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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Alabama

Jimmy Carter (Democrat) beat Gerald Ford (Republican) in Alabama in 1976, 55.7% to 42.6%, a margin of 13.1 points and 155,100 votes.

Alabama voted 11.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

Alabama changed party: in 1972 it went Republican, for Richard Nixon.

Democrats led in 60 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 7. The largest, Jefferson, cast 217,090 votes and went to the Republican by 6.5 points. The closest was Elmore, where 95 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jimmy Carter won Democratic 659,170 55.7%
Gerald Ford Republican 504,070 42.6%
All other candidates 19,610 1.7%
Total1,182,850

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 99,531 45.8% 113,590 52.3% 3,969 217,090 R+6.5
Mobile 50,264 47.5% 53,835 50.8% 1,777 105,876 R+3.4
Madison 35,497 62.0% 20,959 36.6% 831 57,287 D+25.4
Montgomery 24,641 45.0% 29,360 53.6% 732 54,733 R+8.6
Tuscaloosa 20,275 54.8% 16,021 43.3% 710 37,006 D+11.5
Etowah 25,020 70.0% 10,333 28.9% 397 35,750 D+41.1
Calhoun 20,466 62.6% 11,763 36.0% 471 32,700 D+26.6
Morgan 16,547 63.7% 9,058 34.9% 381 25,986 D+28.8
Walker 16,232 68.5% 7,389 31.2% 89 23,710 D+37.3
Lauderdale 15,549 67.1% 7,226 31.2% 410 23,185 D+35.9
Baldwin 9,191 40.0% 13,256 57.7% 520 22,967 R+17.7
Marshall 13,696 68.1% 6,006 29.9% 398 20,100 D+38.3
Cullman 12,961 64.6% 6,899 34.4% 195 20,055 D+30.2
Houston 8,787 44.5% 10,672 54.1% 279 19,738 R+9.6
Lee 8,427 45.0% 9,884 52.8% 426 18,737 R+7.8
Talladega 10,577 60.1% 6,425 36.5% 606 17,608 D+23.6
Colbert 11,996 71.2% 4,471 26.5% 375 16,842 D+44.7
Shelby 7,197 43.3% 9,035 54.3% 397 16,629 R+11.1
De Kalb 9,759 59.4% 6,597 40.1% 81 16,437 D+19.2
Dallas 8,866 54.2% 7,144 43.7% 351 16,361 D+10.5
Jackson 10,989 71.7% 3,913 25.5% 423 15,325 D+46.2
Elmore 6,646 49.2% 6,551 48.5% 311 13,508 D+0.7
Tallapoosa 7,614 57.8% 5,237 39.8% 312 13,163 D+18.1
Coffee 7,844 62.0% 4,683 37.0% 124 12,651 D+25.0
Russell 8,077 64.1% 4,150 33.0% 365 12,592 D+31.2
Covington 7,081 57.9% 4,977 40.7% 166 12,224 D+17.2
Limestone 8,803 73.4% 2,997 25.0% 200 12,000 D+48.4
Chambers 6,164 52.0% 5,488 46.3% 196 11,848 D+5.7
Dale 6,346 55.0% 4,996 43.3% 189 11,531 D+11.7
Escambia 5,957 53.4% 4,934 44.2% 266 11,157 D+9.2
Blount 6,645 60.5% 4,233 38.6% 100 10,978 D+22.0
St. Clair 5,653 52.0% 4,877 44.9% 339 10,869 D+7.1
Chilton 5,550 53.4% 4,725 45.5% 110 10,385 D+7.9
Pike 5,387 54.5% 4,363 44.1% 139 9,889 D+10.4
Franklin 6,279 64.6% 3,345 34.4% 97 9,721 D+30.2
Autauga 4,640 49.7% 4,512 48.3% 186 9,338 D+1.4
Marion 6,244 67.1% 3,036 32.6% 23 9,303 D+34.5
Clarke 4,737 52.6% 4,126 45.8% 143 9,006 D+6.8
Marengo 4,731 54.0% 3,841 43.9% 183 8,755 D+10.2
Geneva 5,983 68.5% 2,663 30.5% 93 8,739 D+38.0
Barbour 4,730 54.4% 3,758 43.2% 202 8,690 D+11.2
Lawrence 6,810 82.2% 1,415 17.1% 59 8,284 D+65.1
Winston 4,134 52.5% 3,710 47.2% 24 7,868 D+5.4
Macon 5,915 79.4% 1,387 18.6% 147 7,449 D+60.8
Monroe 3,669 50.5% 3,476 47.9% 118 7,263 D+2.7
Butler 4,271 59.3% 2,909 40.4% 28 7,208 D+18.9
Choctaw 3,911 56.1% 3,033 43.5% 28 6,972 D+12.6
Pickens 3,776 55.6% 2,969 43.8% 41 6,786 D+11.9
Perry 4,486 67.1% 2,164 32.4% 33 6,683 D+34.7
Fayette 4,076 64.8% 2,165 34.4% 46 6,287 D+30.4
Cherokee 4,668 74.6% 1,492 23.8% 96 6,256 D+50.8
Randolph 3,539 58.6% 2,286 37.8% 219 6,044 D+20.7
Lamar 3,860 67.4% 1,739 30.4% 125 5,724 D+37.1
Sumter 3,457 60.8% 2,191 38.5% 41 5,689 D+22.3
Washington 3,471 61.2% 2,171 38.3% 28 5,670 D+22.9
Wilcox 3,723 66.9% 1,824 32.8% 18 5,565 D+34.1
Lowndes 3,732 68.3% 1,621 29.7% 109 5,462 D+38.6
Hale 3,236 60.0% 2,034 37.7% 124 5,394 D+22.3
Crenshaw 3,372 64.0% 1,801 34.2% 93 5,266 D+29.8
Henry 3,144 60.1% 2,052 39.2% 38 5,234 D+20.9
Bullock 3,536 69.4% 1,482 29.1% 74 5,092 D+40.3
Conecuh 3,086 62.0% 1,812 36.4% 82 4,980 D+25.6
Clay 2,946 60.6% 1,883 38.8% 29 4,858 D+21.9
Bibb 2,850 63.7% 1,591 35.6% 33 4,474 D+28.1
Cleburne 2,490 62.5% 1,436 36.1% 55 3,981 D+26.5
Greene 2,900 76.0% 903 23.7% 15 3,818 D+52.3
Coosa 2,533 67.3% 1,196 31.8% 37 3,766 D+35.5

Counties as they stood in 1976; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+25.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+27.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+22.2
2008 John McCain (R) R+21.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+14.9
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+7.0
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+19.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+46.9
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+69.5
1960 Unpledged electors (other)
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+16.9
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+29.5
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.6
1928 Al Smith (D) D+2.8
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+40.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+54.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+52.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+26.0
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+38.4
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+55.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+34.3
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+21.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+22.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.4
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+2.5