1976 United States presidential election in Maryland Maryland electoral votes to theElectoral College County Results
Carter
50–60%
60–70%
Ford
50–60%
60–70%
The1976 United States presidential election in Maryland was held on November 2, 1976 as part of the1976 United States presidential election .Incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford ofMichigan and his running mateSenator Bob Dole ofKansas lost to theDemocratic challengers,Governor Jimmy Carter ofGeorgia and SenatorWalter Mondale ofMinnesota . Carter and Mondale wonMaryland with 53.04% of the vote compared to Ford and Dole’s 46.96% – a comfortable margin of 6.08%.
After Nixon had won every county-equivalent in the state except forBaltimore City in1972 , Carter won ten of the state's 23 counties, most critically the populousMontgomery andPrince George's Counties in the Washington metropolitan area, and won Baltimore City by almost 100,000 raw votes. Carter began a Democratic winning streak in Prince George's County that continues to this day.[ 1]
As of the2024 presidential election , this is the last election in which a Democrat carriedAllegany ,Calvert ,Cecil , andSt. Mary’s Counties.[ 2]
In this election, Maryland voted 4.01% more Democratic than the nation at-large.[ 3]
County Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford Margin Total votes cast[ 5] # % # % # % Allegany 15,967 50.85% 15,435 49.15% 532 1.70% 31,402 Anne Arundel 54,351 46.97% 61,353 53.03% -7,002 -6.06% 115,704 Baltimore 118,505 45.27% 143,293 54.73% -24,788 -9.46% 261,798 Baltimore City 178,593 68.60% 81,762 31.40% 96,831 37.20% 260,355 Calvert 4,626 57.36% 3,439 42.64% 1,187 14.72% 8,065 Caroline 3,017 49.21% 3,114 50.79% -97 -1.58% 6,131 Carroll 9,940 38.83% 15,661 61.17% -5,721 -22.34% 25,601 Cecil 8,950 53.33% 7,833 46.67% 1,117 6.66% 16,783 Charles 9,525 55.00% 7,792 45.00% 1,733 10.00% 17,317 Dorchester 4,528 48.71% 4,768 51.29% -240 -2.58% 9,296 Frederick 14,542 44.77% 17,941 55.23% -3,399 -10.46% 32,483 Garrett 3,332 41.80% 4,640 58.20% -1,308 -16.40% 7,972 Harford 19,890 45.00% 24,309 55.00% -4,419 -10.00% 44,199 Howard 20,533 49.20% 21,200 50.80% -667 -1.60% 41,733 Kent 3,211 53.23% 2,821 46.77% 390 6.46% 6,032 Montgomery 131,098 51.66% 122,674 48.34% 8,424 3.32% 253,772 Prince George's 111,743 57.97% 81,027 42.03% 30,716 15.94% 192,770 Queen Anne's 3,457 49.84% 3,479 50.16% -22 -0.32% 6,936 Somerset 3,472 51.62% 3,254 48.38% 218 3.24% 6,726 St. Mary's 7,227 56.17% 5,640 43.83% 1,587 12.34% 12,867 Talbot 3,715 38.85% 5,848 61.15% -2,133 -22.30% 9,563 Washington 15,902 44.05% 20,194 55.95% -4,292 -11.90% 36,096 Wicomico 9,412 47.18% 10,537 52.82% -1,125 -5.64% 19,949 Worcester 4,076 46.73% 4,647 53.27% -571 -6.54% 8,723 Totals 759,612 53.04% 672,661 46.96% 86,951 6.08% 1,432,273
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