The 1976 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 2, 1976, and was 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 ...
. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president and
vice president.
Pennsylvania voted for the
Democratic
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nominee, former
Governor Jimmy Carter, over the
Republican nominee,
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 ...
. Carter won Pennsylvania by a margin of 2.67%, which made Pennsylvania roughly 0.6% more Democratic than the nation at large.
While President Ford won more counties by running up victories in the central region of the state and the
Philadelphia suburbs, Governor Carter swept Southwestern Pennsylvania where
Pittsburgh is located,
Erie County (
Erie),
Lackawanna County (
Scranton), and Philadelphia.
, this is the last presidential election where the Democratic candidate won Pennsylvania without carrying any of Philadelphia’s suburban counties and the last time
Columbia County,
Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County (, ; Pennsylvania Dutch: Schulkill Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the heart of Pennsylvania's Coal Region and is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the populat ...
, and
Clinton County gave a majority to a Democrat. This is also the only election since
1940
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Events
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in which Pennsylvania voted for a different candidate than nearby
Michigan, and the last time that Pennsylvania has voted to the right of
Florida or
Texas. This was the last time Pennsylvania and New Jersey voted for different candidates until 2016.
Results
Results by county
See also
*
List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania occur when voters in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania cast ballots for electors to the Electoral College as part of a national election to elect the President and Vice President of the U ...
Notes
References
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* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
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1976 Pennsylvania elections