1976 United States presidential election in Maine
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Elections in Maine |
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The 1976 presidential election in Maine took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election, which took place across all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the electoral college, to vote for president and vice president.
Maine narrowly voted for incumbent Republican president Gerald Ford over his Democratic opponent, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. Ford took 48.91% of the vote to Carter’s 48.07%, a victory margin of 0.84%.[1] The anti-war former Democratic senator from Minnesota, Eugene McCarthy, received 2.21% of the vote in Maine, which possibly helped Ford carry the state, as he most likely siphoned more votes from Carter than Ford.
Despite his narrow loss nationwide, Ford actually managed to carry four of the six New England states. Carter only won the heavily Democratic states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, which made New England Ford's second strongest region in the nation after the West.
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last time that a Democrat won the national election without carrying Maine, and the last time until 2020 when a Democrat won without carrying Maine's 2nd congressional district, since the state moved from being a winner take all one four years earlier in 1972.
Results
[edit]Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote |
Running mate | |||
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Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
Gerald Ford (incumbent) | Republican | Michigan | 236,320 | 48.91% | 4 | Robert Dole | Kansas | 4 |
Jimmy Carter | Democrat | Georgia | 232,279 | 48.07% | 0 | Walter Mondale | Minnesota | 0 |
Eugene McCarthy | Independent | Minnesota | 10,874 | 2.25% | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Benjamin Bubar | Prohibition | Maine | 3,495 | 0.72% | 0 | Earl Dodge | Colorado | 0 |
Write-in candidates | — | — | 179 | 0.04% | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Thomas J. Anderson | — | Tennessee | 27 | 0.01% | 0 | Rufus Shackelford | Florida | 0 |
Gus Hall | — | New York | 14 | 0.00% | 0 | Jarvis Tyner | Pennsylvania | 0 |
Roger MacBride | — | Virginia | 10 | 0.00% | 0 | David Bergland | California | 0 |
Lester Maddox | — | Georgia | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | William Dyke | Wisconsin | 0 |
Peter Camejo | — | New York | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | Willie Mae Reid | Illinois | 0 |
Julius Levin | — | New Jersey | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | Constance Blomen | 0 | |
Total | 483,208 | 100% | 4 | 4 | ||||
Needed to win | 270 | 270 |
Results by congressional district
[edit]Ford won both of Maine's congressional districts.[2]
District | Ford | Carter | Representative |
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1st | 49.22% | 47.9% | David F. Emery |
2nd | 48.54% | 48.27% | William Cohen |
Results by county
[edit]County[3] | Gerald Ford Republican |
Jimmy Carter Democratic |
Eugene McCarthy Independent |
Benjamin Bubar Prohibition |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Androscoggin | 16,330 | 37.40% | 26,484 | 60.65% | 670 | 1.53% | 175 | 0.40% | 6 | 0.01% | -10,154 | -23.25% | 43,665 |
Aroostook | 15,550 | 48.52% | 15,484 | 48.31% | 495 | 1.54% | 515 | 1.61% | 7 | 0.02% | 66 | 0.21% | 32,051 |
Cumberland | 48,959 | 49.64% | 47,007 | 47.66% | 2,329 | 2.36% | 315 | 0.32% | 16 | 0.02% | 1,952 | 1.98% | 98,626 |
Franklin | 5,799 | 50.94% | 5,140 | 45.15% | 318 | 2.79% | 118 | 1.04% | 9 | 0.08% | 659 | 5.79% | 11,384 |
Hancock | 12,064 | 61.40% | 6,725 | 34.23% | 596 | 3.03% | 241 | 1.23% | 21 | 0.11% | 5,339 | 27.17% | 19,647 |
Kennebec | 22,534 | 47.53% | 23,473 | 49.51% | 1,002 | 2.11% | 372 | 0.78% | 26 | 0.05% | -939 | -1.98% | 47,407 |
Knox | 8,315 | 56.24% | 5,922 | 40.05% | 414 | 2.80% | 129 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.04% | 2,393 | 16.19% | 14,786 |
Lincoln | 7,554 | 59.03% | 4,818 | 37.65% | 366 | 2.86% | 49 | 0.38% | 10 | 0.08% | 2,736 | 21.38% | 12,797 |
Oxford | 10,551 | 49.04% | 10,340 | 48.06% | 459 | 2.13% | 129 | 0.60% | 37 | 0.17% | 211 | 0.98% | 21,516 |
Penobscot | 29,016 | 52.17% | 24,672 | 44.36% | 1,367 | 2.46% | 533 | 0.96% | 25 | 0.04% | 4,344 | 7.81% | 55,613 |
Piscataquis | 4,084 | 50.48% | 3,727 | 46.07% | 173 | 2.14% | 103 | 1.27% | 3 | 0.04% | 357 | 4.41% | 8,090 |
Sagadahoc | 5,988 | 50.42% | 5,529 | 46.56% | 287 | 2.42% | 63 | 0.53% | 9 | 0.08% | 459 | 3.86% | 11,876 |
Somerset | 8,868 | 46.76% | 9,465 | 49.91% | 464 | 2.45% | 158 | 0.83% | 11 | 0.06% | -597 | -3.15% | 18,966 |
Waldo | 6,289 | 54.06% | 4,853 | 41.72% | 348 | 2.99% | 131 | 1.13% | 12 | 0.10% | 1,436 | 12.34% | 11,633 |
Washington | 7,039 | 49.45% | 6,644 | 46.67% | 307 | 2.16% | 242 | 1.70% | 3 | 0.02% | 395 | 2.78% | 14,235 |
York | 27,380 | 44.95% | 31,996 | 52.52% | 1,279 | 2.10% | 222 | 0.36% | 39 | 0.06% | -4,616 | -7.57% | 60,916 |
Totals | 236,320 | 48.91% | 232,279 | 48.07% | 10,874 | 2.25% | 3,495 | 0.72% | 240 | 0.05% | 4,041 | 0.84% | 483,208 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Maine
- ^ 1976 General Election: Presidential (Report). Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions. 1976.
- ^ Our Campaigns; ME US President Race, November 02, 1976