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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Arkansas

Jimmy Carter (Democrat) beat Gerald Ford (Republican) in Arkansas in 1976, 65.0% to 34.9%, a margin of 30.1 points and 230,701 votes.

Arkansas voted 28.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

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

Democrats led in 72 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 3. The largest, Pulaski, cast 101,475 votes and went to the Democrat by 25.5 points. The closest was Baxter, where 119 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 498,604 65.0%
Gerald Ford Republican 267,903 34.9%
All other candidates 1,028 0.1%
Total767,535

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Pulaski 63,541 62.6% 37,690 37.1% 244 101,475 D+25.5
Sebastian 15,768 47.1% 17,671 52.8% 34 33,473 R+5.7
Washington 15,610 52.3% 14,132 47.4% 92 29,834 D+5.0
Jefferson 21,001 72.3% 8,034 27.7% 29,035 D+44.7
Garland 15,707 60.0% 10,394 39.7% 69 26,170 D+20.3
Benton 11,289 47.0% 12,670 52.7% 61 24,020 R+5.7
Craighead 13,840 69.0% 6,213 31.0% 20,053 D+38.0
Mississippi 10,292 63.0% 6,009 36.8% 27 16,328 D+26.2
Union 8,257 51.0% 7,918 48.9% 7 16,182 D+2.1
White 11,412 70.6% 4,756 29.4% 16,168 D+41.2
Saline 12,008 74.4% 4,123 25.5% 7 16,138 D+48.9
Faulkner 11,423 74.5% 3,904 25.4% 16 15,343 D+49.0
Crittenden 8,249 61.3% 5,202 38.6% 14 13,465 D+22.6
Pope 8,355 65.6% 4,348 34.2% 29 12,732 D+31.5
Ouachita 8,946 76.5% 2,753 23.5% 11,699 D+52.9
Baxter 5,766 49.5% 5,885 50.5% 11,651 R+1.0
Miller 6,648 58.6% 4,679 41.2% 22 11,349 D+17.3
Phillips 7,774 69.9% 3,342 30.1% 1 11,117 D+39.9
Crawford 5,946 55.5% 4,764 44.5% 10,710 D+11.0
St. Francis 6,851 65.1% 3,639 34.6% 30 10,520 D+30.5
Lonoke 7,761 75.4% 2,522 24.5% 16 10,299 D+50.9
Greene 7,495 73.5% 2,690 26.4% 7 10,192 D+47.1
Independence 7,116 71.2% 2,878 28.8% 4 9,998 D+42.4
Hot Spring 7,809 78.1% 2,187 21.9% 9,996 D+56.2
Poinsett 6,835 71.5% 2,726 28.5% 5 9,566 D+43.0
Boone 5,388 57.6% 3,959 42.4% 9,347 D+15.3
Columbia 4,708 52.3% 4,287 47.6% 6 9,001 D+4.7
Conway 6,443 74.7% 2,177 25.2% 9 8,629 D+49.4
Clark 6,641 78.3% 1,816 21.4% 22 8,479 D+56.9
Ashley 5,253 62.9% 3,092 37.0% 9 8,354 D+25.9
Logan 5,313 64.1% 2,909 35.1% 72 8,294 D+29.0
Hempstead 5,397 65.4% 2,859 34.6% 8,256 D+30.7
Jackson 6,456 78.4% 1,783 21.6% 8,239 D+56.7
Arkansas 5,640 69.5% 2,480 30.5% 8,120 D+38.9
Cleburne 5,726 74.1% 1,992 25.8% 13 7,731 D+48.3
Yell 5,785 75.0% 1,932 25.0% 7,717 D+49.9
Clay 5,664 75.0% 1,893 25.0% 7,557 D+49.9
Johnson 5,044 69.9% 2,173 30.1% 7,217 D+39.8
Lawrence 5,167 75.1% 1,708 24.8% 7 6,882 D+50.3
Carroll 3,791 57.0% 2,804 42.2% 55 6,650 D+14.8
Cross 4,198 68.4% 1,909 31.1% 30 6,137 D+37.3
Randolph 4,551 74.3% 1,571 25.7% 6,122 D+48.7
Polk 3,505 58.7% 2,432 40.8% 29 5,966 D+18.0
Searcy 3,180 54.1% 2,699 45.9% 5,879 D+8.2
Sharp 3,532 62.2% 2,151 37.8% 5,683 D+24.3
Franklin 3,703 65.2% 1,973 34.8% 5,676 D+30.5
Van Buren 4,004 71.1% 1,624 28.9% 5,628 D+42.3
Desha 4,228 75.5% 1,372 24.5% 5,600 D+51.0
Chicot 3,868 70.4% 1,621 29.5% 6 5,495 D+40.9
Drew 3,750 68.4% 1,730 31.6% 5,480 D+36.9
Madison 2,926 53.9% 2,502 46.1% 5,428 D+7.8
Lee 3,463 68.7% 1,574 31.2% 1 5,038 D+37.5
Marion 2,979 59.3% 2,045 40.7% 5,024 D+18.6
Sevier 3,391 69.5% 1,468 30.1% 18 4,877 D+39.4
Monroe 3,556 73.3% 1,285 26.5% 7 4,848 D+46.8
Grant 3,797 78.4% 1,047 21.6% 4,844 D+56.8
Howard 3,207 67.1% 1,575 32.9% 4,782 D+34.1
Izard 3,328 70.5% 1,394 29.5% 4,722 D+41.0
Bradley 3,567 75.9% 1,134 24.1% 4,701 D+51.8
Little River 3,142 68.7% 1,431 31.3% 4,573 D+37.4
Scott 2,880 66.8% 1,427 33.1% 5 4,312 D+33.7
Dallas 3,266 76.2% 1,012 23.6% 8 4,286 D+52.6
Nevada 3,101 72.6% 1,163 27.2% 5 4,269 D+45.4
Pike 2,822 69.4% 1,234 30.3% 10 4,066 D+39.1
Woodruff 3,040 78.1% 848 21.8% 5 3,893 D+56.3
Lafayette 2,342 61.5% 1,467 38.5% 3,809 D+23.0
Stone 2,718 72.5% 1,014 27.1% 15 3,747 D+45.5
Lincoln 3,045 81.3% 699 18.7% 3,744 D+62.7
Fulton 2,670 71.9% 1,038 27.9% 7 3,715 D+43.9
Prairie 2,836 77.7% 813 22.3% 3,649 D+55.4
Newton 1,840 53.3% 1,611 46.7% 3,451 D+6.6
Montgomery 2,420 72.4% 924 27.6% 3,344 D+44.7
Perry 2,310 73.5% 832 26.5% 3,142 D+47.0
Cleveland 2,320 78.2% 646 21.8% 2,966 D+56.4
Calhoun 2,014 80.1% 495 19.7% 5 2,514 D+60.4

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.

Arkansas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.6
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+27.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.9
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+23.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+19.9
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+9.8
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+5.4
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+16.9
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+17.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+14.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+30.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.1
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.7
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+7.1
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+6.6
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+12.1
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+40.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+58.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.9
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.1
1928 Al Smith (D) D+20.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+31.9
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+19.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+37.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+34.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+20.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+15.2
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+28.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+48.6
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+27.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+16.8
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+17.1
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+17.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+4.3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.4