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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Missouri

Jimmy Carter (Democrat) beat Gerald Ford (Republican) in Missouri in 1976, 51.1% to 47.5%, a margin of 3.6 points and 70,944 votes.

Missouri voted 1.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

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

Democrats led in 74 of the 115 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 40 and other candidates in 1. The largest, St. Louis, cast 887,806 votes and went to the other candidates by 22.2 points. The closest was Hickory, where 5 votes separated the top two.

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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	998,387	51.1%
Gerald Ford	Republican	927,443	47.5%
All other candidates		27,770	1.4%
Total		1,953,600

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
St. Louis	196,915 22.2%	246,988 27.8%	443,903	887,806	Others
Jackson	130,120 55.3%	101,401 43.1%	3,920	235,441	D+12.2
St. Louis City	118,703 66.0%	58,367 32.5%	2,714	179,784	D+33.6
Greene	33,824 46.8%	37,691 52.2%	690	72,205	R+5.4
Clay	26,609 50.9%	24,962 47.7%	744	52,315	D+3.1
St. Charles	22,063 45.3%	26,105 53.6%	536	48,704	R+8.3
Jefferson	25,159 57.3%	18,261 41.6%	495	43,915	D+15.7
Boone	17,674 50.7%	16,373 46.9%	846	34,893	D+3.7
Buchanan	17,427 51.1%	16,446 48.2%	251	34,124	D+2.9
Jasper	14,910 46.4%	17,086 53.1%	153	32,149	R+6.8
Franklin	11,695 48.0%	12,242 50.3%	405	24,342	R+2.2
Cape Girardeau	10,440 45.1%	12,607 54.4%	117	23,164	R+9.4
Cole	7,949 35.3%	14,370 63.9%	184	22,503	R+28.5
Platte	8,651 50.7%	8,103 47.5%	300	17,054	D+3.2
Cass	9,008 55.2%	7,182 44.0%	140	16,330	D+11.2
St. Francois	8,852 55.6%	7,002 44.0%	57	15,911	D+11.6
Pettis	7,887 51.6%	7,344 48.0%	65	15,296	D+3.5
Newton	7,045 49.3%	7,142 49.9%	114	14,301	R+0.7
Scott	8,075 59.5%	5,473 40.3%	28	13,576	D+19.2
Lafayette	6,410 48.2%	6,823 51.3%	72	13,305	R+3.1
Phelps	6,261 50.0%	6,153 49.2%	98	12,512	D+0.9
Butler	6,759 54.1%	5,669 45.4%	57	12,485	D+8.7
Marion	6,124 52.5%	5,501 47.2%	38	11,663	D+5.3
Johnson	5,551 49.5%	5,513 49.1%	156	11,220	D+0.3
Lawrence	5,315 47.7%	5,784 51.9%	38	11,137	R+4.2
Audrain	5,600 50.8%	5,378 48.7%	54	11,032	D+2.0
Saline	5,890 54.3%	4,883 45.0%	72	10,845	D+9.3
Dunklin	7,107 68.1%	3,314 31.7%	22	10,443	D+36.3
Barry	5,046 49.7%	5,053 49.8%	49	10,148	R+0.1
Stoddard	6,097 60.3%	3,989 39.5%	25	10,111	D+20.8
Callaway	4,843 48.1%	5,115 50.8%	101	10,059	R+2.7
Howell	5,265 52.5%	4,692 46.8%	78	10,035	D+5.7
Nodaway	4,875 51.1%	4,558 47.8%	101	9,534	D+3.3
Henry	5,282 55.6%	4,168 43.9%	47	9,497	D+11.7
Randolph	5,839 61.6%	3,594 37.9%	48	9,481	D+23.7
Adair	3,684 40.3%	5,249 57.5%	200	9,133	R+17.1
Vernon	4,921 56.7%	3,715 42.8%	48	8,684	D+13.9
Camden	3,975 46.7%	4,469 52.5%	66	8,510	R+5.8
Laclede	4,381 51.7%	4,067 48.0%	27	8,475	D+3.7
Ray	5,535 65.4%	2,853 33.7%	73	8,461	D+31.7
Christian	3,830 45.4%	4,553 53.9%	59	8,442	R+8.6
Taney	3,626 43.5%	4,696 56.3%	22	8,344	R+12.8
Lincoln	4,473 55.0%	3,581 44.0%	86	8,140	D+11.0
New Madrid	5,319 65.4%	2,798 34.4%	19	8,136	D+31.0
Texas	4,638 57.8%	3,338 41.6%	42	8,018	D+16.2
Macon	4,296 55.9%	3,360 43.7%	32	7,688	D+12.2
Bates	4,288 55.8%	3,350 43.6%	46	7,684	D+12.2
Polk	3,663 48.3%	3,893 51.3%	34	7,590	R+3.0
Webster	3,759 51.4%	3,510 48.0%	46	7,315	D+3.4
Pulaski	4,370 60.1%	2,865 39.4%	32	7,267	D+20.7
Linn	4,092 56.6%	3,114 43.0%	30	7,236	D+13.5
Pemiscot	4,681 64.7%	2,541 35.1%	14	7,236	D+29.6
Pike	3,770 52.6%	3,355 46.8%	37	7,162	D+5.8
Perry	2,801 40.5%	4,086 59.1%	31	6,918	R+18.6
Miller	2,739 39.9%	4,095 59.6%	32	6,866	R+19.7
Livingston	3,819 55.7%	3,010 43.9%	28	6,857	D+11.8
Crawford	3,565 52.2%	3,224 47.2%	44	6,833	D+5.0
Cooper	3,087 45.3%	3,694 54.3%	28	6,809	R+8.9
Clinton	3,424 54.6%	2,807 44.8%	41	6,272	D+9.8
Andrew	3,042 49.0%	3,130 50.4%	41	6,213	R+1.4
Wright	2,781 44.9%	3,397 54.9%	13	6,191	R+9.9
McDonald	3,111 50.9%	2,949 48.3%	48	6,108	D+2.7
Washington	3,543 58.0%	2,526 41.4%	39	6,108	D+16.7
Carroll	3,114 51.2%	2,936 48.3%	27	6,077	D+2.9
Stone	2,358 40.4%	3,457 59.2%	27	5,842	R+18.8
Gasconade	1,702 30.0%	3,925 69.1%	55	5,682	R+39.1
Morgan	2,738 48.9%	2,831 50.6%	26	5,595	R+1.7
Benton	2,684 48.0%	2,875 51.5%	28	5,587	R+3.4
Moniteau	2,462 44.3%	3,077 55.4%	16	5,555	R+11.1
Warren	2,164 39.9%	3,214 59.2%	52	5,430	R+19.3
Dent	2,931 54.3%	2,433 45.0%	37	5,401	D+9.2
Ste. Genevieve	3,091 57.5%	2,241 41.7%	40	5,372	D+15.8
Grundy	2,597 49.3%	2,646 50.2%	30	5,273	R+0.9
Osage	2,015 38.2%	3,224 61.2%	30	5,269	R+22.9
Montgomery	2,535 48.4%	2,665 50.8%	43	5,243	R+2.5
Chariton	3,055 58.7%	2,128 40.9%	21	5,204	D+17.8
Mississippi	3,366 65.8%	1,733 33.9%	17	5,116	D+31.9
Barton	2,326 45.8%	2,708 53.3%	43	5,077	R+7.5
Cedar	2,192 44.1%	2,752 55.4%	21	4,965	R+11.3
Wayne	2,987 60.2%	1,963 39.6%	8	4,958	D+20.7
Dallas	2,453 50.0%	2,430 49.5%	27	4,910	D+0.5
Bollinger	2,740 56.4%	2,113 43.5%	9	4,862	D+12.9
Harrison	2,304 47.9%	2,478 51.5%	31	4,813	R+3.6
Douglas	1,981 42.4%	2,652 56.8%	34	4,667	R+14.4
Monroe	3,039 65.4%	1,585 34.1%	26	4,650	D+31.3
Lewis	2,486 55.3%	1,983 44.1%	28	4,497	D+11.2
Howard	2,769 61.6%	1,690 37.6%	35	4,494	D+24.0
Sullivan	2,313 51.6%	2,141 47.7%	30	4,484	D+3.8
Iron	2,646 59.7%	1,765 39.8%	23	4,434	D+19.9
Ripley	2,577 60.7%	1,640 38.6%	28	4,245	D+22.1
Caldwell	2,113 49.9%	2,094 49.5%	26	4,233	D+0.4
Daviess	2,250 53.7%	1,919 45.8%	22	4,191	D+7.9
St. Clair	2,271 55.3%	1,808 44.1%	24	4,103	D+11.3
Gentry	2,249 55.7%	1,772 43.9%	14	4,035	D+11.8
Madison	2,229 55.9%	1,739 43.6%	21	3,989	D+12.3
Atchison	1,926 49.0%	1,960 49.9%	44	3,930	R+0.9
De Kalb	2,023 53.5%	1,739 46.0%	17	3,779	D+7.5
Oregon	2,564 69.1%	1,122 30.2%	26	3,712	D+38.8
Dade	1,681 45.3%	2,015 54.3%	14	3,710	R+9.0
Shelby	2,227 60.2%	1,453 39.2%	22	3,702	D+20.9
Ralls	2,318 63.0%	1,334 36.2%	30	3,682	D+26.7
Holt	1,529 46.1%	1,777 53.6%	12	3,318	R+7.5
Maries	1,796 54.5%	1,485 45.1%	13	3,294	D+9.4
Clark	1,679 51.3%	1,582 48.3%	13	3,274	D+3.0
Ozark	1,341 43.2%	1,754 56.5%	10	3,105	R+13.3
Reynolds	2,143 70.7%	879 29.0%	8	3,030	D+41.7
Shannon	1,960 66.0%	989 33.3%	22	2,971	D+32.7
Hickory	1,398 49.5%	1,403 49.7%	21	2,822	R+0.2
Scotland	1,449 52.7%	1,286 46.7%	17	2,752	D+5.9
Schuyler	1,417 54.1%	1,193 45.5%	10	2,620	D+8.5
Knox	1,319 51.6%	1,216 47.6%	21	2,556	D+4.0
Putnam	1,097 43.0%	1,444 56.6%	9	2,550	R+13.6
Mercer	1,177 53.3%	1,025 46.4%	5	2,207	D+6.9
Carter	1,154 57.5%	842 42.0%	11	2,007	D+15.5
Worth	969 55.4%	771 44.1%	9	1,749	D+11.3

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.

Missouri in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.4
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+15.4
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+9.4
2008	John McCain (R)	R+0.1
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+3.3
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+6.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+10.1
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.0
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.0
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+6.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.6
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+24.6
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+1.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+28.1
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+0.5
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+0.2
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+1.6
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+16.6
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+2.9
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+4.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+22.6
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+28.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+11.4
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+5.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+11.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+3.6
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.6
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+0.1
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+3.9
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+8.7
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+7.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+4.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+7.5
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+13.7
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+16.3
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+13.9

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