The 1976 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the
1976 United States presidential election
The 1976 United States presidential election was the 48th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. Democrat Jimmy Carter of Georgia defeated incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford from Michigan by a narrow ...
. State voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president and
vice president.
Idaho was won by
incumbent President
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...
(
R–
Michigan), with 59.9 percent of the popular vote, against
Jimmy Carter (
D–
Georgia), with 37.1 percent of the popular vote. Two
third party candidates accumulated a portion of the vote greater than one percent:
Lester Maddox (
AIA–
Georgia) and
Roger MacBride (
L–
Vermont). Despite losing in Idaho, Carter went on to win the national election and became the
39th president of the United States
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from ...
. 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 neighboring
Utah.
Results
Results by county
See also
*
United States presidential elections in Idaho
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Idaho, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1890, Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it sha ...
References
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Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
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* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
1976 Idaho elections