1976 United States presidential election in Arizona

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1976 United States presidential election in Arizona
Flag of Arizona.svg
  1972 November 2, 1976 1980  

All 6 Arizona electoral votes to the Electoral College
  Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg
Nominee Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Michigan Georgia
Running mate Bob Dole Walter Mondale
Electoral vote60
Popular vote418,642295,602
Percentage56.37%39.80%

Arizona Presidential Election Results 1976.svg
County Results

President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Arizona was part of the 1976 United States presidential election, which took place on November 2, 1976, throughout all fifty states and D.C. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Arizona voted strongly for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Gerald Ford, over the Democratic nominee, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. The state turned out to be the sixth most Republican in the nation behind Utah, Idaho, Alaska, Nebraska and Wyoming, as it was already perceived that Carter – highly popular in his native South – lacked any understanding of the environment, [1] economy, culture and political issues of the West. [2] Carter did improve upon the performance of the preceding Democratic nominee, South Dakota Senator George McGovern, swinging away from the GOP by fifteen percentage points.

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Arizona [3]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent)418,64256.37%6
Democratic Jimmy Carter 295,60239.80%0
Independent Eugene McCarthy 19,2292.59%0
Libertarian Roger MacBride 7,6471.03%0
Socialist Workers Peter Camejo 9280.12%0
American Thomas J. Anderson 5640.08%0
No party Lester Maddox (write-in)850.01%0
No partyFrank Taylor (write-in)220.00%0
Invalid or blank votes
Totals742,719100.00%6
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters)46%/80%

Results by county

CountyGerald Ford
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
Eugene McCarthy [4]
Independent
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Apache 3,44733.38%6,58363.75%1731.68%1241.20%-3,136-30.37%10,327
Cochise 9,92149.90%9,28146.68%4522.27%2291.15%6403.22%19,883
Coconino 11,03651.53%9,45044.12%7373.44%1950.91%1,5867.41%21,418
Gila 5,13642.94%6,44053.84%2492.08%1371.15%-1,304-10.90%11,962
Graham 3,65952.59%3,05043.83%1381.98%1111.60%6098.76%6,958
Greenlee 1,53236.07%2,60161.24%811.91%330.78%-1,069-25.17%4,247
Maricopa 258,26261.66%144,61334.53%10,1062.41%5,8601.40%113,64927.13%418,841
Mohave 7,60151.92%6,50444.43%3512.40%1841.26%1,0977.49%14,640
Navajo 6,79646.68%7,32350.30%2731.88%1681.15%-527-3.62%14,560
Pima 77,26449.83%71,21445.93%5,0753.27%1,5080.97%6,0503.90%155,061
Pinal 9,35445.40%10,59551.42%4622.24%1930.94%-1,241-6.02%20,604
Santa Cruz 2,31248.80%2,26547.80%1232.60%380.80%471.00%4,738
Yavapai 12,99860.18%7,68535.58%6202.87%2971.38%5,31324.60%21,600
Yuma 9,32452.15%7,99844.73%3892.18%1690.95%1,3267.42%17,880
Totals418,64256.37%295,60239.80%19,2292.59%9,2461.24%123,04016.57%742,719

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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