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1976 United States presidential election in Hawaii

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1976 United States presidential election in Hawaii

← 1972 November 2, 1976 1980 →
 
Nominee Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Georgia Michigan
Running mate Walter Mondale Bob Dole
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 147,375 140,003
Percentage 50.59% 48.06%

County Results
Carter
  50-60%


President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 2, 1976. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Hawaii voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Hawaii was won by Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter by 2.53 points, making Hawaii 0.43% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. Carter did not win any other state fully west of the hundredth meridian, including the Pacific states of Oregon and California admitted before the Civil War.

Results

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1976 United States presidential election in Hawaii
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Jimmy Carter 147,375 50.59% 4
Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent) 140,003 48.06% 0
Libertarian Roger MacBride 3,923 1.35% 0

Results by county

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County Jimmy Carter
Democratic
Gerald Ford
Republican
Roger MacBride
Libertarian
Margin Total votes cast[1]
# % # % # % # % #
Hawaii 15,960 50.24% 15,366 48.37% 439 1.38% 594 1.87% 31,765
Honolulu 111,389 50.07% 108,041 48.56% 3,046 1.37% 3,348 1.51% 222,476
Kauai 8,105 55.81% 6,278 43.23% 139 0.96% 1,827 12.58% 14,522
Maui 11,921 52.89% 10,318 45.78% 299 1.33% 1,603 7.11% 22,538
Totals 147,375 50.59% 140,003 48.06% 3,923 1.35% 7,372 2.53% 291,301

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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  1. ^ David Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 1976 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – Hawaii