Election 1976 Results
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1976 presidential election in New Hampshire
Gerald Ford (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in New Hampshire in 1976, 54.7% to 43.5%, a margin of 11.3 points and 38,290 votes.
New Hampshire voted 13.3 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 9 of the 10 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Hillsborough, cast 100,880 votes and went to the Republican by 8.0 points. The closest was Strafford, where 3 votes separated the two parties.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Ford won | Republican | 185,935 | 54.7% |
| Jimmy Carter | Democratic | 147,645 | 43.5% |
| All other candidates | 6,047 | 1.8% | |
| Total | 339,627 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough | 45,544 45.1% | 53,581 53.1% | 1,755 | 100,880 | R+8.0 |
| Rockingham | 30,051 44.1% | 36,738 53.9% | 1,341 | 68,130 | R+9.8 |
| Merrimack | 14,865 39.9% | 21,853 58.6% | 564 | 37,282 | R+18.7 |
| Strafford | 14,566 48.9% | 14,569 48.9% | 680 | 29,815 | level |
| Grafton | 8,996 37.6% | 14,430 60.3% | 488 | 23,914 | R+22.7 |
| Cheshire | 10,388 44.6% | 12,554 53.9% | 363 | 23,305 | R+9.3 |
| Belknap | 6,143 37.8% | 9,876 60.8% | 230 | 16,249 | R+23.0 |
| Coos | 7,385 50.5% | 7,094 48.5% | 159 | 14,638 | D+2.0 |
| Sullivan | 6,323 47.9% | 6,679 50.6% | 205 | 13,207 | R+2.7 |
| Carroll | 3,374 27.7% | 8,561 70.2% | 263 | 12,198 | R+42.5 |
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.
New Hampshire in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris (D) | D+2.8 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+7.4 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (D) | D+0.4 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+5.6 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+9.6 |
| 2004 | John Kerry (D) | D+1.4 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+1.3 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+10.0 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+1.2 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+26.2 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+37.7 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+29.4 |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (R) | R+11.3 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+29.1 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+8.2 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+27.8 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+6.8 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+32.3 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+21.8 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+5.7 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+4.2 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+6.4 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+1.8 |
| 1932 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+1.4 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+17.6 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+25.1 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+20.4 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+0.1 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+2.0 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+21.8 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+22.3 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+20.9 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+43.2 |
| 1892 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+4.0 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+2.6 |
| 1884 | James G. Blaine (R) | R+4.8 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+4.7 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+3.7 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+7.9 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+10.5 |