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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Michigan

Gerald Ford (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Michigan in 1976, 51.9% to 46.5%, a margin of 5.4 points and 197,028 votes.

Michigan voted 7.5 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 68 of the 83 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 15. The largest, Wayne, cast 912,990 votes and went to the Democrat by 21.9 points. The closest was Arenac, where 8 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 1,893,742 51.9%
Jimmy Carter Democratic 1,696,714 46.5%
All other candidates 61,134 1.7%
Total3,651,590

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 548,767 60.1% 348,588 38.2% 15,635 912,990 D+21.9
Oakland 164,266 39.5% 244,271 58.7% 7,668 416,205 R+19.2
Macomb 121,176 46.9% 132,499 51.2% 4,928 258,603 R+4.4
Kent 59,000 31.3% 126,805 67.2% 2,828 188,633 R+35.9
Genesee 88,967 51.9% 80,004 46.7% 2,467 171,438 D+5.2
Ingham 47,890 40.1% 66,729 55.9% 4,708 119,327 R+15.8
Washtenaw 50,917 45.6% 56,807 50.9% 3,965 111,689 R+5.3
Kalamazoo 33,411 38.4% 51,462 59.1% 2,212 87,085 R+20.7
Saginaw 36,280 43.2% 46,765 55.6% 1,026 84,071 R+12.5
Berrien 25,163 37.7% 40,835 61.1% 800 66,798 R+23.5
Ottawa 16,381 24.7% 49,196 74.1% 793 66,370 R+49.4
Muskegon 27,013 42.6% 35,548 56.1% 846 63,407 R+13.5
Jackson 24,726 42.3% 32,873 56.2% 858 58,457 R+13.9
Calhoun 25,229 44.6% 30,390 53.8% 901 56,520 R+9.1
St. Clair 22,734 45.6% 26,311 52.7% 844 49,889 R+7.2
Bay 25,958 52.2% 23,174 46.6% 557 49,689 D+5.6
Monroe 23,290 52.2% 20,676 46.4% 631 44,597 D+5.9
Eaton 12,083 34.8% 22,120 63.7% 547 34,750 R+28.9
Lenawee 14,610 43.7% 18,397 55.0% 428 33,435 R+11.3
Livingston 12,415 38.2% 19,437 59.8% 634 32,486 R+21.6
Midland 11,959 39.7% 17,631 58.6% 511 30,101 R+18.8
Allegan 9,794 33.2% 19,330 65.6% 347 29,471 R+32.4
Shiawassee 12,202 44.0% 15,113 54.5% 406 27,721 R+10.5
Marquette 12,837 48.8% 12,984 49.3% 494 26,315 R+0.6
Van Buren 10,366 42.7% 13,615 56.0% 321 24,302 R+13.4
Lapeer 9,503 42.8% 12,349 55.6% 363 22,215 R+12.8
Clinton 7,549 35.4% 13,475 63.1% 329 21,353 R+27.8
Grand Traverse 7,263 34.3% 13,505 63.9% 382 21,150 R+29.5
Tuscola 7,932 39.4% 12,059 59.9% 153 20,144 R+20.5
St. Joseph 7,306 37.9% 11,784 61.1% 205 19,295 R+23.2
Ionia 6,820 36.3% 11,737 62.5% 234 18,791 R+26.2
Barry 6,967 37.9% 11,178 60.8% 243 18,388 R+22.9
Isabella 7,281 39.7% 10,577 57.7% 487 18,345 R+18.0
Cass 7,843 43.7% 9,893 55.1% 203 17,939 R+11.4
Montcalm 6,684 38.6% 10,439 60.4% 171 17,294 R+21.7
Delta 9,027 53.0% 7,809 45.8% 197 17,033 D+7.2
Sanilac 6,042 35.8% 10,597 62.9% 217 16,856 R+27.0
Houghton 7,352 47.1% 8,049 51.6% 199 15,600 R+4.5
Huron 5,721 37.7% 9,297 61.3% 158 15,176 R+23.6
Gratiot 5,429 35.9% 9,526 63.0% 163 15,118 R+27.1
Hillsdale 5,427 36.3% 9,307 62.2% 221 14,955 R+25.9
Branch 6,301 42.6% 8,251 55.7% 250 14,802 R+13.2
Newaygo 5,622 40.0% 8,258 58.8% 170 14,050 R+18.8
Chippewa 6,022 45.7% 7,025 53.3% 128 13,175 R+7.6
Alpena 6,310 49.0% 6,380 49.6% 176 12,866 R+0.5
Mecosta 4,725 38.7% 7,287 59.6% 209 12,221 R+21.0
Dickinson 6,134 50.4% 5,922 48.6% 121 12,177 D+1.7
Mason 4,541 39.4% 6,812 59.2% 163 11,516 R+19.7
Menominee 5,596 49.3% 5,633 49.6% 128 11,357 R+0.3
Iosco 4,875 46.4% 5,500 52.4% 123 10,498 R+6.0
Gogebic 6,341 61.0% 3,953 38.0% 98 10,392 D+23.0
Wexford 4,519 43.8% 5,670 55.0% 128 10,317 R+11.2
Manistee 4,479 44.2% 5,532 54.6% 123 10,134 R+10.4
Emmet 4,013 39.7% 5,910 58.5% 181 10,104 R+18.8
Charlevoix 3,953 42.7% 5,145 55.6% 160 9,258 R+12.9
Clare 4,153 45.5% 4,879 53.5% 94 9,126 R+8.0
Cheboygan 3,880 43.7% 4,894 55.1% 104 8,878 R+11.4
Oceana 3,427 39.0% 5,236 59.5% 135 8,798 R+20.6
Roscommon 3,691 43.9% 4,608 54.9% 102 8,401 R+10.9
Iron 4,401 57.0% 3,224 41.8% 93 7,718 D+15.3
Gladwin 3,719 49.1% 3,794 50.1% 54 7,567 R+1.0
Antrim 3,032 40.3% 4,369 58.1% 117 7,518 R+17.8
Osceola 2,603 36.3% 4,467 62.2% 108 7,178 R+26.0
Presque Isle 3,334 48.0% 3,545 51.0% 69 6,948 R+3.0
Ogemaw 3,545 51.9% 3,212 47.1% 67 6,824 D+4.9
Leelanau 2,437 35.8% 4,240 62.3% 126 6,803 R+26.5
Otsego 2,724 45.8% 3,155 53.0% 73 5,952 R+7.2
Mackinac 2,452 43.6% 3,107 55.2% 68 5,627 R+11.6
Ontonagon 3,104 55.4% 2,462 43.9% 41 5,607 D+11.4
Arenac 2,695 49.7% 2,687 49.5% 41 5,423 D+0.1
Benzie 1,891 37.5% 3,085 61.2% 62 5,038 R+23.7
Missaukee 1,688 36.1% 2,943 62.9% 50 4,681 R+26.8
Alcona 2,038 46.3% 2,328 52.9% 37 4,403 R+6.6
Crawford 1,889 43.9% 2,359 54.8% 55 4,303 R+10.9
Kalkaska 1,957 45.6% 2,280 53.1% 54 4,291 R+7.5
Alger 2,379 57.2% 1,722 41.4% 60 4,161 D+15.8
Schoolcraft 2,158 51.9% 1,933 46.5% 63 4,154 D+5.4
Lake 2,179 57.2% 1,598 42.0% 31 3,808 D+15.3
Montmorency 1,684 46.6% 1,882 52.0% 51 3,617 R+5.5
Baraga 1,778 49.2% 1,788 49.5% 48 3,614 R+0.3
Oscoda 1,108 41.4% 1,541 57.6% 28 2,677 R+16.2
Luce 1,099 44.0% 1,379 55.3% 17 2,495 R+11.2
Keweenaw 658 51.8% 606 47.7% 7 1,271 D+4.1

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.

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0