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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in District of Columbia

Jimmy Carter (Democrat) beat Gerald Ford (Republican) in District of Columbia in 1976, 81.6% to 16.5%, a margin of 65.1 points and 109,945 votes.

District of Columbia voted 63.1 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 1972, when George McGovern won.

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Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jimmy Carter won Democratic 137,818 81.6%
Gerald Ford Republican 27,873 16.5%
All other candidates 3,139 1.9%
Total168,830

District of Columbia in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+83.8
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+86.8
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+86.8
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+83.6
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+85.9
2004 John Kerry (D) D+79.8
2000 Al Gore (D) D+76.2
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+75.9
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+75.5
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+68.3
1984 Walter Mondale (D) D+71.7
1980 Jimmy Carter (D) D+61.5
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+65.1
1972 George McGovern (D) D+56.5
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+63.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+71.0