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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Minnesota

Jimmy Carter (Democrat) beat Gerald Ford (Republican) in Minnesota in 1976, 54.9% to 42.0%, a margin of 12.9 points and 251,045 votes.

Minnesota voted 10.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

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

Democrats led in 66 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 21. The largest, Hennepin, cast 483,378 votes and went to the Democrat by 9.4 points. The closest was Cook, where 16 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jimmy Carter won	Democratic	1,070,440	54.9%
Gerald Ford	Republican	819,395	42.0%
All other candidates		60,096	3.1%
Total		1,949,931

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hennepin	257,380 53.2%	211,892 43.8%	14,106	483,378	D+9.4
Ramsey	133,682 58.6%	86,480 37.9%	7,905	228,067	D+20.7
St. Louis	75,040 65.8%	35,331 31.0%	3,704	114,075	D+34.8
Dakota	44,253 52.6%	37,542 44.7%	2,285	84,080	D+8.0
Anoka	48,173 61.5%	27,863 35.6%	2,279	78,315	D+25.9
Washington	26,454 54.5%	20,716 42.6%	1,413	48,583	D+11.8
Stearns	25,027 52.3%	19,574 40.9%	3,220	47,821	D+11.4
Olmsted	14,676 37.0%	24,030 60.7%	911	39,617	R+23.6
Blue Earth	12,930 50.3%	11,998 46.7%	760	25,688	D+3.6
Otter Tail	11,881 48.5%	12,113 49.4%	516	24,510	R+0.9
Wright	13,379 57.0%	9,314 39.7%	771	23,464	D+17.3
Winona	10,939 49.9%	10,436 47.6%	539	21,914	D+2.3
Clay	10,876 50.1%	10,317 47.5%	515	21,708	D+2.6
Mower	12,837 59.7%	8,163 38.0%	487	21,487	D+21.8
Itasca	12,979 64.0%	6,646 32.8%	656	20,281	D+31.2
Rice	10,590 54.0%	8,311 42.4%	706	19,607	D+11.6
Crow Wing	10,653 54.5%	8,072 41.3%	839	19,564	D+13.2
Goodhue	8,926 46.2%	9,967 51.6%	428	19,321	R+5.4
Freeborn	9,470 52.6%	8,220 45.6%	328	18,018	D+6.9
Scott	9,912 56.3%	7,154 40.7%	527	17,593	D+15.7
Kandiyohi	9,992 58.3%	6,664 38.9%	474	17,130	D+19.4
Carver	7,574 46.3%	8,199 50.2%	574	16,347	R+3.8
Polk	9,078 56.6%	6,552 40.9%	404	16,034	D+15.8
Brown	5,792 41.3%	7,479 53.3%	768	14,039	R+12.0
Carlton	9,247 66.3%	4,371 31.3%	334	13,952	D+34.9
Steele	6,263 45.9%	7,053 51.7%	331	13,647	R+5.8
Douglas	7,097 53.3%	5,910 44.4%	307	13,314	D+8.9
Morrison	8,176 61.5%	4,590 34.5%	528	13,294	D+27.0
Beltrami	7,540 56.8%	5,214 39.2%	531	13,285	D+17.5
McLeod	6,249 47.2%	6,519 49.2%	470	13,238	R+2.0
Becker	6,597 52.5%	5,611 44.7%	358	12,566	D+7.8
Martin	5,672 45.4%	6,484 51.9%	332	12,488	R+6.5
Lyon	7,122 57.2%	5,036 40.4%	300	12,458	D+16.7
Nicollet	5,777 47.2%	6,071 49.6%	397	12,245	R+2.4
Sherburne	6,678 58.4%	4,361 38.1%	403	11,442	D+20.2
Le Sueur	6,556 57.6%	4,565 40.1%	260	11,381	D+17.5
Todd	6,530 58.1%	4,278 38.0%	440	11,248	D+20.0
Benton	6,235 56.9%	4,099 37.4%	631	10,965	D+19.5
Fillmore	4,758 43.4%	5,984 54.6%	215	10,957	R+11.2
Chisago	6,625 61.0%	3,874 35.6%	368	10,867	D+25.3
Faribault	5,049 46.6%	5,577 51.5%	207	10,833	R+4.9
Nobles	6,034 56.2%	4,503 41.9%	198	10,735	D+14.3
Renville	5,762 54.6%	4,482 42.5%	301	10,545	D+12.1
Cass	5,424 53.0%	4,443 43.4%	367	10,234	D+9.6
Redwood	4,525 46.1%	4,926 50.2%	371	9,822	R+4.1
Meeker	5,295 54.2%	4,097 42.0%	369	9,761	D+12.3
Isanti	6,013 63.9%	3,159 33.5%	245	9,417	D+30.3
Wabasha	4,286 47.4%	4,484 49.6%	279	9,049	R+2.2
Houston	3,861 43.3%	4,853 54.4%	212	8,926	R+11.1
Pine	5,442 61.2%	3,057 34.4%	388	8,887	D+26.8
Waseca	4,002 45.5%	4,582 52.0%	221	8,805	R+6.6
Mille Lacs	5,172 59.7%	3,212 37.0%	286	8,670	D+22.6
Chippewa	4,648 57.8%	3,254 40.4%	144	8,046	D+17.3
Koochiching	4,846 60.5%	2,893 36.1%	268	8,007	D+24.4
Sibley	3,752 47.7%	3,871 49.2%	237	7,860	R+1.5
Cottonwood	3,813 48.5%	3,906 49.7%	140	7,859	R+1.2
Yellow Medicine	4,337 58.1%	2,946 39.5%	179	7,462	D+18.6
Jackson	4,311 59.2%	2,870 39.4%	106	7,287	D+19.8
Aitkin	4,308 62.0%	2,476 35.6%	165	6,949	D+26.4
Pennington	3,787 54.5%	3,023 43.5%	138	6,948	D+11.0
Swift	4,428 65.5%	2,190 32.4%	144	6,762	D+33.1
Watonwan	3,177 47.7%	3,351 50.3%	134	6,662	R+2.6
Lake	3,973 60.2%	2,313 35.1%	313	6,599	D+25.2
Dodge	3,009 45.6%	3,446 52.2%	143	6,598	R+6.6
Hubbard	3,196 49.3%	2,985 46.0%	308	6,489	D+3.3
Marshall	3,744 57.7%	2,605 40.1%	140	6,489	D+17.6
Wadena	3,164 49.3%	3,048 47.4%	212	6,424	D+1.8
Pipestone	3,272 51.1%	3,018 47.1%	111	6,401	D+4.0
Murray	3,685 57.6%	2,605 40.7%	109	6,399	D+16.9
Pope	3,746 61.1%	2,251 36.7%	130	6,127	D+24.4
Lac Qui Parle	3,647 60.1%	2,292 37.8%	126	6,065	D+22.3
Stevens	3,171 54.8%	2,484 42.9%	134	5,789	D+11.9
Roseau	3,215 55.9%	2,382 41.4%	155	5,752	D+14.5
Rock	2,769 48.2%	2,892 50.4%	78	5,739	R+2.1
Kanabec	3,188 60.0%	1,943 36.6%	180	5,311	D+23.4
Norman	2,946 58.8%	1,983 39.6%	83	5,012	D+19.2
Grant	2,624 60.5%	1,635 37.7%	79	4,338	D+22.8
Lincoln	2,594 60.8%	1,599 37.5%	74	4,267	D+23.3
Wilkin	2,103 51.2%	1,882 45.8%	125	4,110	D+5.4
Clearwater	2,437 60.7%	1,374 34.2%	204	4,015	D+26.5
Big Stone	2,581 64.4%	1,332 33.2%	94	4,007	D+31.2
Kittson	2,008 55.3%	1,555 42.8%	66	3,629	D+12.5
Traverse	2,020 63.0%	1,130 35.2%	57	3,207	D+27.8
Mahnomen	1,590 60.8%	905 34.6%	118	2,613	D+26.2
Red Lake	1,748 67.2%	737 28.3%	115	2,600	D+38.9
Cook	1,018 47.8%	1,034 48.5%	78	2,130	R+0.8
Lake Of The Woods	1,105 56.2%	757 38.5%	103	1,965	D+17.7

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.

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+4.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+7.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+1.5
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+7.7
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+10.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+3.5
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+2.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.6
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+7.0
1984	Walter Mondale (D)	D+0.2
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.9
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+12.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+12.5
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+27.8
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+1.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+7.6
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+11.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+17.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+5.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+30.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+16.9
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+44.4
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+51.2
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+0.1
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+26.2
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+55.1
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.5
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+15.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+8.2
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.5
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+21.9
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+26.9
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+19.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+22.7
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+21.8

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