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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Ohio

Jimmy Carter (Democrat) beat Gerald Ford (Republican) in Ohio in 1976, 48.9% to 48.7%, a margin of 0.2 points and 9,333 votes.

Ohio voted 1.8 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

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

Republicans led in 60 of the 88 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 28. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 623,222 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.0 points. The closest was Carroll, where 85 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 2,009,959 48.9%
Gerald Ford Republican 2,000,626 48.7%
All other candidates 99,871 2.4%
Total4,110,456

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 349,186 56.0% 255,594 41.0% 18,442 623,222 D+15.0
Hamilton 135,605 38.4% 211,267 59.8% 6,207 353,079 R+21.4
Franklin 141,624 41.6% 189,645 55.7% 9,443 340,712 R+14.1
Montgomery 106,468 50.4% 100,223 47.4% 4,745 211,436 D+3.0
Summit 123,711 59.1% 80,415 38.4% 5,224 209,350 D+20.7
Lucas 103,658 56.4% 76,069 41.4% 4,180 183,907 D+15.0
Stark 70,012 48.0% 72,607 49.8% 3,090 145,709 R+1.8
Mahoning 75,837 60.5% 46,314 37.0% 3,143 125,294 D+23.6
Lorain 52,387 55.3% 39,459 41.7% 2,865 94,711 D+13.6
Trumbull 53,828 58.2% 36,469 39.4% 2,247 92,544 D+18.8
Butler 35,123 40.7% 49,625 57.6% 1,469 86,217 R+16.8
Lake 40,734 51.3% 36,390 45.8% 2,284 79,408 D+5.5
Clark 26,135 47.8% 26,745 48.9% 1,780 54,660 R+1.1
Richland 23,065 46.8% 24,310 49.4% 1,876 49,251 R+2.5
Columbiana 23,096 49.8% 22,318 48.1% 953 46,367 D+1.7
Greene 20,245 45.9% 22,598 51.3% 1,234 44,077 R+5.3
Portage 24,417 55.7% 17,927 40.9% 1,480 43,824 D+14.8
Licking 19,247 44.0% 23,518 53.8% 968 43,733 R+9.8
Allen 14,627 37.3% 23,721 60.6% 819 39,167 R+23.2
Ashtabula 20,883 54.1% 16,885 43.7% 857 38,625 D+10.4
Jefferson 22,318 59.0% 14,839 39.2% 668 37,825 D+19.8
Wood 16,926 45.6% 19,331 52.1% 874 37,131 R+6.5
Medina 16,251 44.8% 19,066 52.6% 932 36,249 R+7.8
Belmont 21,162 60.1% 13,550 38.5% 507 35,219 D+21.6
Clermont 14,850 42.4% 19,616 56.0% 571 35,037 R+13.6
Fairfield 13,361 40.4% 19,098 57.7% 620 33,079 R+17.3
Miami 13,074 40.3% 18,686 57.6% 653 32,413 R+17.3
Tuscarawas 16,880 53.0% 14,279 44.8% 682 31,841 D+8.2
Scioto 18,019 57.2% 13,021 41.4% 448 31,488 D+15.9
Wayne 13,087 42.6% 16,976 55.2% 691 30,754 R+12.6
Muskingum 14,178 47.1% 15,358 51.1% 534 30,070 R+3.9
Warren 13,349 44.6% 16,115 53.8% 471 29,935 R+9.2
Erie 13,843 47.0% 14,742 50.0% 893 29,478 R+3.0
Geauga 10,449 39.8% 15,004 57.1% 816 26,269 R+17.3
Hancock 8,548 33.7% 15,983 63.1% 802 25,333 R+29.3
Sandusky 11,202 45.0% 13,074 52.6% 591 24,867 R+7.5
Marion 10,962 44.5% 13,141 53.4% 517 24,620 R+8.9
Lawrence 12,072 52.5% 10,668 46.4% 256 22,996 D+6.1
Ross 10,743 47.2% 11,477 50.4% 531 22,751 R+3.2
Seneca 10,074 44.7% 11,730 52.1% 712 22,516 R+7.4
Darke 9,901 45.1% 11,580 52.7% 472 21,953 R+7.6
Washington 8,914 42.3% 11,513 54.6% 669 21,096 R+12.3
Delaware 7,058 35.6% 12,285 61.9% 510 19,853 R+26.3
Athens 9,896 52.0% 8,387 44.1% 733 19,016 D+7.9
Crawford 7,553 40.0% 10,801 57.2% 516 18,870 R+17.2
Ottawa 9,646 52.7% 8,241 45.0% 412 18,299 D+7.7
Huron 7,742 42.9% 9,386 52.0% 938 18,066 R+9.1
Ashland 7,205 41.5% 9,761 56.2% 388 17,354 R+14.7
Knox 7,361 43.1% 9,290 54.4% 430 17,081 R+11.3
Auglaize 5,840 36.6% 9,772 61.2% 353 15,965 R+24.6
Guernsey 7,573 48.8% 7,746 49.9% 205 15,524 R+1.1
Logan 5,949 38.6% 9,092 59.0% 361 15,402 R+20.4
Shelby 6,414 43.2% 8,011 53.9% 434 14,859 R+10.7
Mercer 6,724 45.3% 7,678 51.7% 447 14,849 R+6.4
Van Wert 5,689 39.8% 8,344 58.4% 251 14,284 R+18.6
Pickaway 5,907 42.1% 7,695 54.8% 443 14,045 R+12.7
Defiance 5,850 42.8% 7,526 55.0% 303 13,679 R+12.3
Highland 6,327 47.5% 6,853 51.4% 151 13,331 R+3.9
Fulton 4,850 37.5% 7,891 60.9% 208 12,949 R+23.5
Jackson 6,699 52.2% 5,987 46.7% 136 12,822 D+5.6
Williams 4,920 38.6% 7,596 59.5% 246 12,762 R+21.0
Preble 5,850 45.9% 6,654 52.2% 243 12,747 R+6.3
Putnam 5,035 39.6% 7,332 57.7% 343 12,710 R+18.1
Coshocton 5,827 46.6% 6,361 50.9% 308 12,496 R+4.3
Henry 4,592 36.8% 7,656 61.4% 222 12,470 R+24.6
Madison 4,885 40.2% 7,074 58.2% 202 12,161 R+18.0
Perry 6,268 51.6% 5,637 46.4% 233 12,138 D+5.2
Union 4,377 36.3% 7,464 62.0% 202 12,043 R+25.6
Clinton 4,959 42.3% 6,597 56.2% 181 11,737 R+14.0
Champaign 4,748 41.3% 6,526 56.7% 228 11,502 R+15.5
Hardin 4,650 42.0% 6,076 54.9% 349 11,075 R+12.9
Morrow 4,870 44.6% 5,814 53.3% 228 10,912 R+8.7
Fayette 4,477 43.2% 5,719 55.2% 168 10,364 R+12.0
Meigs 5,262 50.9% 4,942 47.8% 144 10,348 D+3.1
Carroll 5,006 48.5% 5,091 49.3% 228 10,325 R+0.8
Gallia 4,971 48.2% 5,198 50.4% 148 10,317 R+2.2
Brown 5,432 53.6% 4,549 44.9% 145 10,126 D+8.7
Wyandot 4,043 40.6% 5,661 56.9% 242 9,946 R+16.3
Pike 5,734 59.9% 3,729 38.9% 111 9,574 D+20.9
Hocking 5,126 54.6% 4,114 43.8% 156 9,396 D+10.8
Adams 4,450 50.7% 4,197 47.8% 133 8,780 D+2.9
Harrison 4,070 53.0% 3,509 45.7% 102 7,681 D+7.3
Monroe 4,296 60.2% 2,728 38.3% 108 7,132 D+22.0
Paulding 3,229 46.2% 3,593 51.4% 165 6,987 R+5.2
Morgan 2,727 46.9% 2,971 51.1% 111 5,809 R+4.2
Noble 2,612 45.6% 3,007 52.5% 111 5,730 R+6.9
Holmes 2,242 42.3% 2,870 54.2% 187 5,299 R+11.9
Vinton 2,629 54.3% 2,148 44.3% 69 4,846 D+9.9

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.

Ohio in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+11.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.0
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+8.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+3.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+4.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+10.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+10.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+0.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+25.9
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.5
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.2
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+30.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+34.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+19.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.7
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+14.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+6.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+25.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+5.0
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.1
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+1.1
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+8.0