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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Idaho

Gerald Ford (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Idaho in 1976, 59.9% to 37.1%, a margin of 22.8 points and 77,602 votes.

Idaho voted 24.8 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Republican hold continued from 1972, when Richard Nixon won.

Republicans led in 40 of the 44 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 4. The largest, Ada, cast 63,889 votes and went to the Republican by 31.3 points. The closest was Lewis, where 74 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
Gerald Ford won Republican 204,151 59.9%
Jimmy Carter Democratic 126,549 37.1%
All other candidates 10,232 3.0%
Total340,932

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Ada 21,125 33.1% 41,135 64.4% 1,629 63,889 R+31.3
Canyon 9,460 34.5% 17,263 62.9% 718 27,441 R+28.4
Bannock 10,261 41.8% 13,172 53.7% 1,117 24,550 R+11.9
Bonneville 7,230 30.4% 15,793 66.4% 749 23,772 R+36.0
Twin Falls 6,085 31.6% 12,659 65.8% 489 19,233 R+34.2
Kootenai 7,225 39.8% 10,493 57.8% 441 18,159 R+18.0
Nez Perce 6,324 49.6% 6,151 48.2% 280 12,755 D+1.4
Latah 5,314 42.6% 6,846 54.9% 310 12,470 R+12.3
Bingham 4,347 36.1% 7,327 60.8% 371 12,045 R+24.7
Bonner 4,065 45.9% 4,549 51.4% 241 8,855 R+5.5
Shoshone 3,216 46.5% 3,570 51.7% 123 6,909 R+5.1
Cassia 1,881 27.3% 4,575 66.4% 436 6,892 R+39.1
Minidoka 2,441 38.3% 3,600 56.4% 337 6,378 R+18.2
Madison 1,320 22.8% 4,190 72.4% 279 5,789 R+49.6
Idaho 2,323 40.8% 3,185 56.0% 184 5,692 R+15.1
Jefferson 1,745 31.6% 3,599 65.1% 181 5,525 R+33.6
Payette 2,195 40.5% 3,115 57.4% 113 5,423 R+17.0
Jerome 1,800 34.9% 3,188 61.8% 170 5,158 R+26.9
Elmore 2,164 42.7% 2,808 55.5% 91 5,063 R+12.7
Gooding 1,923 38.7% 2,909 58.5% 137 4,969 R+19.8
Gem 1,978 43.5% 2,401 52.7% 173 4,552 R+9.3
Fremont 1,445 34.7% 2,581 61.9% 141 4,167 R+27.3
Franklin 1,157 28.8% 2,720 67.8% 135 4,012 R+39.0
Blaine 1,604 41.4% 2,176 56.1% 97 3,877 R+14.8
Washington 1,693 44.3% 2,044 53.5% 86 3,823 R+9.2
Caribou 1,110 31.9% 2,253 64.8% 112 3,475 R+32.9
Clearwater 1,752 52.5% 1,469 44.0% 117 3,338 D+8.5
Bear Lake 960 30.5% 2,094 66.6% 90 3,144 R+36.1
Benewah 1,549 50.6% 1,458 47.6% 57 3,064 D+3.0
Lemhi 1,159 38.8% 1,685 56.4% 145 2,989 R+17.6
Boundary 1,217 43.5% 1,458 52.1% 121 2,796 R+8.6
Power 1,286 46.8% 1,374 50.0% 90 2,750 R+3.2
Owyhee 1,054 39.9% 1,519 57.5% 68 2,641 R+17.6
Valley 897 38.7% 1,374 59.3% 45 2,316 R+20.6
Lewis 898 50.8% 824 46.6% 46 1,768 D+4.2
Oneida 637 36.6% 1,065 61.1% 40 1,742 R+24.6
Lincoln 615 39.1% 909 57.8% 50 1,574 R+18.7
Adams 639 43.2% 809 54.7% 30 1,478 R+11.5
Butte 663 45.2% 751 51.2% 54 1,468 R+6.0
Teton 514 35.8% 904 63.0% 16 1,434 R+27.2
Custer 516 36.6% 850 60.3% 43 1,409 R+23.7
Boise 433 37.1% 684 58.6% 50 1,167 R+21.5
Clark 169 32.6% 334 64.5% 15 518 R+31.9
Camas 160 34.6% 288 62.2% 15 463 R+27.6

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.

Idaho in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+30.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+31.8
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+31.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+25.4
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+38.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+39.5
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.5
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+26.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+46.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+41.3
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+22.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+1.8
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.0
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+2.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+29.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+29.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+30.8
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+31.3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+10.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+16.9
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+40.4
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.9
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+56.8
1892 James B. Weaver (other)