 44 | 0.72% | 1,036 | 16.87% | 6,140 |
| Meade | 1,109 | 51.53% | 983 | 45.68% | 20 | 0.93% | 10 | 0.46% | 30 | 1.39% | 126 | 5.85% | 2,152 |
| Miami | 3,999 | 48.67% | 4,000 | 48.69% | 125 | 1.52% | 45 | 0.55% | 47 | 0.57% | -1 | -0.02% | 8,216 |
| Mitchell | 2,095 | 53.99% | 1,700 | 43.81% | 51 | 1.31% | 14 | 0.36% | 20 | 0.52% | 395 | 10.18% | 3,880 |
| Montgomery | 8,864 | 54.08% | 7,157 | 43.66% | 122 | 0.74% | 161 | 0.98% | 87 | 0.53% | 1,707 | 10.42% | 16,391 |
| Morris | 1,698 | 54.74% | 1,337 | 43.10% | 32 | 1.03% | 15 | 0.48% | 20 | 0.64% | 361 | 11.64% | 3,102 |
| Morton | 738 | 48.91% | 735 | 48.71% | 20 | 1.33% | 5 | 0.33% | 11 | 0.73% | 3 | 0.20% | 1,509 |
| Nemaha | 2,759 | 50.71% | 2,586 | 47.53% | 63 | 1.16% | 13 | 0.24% | 20 | 0.37% | 173 | 3.18% | 5,441 |
| Neosho | 4,038 | 50.32% | 3,842 | 47.88% | 79 | 0.98% | 38 | 0.47% | 27 | 0.34% | 196 | 2.44% | 8,024 |
| Ness | 1,016 | 46.52% | 1,106 | 50.64% | 28 | 1.28% | 13 | 0.60% | 21 | 0.96% | -90 | -4.12% | 2,184 |
| Norton | 2,201 | 60.55% | 1,337 | 36.78% | 44 | 1.21% | 26 | 0.72% | 27 | 0.74% | 864 | 23.77% | 3,635 |
| Osage | 2,945 | 50.53% | 2,755 | 47.27% | 61 | 1.04% | 31 | 0.53% | 36 | 0.62% | 190 | 3.26% | 5,828 |
| Osborne | 1,574 | 55.42% | 1,190 | 41.90% | 28 | 0.99% | 17 | 0.60% | 31 | 1.09% | 384 | 13.52% | 2,840 |
| Ottawa | 1,629 | 52.86% | 1,393 | 45.20% | 37 | 1.20% | 6 | 0.19% | 17 | 0.55% | 236 | 7.66% | 3,082 |
| Pawnee | 1,692 | 45.11% | 1,959 | 52.23% | 47 | 1.25% | 12 | 0.32% | 41 | 1.09% | -267 | -7.12% | 3,751 |
| Phillips | 2,317 | 63.05% | 1,264 | 34.39% | 48 | 1.31% | 28 | 0.76% | 18 | 0.49% | 1,053 | 28.66% | 3,675 |
| Pottawatomie | 3,483 | 59.06% | 2,316 | 39.27% | 59 | 1.00% | 17 | 0.29% | 22 | 0.37% | 1,167 | 19.79% | 5,897 |
| Pratt | 2,427 | 50.04% | 2,307 | 47.57% | 61 | 1.26% | 11 | 0.23% | 44 | 0.91% | 120 | 2.47% | 4,850 |
| Rawlins | 1,148 | 53.87% | 903 | 42.37% | 42 | 1.97% | 22 | 1.03% | 16 | 0.75% | 245 | 11.50% | 2,131 |
| Reno | 11,212 | 42.29% | 14,620 | 55.14% | 333 | 1.26% | 107 | 0.40% | 240 | 0.91% | -3,408 | -12.85% | 26,512 |
| Republic | 2,294 | 57.44% | 1,617 | 40.49% | 47 | 1.18% | 13 | 0.33% | 23 | 0.58% | 677 | 16.95% | 3,994 |
| Rice | 2,584 | 44.82% | 3,056 | 53.01% | 64 | 1.11% | 19 | 0.33% | 42 | 0.73% | -472 | -8.19% | 5,765 |
| Riley | 9,518 | 57.45% | 6,540 | 39.47% | 394 | 2.38% | 34 | 0.21% | 82 | 0.49% | 2,978 | 17.98% | 16,568 |
| Rooks | 1,664 | 53.04% | 1,412 | 45.01% | 33 | 1.05% | 11 | 0.35% | 17 | 0.54% | 252 | 8.03% | 3,137 |
| Rush | 1,170 | 45.33% | 1,359 | 52.65% | 31 | 1.20% | 6 | 0.23% | 15 | 0.58% | -189 | -7.32% | 2,581 |
| Russell | 3,165 | 67.79% | 1,453 | 31.12% | 32 | 0.69% | 9 | 0.19% | 10 | 0.21% | 1,712 | 36.67% | 4,669 |
| Saline | 11,218 | 55.79% | 8,476 | 42.15% | 271 | 1.35% | 59 | 0.29% | 83 | 0.41% | 2,742 | 13.64% | 20,107 |
| Scott | 1,195 | 54.74% | 919 | 42.10% | 39 | 1.79% | 16 | 0.73% | 14 | 0.64% | 276 | 12.64% | 2,183 |
| Sedgwick | 69,828 | 50.74% | 63,989 | 46.49% | 1,616 | 1.17% | 723 | 0.53% | 1,473 | 1.07% | 5,839 | 4.25% | 137,629 |
| Seward | 3,604 | 64.19% | 1,907 | 33.96% | 59 | 1.05% | 11 | 0.20% | 34 | 0.61% | 1,697 | 30.23% | 5,615 |
| Shawnee | 37,101 | 55.07% | 28,578 | 42.42% | 995 | 1.48% | 288 | 0.43% | 408 | 0.61% | 8,523 | 12.65% | 67,370 |
| Sheridan | 838 | 49.15% | 793 | 46.51% | 48 | 2.82% | 11 | 0.65% | 15 | 0.88% | 45 | 2.64% | 1,705 |
| Sherman | 1,671 | 50.15% | 1,573 | 47.21% | 55 | 1.65% | 17 | 0.51% | 16 | 0.48% | 98 | 2.94% | 3,332 |
| Smith | 2,009 | 58.47% | 1,333 | 38.80% | 47 | 1.37% | 24 | 0.70% | 23 | 0.67% | 676 | 19.67% | 3,436 |
| Stafford | 1,430 | 45.22% | 1,659 | 52.47% | 32 | 1.01% | 7 | 0.22% | 34 | 1.08% | -229 | -7.25% | 3,162 |
| Stanton | 510 | 49.04% | 489 | 47.02% | 14 | 1.35% | 14 | 1.35% | 13 | 1.25% | 21 | 2.02% | 1,040 |
| Stevens | 1,262 | 57.23% | 901 | 40.86% | 24 | 1.09% | 10 | 0.45% | 8 | 0.36% | 361 | 16.37% | 2,205 |
| Sumner | 4,645 | 44.92% | 5,385 | 52.08% | 138 | 1.33% | 87 | 0.84% | 85 | 0.82% | -740 | -7.16% | 10,340 |
| Thomas | 2,246 | 53.94% | 1,802 | 43.28% | 60 | 1.44% | 26 | 0.62% | 30 | 0.72% | 444 | 10.66% | 4,164 |
| Trego | 1,025 | 49.56% | 1,003 | 48.50% | 25 | 1.21% | 8 | 0.39% | 7 | 0.34% | 22 | 1.06% | 2,068 |
| Wabaunsee | 1,921 | 57.58% | 1,354 | 40.59% | 32 | 0.96% | 17 | 0.51% | 12 | 0.36% | 567 | 16.99% | 3,336 |
| Wallace | 600 | 52.77% | 486 | 42.74% | 32 | 2.81% | 8 | 0.70% | 11 | 0.97% | 114 | 10.03% | 1,137 |
| Washington | 2,543 | 60.36% | 1,564 | 37.12% | 63 | 1.50% | 10 | 0.24% | 33 | 0.78% | 979 | 23.24% | 4,213 |
| Wichita | 593 | 47.90% | 614 | 49.60% | 12 | 0.97% | 8 | 0.65% | 11 | 0.89% | -21 | -1.70% | 1,238 |
| Wilson | 2,682 | 55.67% | 2,047 | 42.49% | 46 | 0.95% | 26 | 0.54% | 17 | 0.35% | 635 | 13.18% | 4,818 |
| Woodson | 1,104 | 54.09% | 904 | 44.29% | 17 | 0.83% | 7 | 0.34% | 9 | 0.44% | 200 | 9.80% | 2,041 |
| Wyandotte | 23,141 | 36.99% | 37,478 | 59.91% | 903 | 1.44% | 318 | 0.51% | 715 | 1.14% | -14,337 | -22.92% | 62,555 |
| Totals | 502,752 | 52.49% | 430,421 | 44.94% | 13,185 | 1.38% | 4,724 | 0.49% | 6,763 | 0.71% | 72,331 | 7.55% | 957,845 |