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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in North Carolina

Jimmy Carter (Democrat) beat Gerald Ford (Republican) in North Carolina in 1976, 55.3% to 44.2%, a margin of 11.0 points and 185,405 votes.

North Carolina voted 9.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

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

Democrats led in 85 of the 100 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 15. The largest, Mecklenburg, cast 125,399 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.2 points. The closest was Watauga, where 42 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
Jimmy Carter won Democratic 927,365 55.3%
Gerald Ford Republican 741,960 44.2%
All other candidates 8,581 0.5%
Total1,677,906

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Mecklenburg 63,198 50.4% 61,715 49.2% 486 125,399 D+1.2
Guilford 46,826 50.5% 45,441 49.0% 473 92,740 D+1.5
Wake 44,005 49.6% 44,291 49.9% 479 88,775 R+0.3
Forsyth 39,561 50.2% 38,886 49.3% 361 78,808 D+0.9
Buncombe 26,633 53.9% 22,461 45.5% 285 49,379 D+8.4
Gaston 22,878 53.5% 19,727 46.1% 159 42,764 D+7.4
Durham 22,425 54.0% 18,945 45.6% 163 41,533 D+8.4
Cumberland 24,297 62.8% 14,226 36.8% 160 38,683 D+26.0
Davidson 17,859 48.5% 18,813 51.0% 183 36,855 R+2.6
Catawba 16,862 47.2% 18,696 52.4% 150 35,708 R+5.1
Alamance 17,371 57.5% 12,680 41.9% 180 30,231 D+15.5
Rowan 15,363 50.8% 14,644 48.4% 222 30,229 D+2.4
New Hanover 14,504 50.9% 13,687 48.1% 286 28,477 D+2.9
Randolph 12,714 46.7% 14,337 52.7% 146 27,197 R+6.0
Robeson 20,695 80.5% 4,907 19.1% 97 25,699 D+61.4
Orange 15,755 62.5% 9,302 36.9% 169 25,226 D+25.6
Iredell 13,295 52.9% 11,573 46.1% 263 25,131 D+6.9
Cabarrus 12,049 48.9% 12,455 50.6% 126 24,630 R+1.6
Burke 14,254 58.3% 10,070 41.2% 107 24,431 D+17.1
Rockingham 13,413 58.6% 9,362 40.9% 96 22,871 D+17.7
Cleveland 14,406 63.8% 8,106 35.9% 76 22,588 D+27.9
Wilkes 10,176 46.2% 11,768 53.4% 80 22,024 R+7.2
Caldwell 11,894 54.4% 9,872 45.1% 100 21,866 D+9.2
Pitt 11,636 54.7% 9,532 44.8% 120 21,288 D+9.9
Henderson 8,155 42.6% 10,830 56.6% 162 19,147 R+14.0
Wayne 9,265 48.8% 9,607 50.6% 121 18,993 R+1.8
Johnston 10,301 54.6% 8,511 45.1% 67 18,879 D+9.5
Stanly 9,262 50.9% 8,845 48.6% 80 18,187 D+2.3
Nash 8,937 50.7% 8,477 48.1% 202 17,616 D+2.6
Surry 10,024 57.3% 7,403 42.3% 63 17,490 D+15.0
Rutherford 10,361 60.5% 6,718 39.2% 42 17,121 D+21.3
Union 10,578 62.8% 6,184 36.7% 78 16,840 D+26.1
Haywood 10,692 64.2% 5,885 35.3% 71 16,648 D+28.9
Lincoln 9,462 58.4% 6,682 41.2% 66 16,210 D+17.1
Sampson 8,869 55.8% 6,968 43.8% 65 15,902 D+12.0
Lenoir 7,650 49.4% 7,715 49.9% 109 15,474 R+0.4
Wilson 8,209 54.4% 6,795 45.0% 80 15,084 D+9.4
Moore 7,373 49.1% 7,577 50.4% 70 15,020 R+1.4
Harnett 8,992 60.0% 5,935 39.6% 58 14,985 D+20.4
Columbus 11,148 77.4% 3,184 22.1% 69 14,401 D+55.3
Onslow 7,954 56.9% 5,953 42.6% 63 13,970 D+14.3
Craven 7,553 55.8% 5,881 43.4% 109 13,543 D+12.3
Halifax 7,892 59.5% 5,257 39.7% 105 13,254 D+19.9
Edgecombe 8,001 61.7% 4,850 37.4% 117 12,968 D+24.3
Carteret 7,080 54.7% 5,786 44.7% 73 12,939 D+10.0
Stokes 6,647 52.3% 6,029 47.4% 35 12,711 D+4.9
Duplin 7,696 65.8% 3,912 33.5% 86 11,694 D+32.4
Richmond 8,793 75.4% 2,848 24.4% 23 11,664 D+51.0
Brunswick 7,377 66.7% 3,636 32.9% 53 11,066 D+33.8
Watauga 5,358 49.5% 5,400 49.9% 59 10,817 R+0.4
McDowell 6,246 58.1% 4,450 41.4% 50 10,746 D+16.7
Chatham 6,397 59.6% 4,279 39.9% 49 10,725 D+19.7
Yadkin 4,497 43.0% 5,916 56.5% 55 10,468 R+13.6
Beaufort 5,728 54.7% 4,677 44.7% 62 10,467 D+10.0
Ashe 5,193 51.1% 4,937 48.6% 25 10,155 D+2.5
Alexander 5,287 53.0% 4,661 46.7% 27 9,975 D+6.3
Vance 5,620 59.4% 3,813 40.3% 28 9,461 D+19.1
Lee 5,104 57.8% 3,691 41.8% 36 8,831 D+16.0
Transylvania 4,636 52.7% 4,089 46.5% 66 8,791 D+6.2
Jackson 5,223 59.5% 3,536 40.3% 26 8,785 D+19.2
Davie 3,635 43.0% 4,772 56.4% 55 8,462 R+13.4
Granville 5,244 63.6% 2,955 35.8% 47 8,246 D+27.8
Macon 4,406 54.3% 3,673 45.2% 39 8,118 D+9.0
Franklin 5,405 66.8% 2,630 32.5% 58 8,093 D+34.3
Bladen 6,009 79.2% 1,546 20.4% 34 7,589 D+58.8
Montgomery 4,308 59.7% 2,872 39.8% 31 7,211 D+19.9
Person 3,977 56.5% 3,038 43.2% 18 7,033 D+13.4
Pasquotank 4,302 61.5% 2,651 37.9% 43 6,996 D+23.6
Cherokee 3,571 52.1% 3,210 46.9% 67 6,848 D+5.3
Yancey 3,932 59.1% 2,688 40.4% 29 6,649 D+18.7
Pender 4,422 67.6% 2,063 31.6% 52 6,537 D+36.1
Martin 4,518 69.8% 1,931 29.8% 28 6,477 D+39.9
Anson 4,796 74.7% 1,608 25.0% 18 6,422 D+49.6
Scotland 4,430 69.4% 1,932 30.3% 22 6,384 D+39.1
Northampton 5,118 80.2% 1,238 19.4% 23 6,379 D+60.8
Madison 3,433 58.2% 2,446 41.5% 16 5,895 D+16.7
Polk 3,155 54.3% 2,605 44.8% 52 5,812 D+9.5
Mitchell 2,031 35.1% 3,728 64.5% 21 5,780 R+29.4
Hertford 3,986 72.3% 1,517 27.5% 7 5,510 D+44.8
Caswell 3,707 67.5% 1,761 32.1% 21 5,489 D+35.5
Bertie 4,117 75.3% 1,332 24.4% 21 5,470 D+50.9
Avery 1,869 37.4% 3,085 61.8% 38 4,992 R+24.4
Warren 3,185 68.7% 1,427 30.8% 23 4,635 D+37.9
Washington 2,840 65.1% 1,486 34.1% 35 4,361 D+31.0
Greene 2,740 66.4% 1,356 32.9% 28 4,124 D+33.6
Hoke 3,186 77.3% 920 22.3% 17 4,123 D+55.0
Alleghany 2,550 62.3% 1,532 37.4% 14 4,096 D+24.9
Dare 2,191 56.3% 1,680 43.2% 20 3,891 D+13.1
Swain 2,151 57.0% 1,608 42.6% 12 3,771 D+14.4
Graham 1,791 52.3% 1,621 47.3% 12 3,424 D+5.0
Pamlico 2,113 65.8% 1,068 33.3% 28 3,209 D+32.6
Gates 2,291 75.7% 722 23.8% 15 3,028 D+51.8
Clay 1,569 52.1% 1,428 47.4% 15 3,012 D+4.7
Jones 2,016 67.0% 948 31.5% 47 3,011 D+35.5
Currituck 1,999 67.3% 954 32.1% 17 2,970 D+35.2
Chowan 1,862 64.5% 1,019 35.3% 8 2,889 D+29.2
Perquimans 1,666 64.6% 909 35.2% 5 2,580 D+29.3
Camden 1,231 68.0% 562 31.1% 16 1,809 D+37.0
Hyde 1,084 63.1% 623 36.3% 10 1,717 D+26.8
Tyrrell 900 69.0% 403 30.9% 2 1,305 D+38.1

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.

North Carolina in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+3.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+1.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+3.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+2.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+0.3
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+12.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+12.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+0.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+2.1
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+11.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+40.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.3
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+4.2
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+1.3
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+7.8
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+25.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+48.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+46.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+19.2
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+13.5
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+16.4
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+47.3
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.7
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+20.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+11.6
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+4.6
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+3.6
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+7.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.5
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.8