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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Florida

Jimmy Carter (Democrat) beat Gerald Ford (Republican) in Florida in 1976, 51.9% to 46.6%, a margin of 5.3 points and 166,469 votes.

Florida voted 3.2 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

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

Democrats led in 49 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 18. The largest, Dade, cast 521,942 votes and went to the Democrat by 17.6 points. The closest was Clay, where 58 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 1,636,000 51.9%
Gerald Ford Republican 1,469,531 46.6%
All other candidates 45,100 1.4%
Total3,150,631

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 303,047 58.1% 211,148 40.5% 7,747 521,942 D+17.6
Broward 176,491 51.6% 161,411 47.1% 4,441 342,343 D+4.4
Pinellas 141,879 48.0% 150,003 50.8% 3,687 295,569 R+2.7
Palm Beach 96,705 48.7% 98,236 49.5% 3,716 198,657 R+0.8
Duval 105,912 58.0% 74,997 41.1% 1,652 182,561 D+16.9
Hillsborough 94,589 54.0% 78,504 44.8% 2,052 175,145 D+9.2
Orange 58,442 44.8% 70,451 54.0% 1,544 130,437 R+9.2
Polk 47,286 51.0% 44,238 47.7% 1,182 92,706 D+3.3
Brevard 46,421 50.3% 44,470 48.1% 1,473 92,364 D+2.1
Volusia 49,161 55.7% 37,523 42.5% 1,541 88,225 D+13.2
Escambia 38,279 47.4% 41,471 51.4% 965 80,715 R+4.0
Sarasota 26,293 36.8% 44,157 61.8% 1,028 71,478 R+25.0
Lee 30,567 43.8% 38,038 54.5% 1,184 69,789 R+10.7
Pasco 33,710 53.7% 28,306 45.1% 731 62,747 D+8.6
Manatee 24,342 44.8% 29,300 53.9% 718 54,360 R+9.1
Leon 28,729 53.8% 23,739 44.4% 975 53,443 D+9.3
Seminole 19,609 41.9% 26,655 56.9% 549 46,813 R+15.1
Alachua 27,895 62.6% 15,546 34.9% 1,137 44,578 D+27.7
Lake 14,369 41.3% 19,976 57.4% 442 34,787 R+16.1
Marion 16,963 50.4% 16,163 48.0% 553 33,679 D+2.4
Okaloosa 14,210 42.7% 18,598 55.9% 487 33,295 R+13.2
Bay 14,858 50.4% 14,208 48.2% 418 29,484 D+2.2
St. Lucie 12,386 51.2% 11,502 47.5% 321 24,209 D+3.7
Collier 8,764 37.0% 14,643 61.8% 303 23,710 R+24.8
Charlotte 10,300 44.1% 12,703 54.4% 330 23,333 R+10.3
Martin 8,785 42.3% 11,682 56.3% 289 20,756 R+14.0
Monroe 11,079 56.1% 8,232 41.7% 446 19,757 D+14.4
Indian River 8,512 45.6% 9,818 52.6% 324 18,654 R+7.0
Citrus 9,438 53.3% 7,973 45.0% 296 17,707 D+8.3
Santa Rosa 8,020 46.1% 9,122 52.4% 270 17,412 R+6.3
Clay 8,410 49.0% 8,468 49.4% 270 17,148 R+0.3
Highlands 7,218 45.9% 8,317 52.9% 198 15,733 R+7.0
Putnam 9,597 64.8% 5,040 34.0% 172 14,809 D+30.8
St. Johns 7,412 51.6% 6,660 46.3% 299 14,371 D+5.2
Osceola 6,893 48.6% 7,062 49.8% 220 14,175 R+1.2
Hernando 7,717 56.2% 5,793 42.2% 222 13,732 D+14.0
Jackson 7,687 60.8% 4,795 37.9% 170 12,652 D+22.9
Columbia 6,683 62.1% 3,947 36.7% 136 10,766 D+25.4
Gadsden 6,798 65.2% 3,531 33.9% 102 10,431 D+31.3
Nassau 5,896 64.5% 3,136 34.3% 108 9,140 D+30.2
Walton 5,196 62.8% 2,927 35.4% 156 8,279 D+27.4
Suwannee 4,718 63.7% 2,405 32.5% 279 7,402 D+31.2
Sumter 4,721 66.6% 2,212 31.2% 157 7,090 D+35.4
Levy 4,025 65.3% 1,965 31.9% 176 6,166 D+33.4
Washington 3,566 59.5% 2,313 38.6% 117 5,996 D+20.9
Bradford 3,868 68.9% 1,680 29.9% 69 5,617 D+39.0
Taylor 3,370 62.3% 1,983 36.7% 53 5,406 D+25.7
Holmes 3,256 62.9% 1,850 35.7% 74 5,180 D+27.1
Hardee 2,670 52.3% 2,189 42.9% 248 5,107 D+9.4
Madison 3,218 63.8% 1,761 34.9% 61 5,040 D+28.9
Okeechobee 3,184 66.0% 1,598 33.1% 43 4,825 D+32.9
De Soto 2,715 56.3% 2,000 41.5% 107 4,822 D+14.8
Gulf 2,641 61.7% 1,584 37.0% 56 4,281 D+24.7
Hendry 2,337 54.9% 1,843 43.3% 74 4,254 D+11.6
Baker 2,985 71.2% 1,058 25.2% 152 4,195 D+45.9
Wakulla 2,353 57.8% 1,580 38.8% 139 4,072 D+19.0
Jefferson 2,310 61.6% 1,361 36.3% 78 3,749 D+25.3
Calhoun 2,487 67.4% 1,153 31.3% 49 3,689 D+36.2
Flagler 2,086 61.8% 1,262 37.4% 25 3,373 D+24.4
Franklin 1,859 62.5% 1,054 35.5% 60 2,973 D+27.1
Hamilton 2,053 69.6% 794 26.9% 104 2,951 D+42.7
Dixie 2,169 78.8% 558 20.3% 25 2,752 D+58.5
Gilchrist 1,807 76.8% 528 22.4% 19 2,354 D+54.3
Union 1,480 72.5% 544 26.7% 16 2,040 D+45.9
Glades 1,311 66.7% 624 31.8% 30 1,965 D+35.0
Liberty 1,137 64.0% 620 34.9% 19 1,776 D+29.1
Lafayette 1,126 67.6% 523 31.4% 16 1,665 D+36.2

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.

Florida in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+3.4
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+1.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+0.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+2.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+5.0
2000 George W. Bush (R) level
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+5.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+1.9
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+22.4
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+30.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+17.0
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+5.3
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+44.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+2.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+14.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+10.0
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+15.2
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.6
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+48.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+52.2
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+49.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+17.2
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+28.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+31.3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+51.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.1
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+41.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+46.9
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+52.8
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+85.0
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+19.6
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.2
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+8.3
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.0