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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Oklahoma

Gerald Ford (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Oklahoma in 1976, 50.0% to 48.7%, a margin of 1.2 points and 13,266 votes.

Oklahoma voted 3.3 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.

Democrats led in 55 of the 77 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 22. The largest, Oklahoma, cast 210,113 votes and went to the Republican by 15.2 points. The closest was Rogers, where 50 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
Gerald Ford won	Republican	545,708	50.0%
Jimmy Carter	Democratic	532,442	48.7%
All other candidates		14,101	1.3%
Total		1,092,251

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Oklahoma	87,185 41.5%	119,120 56.7%	3,808	210,113	R+15.2
Tulsa	65,298 37.0%	108,653 61.6%	2,349	176,300	R+24.6
Cleveland	20,054 46.3%	22,098 51.1%	1,129	43,281	R+4.7
Comanche	12,910 49.1%	13,163 50.0%	230	26,303	R+1.0
Muskogee	14,678 58.4%	10,287 40.9%	190	25,155	D+17.5
Payne	9,987 41.8%	13,481 56.4%	420	23,888	R+14.6
Garfield	8,969 38.2%	14,202 60.5%	303	23,474	R+22.3
Kay	9,371 42.4%	12,441 56.3%	274	22,086	R+13.9
Washington	6,898 31.8%	14,560 67.2%	212	21,670	R+35.4
Pottawatomie	11,255 54.7%	9,090 44.2%	226	20,571	D+10.5
Creek	8,964 51.0%	8,458 48.1%	169	17,591	D+2.9
Canadian	7,288 42.0%	9,766 56.3%	285	17,339	R+14.3
Stephens	9,795 57.5%	7,099 41.7%	126	17,020	D+15.8
Pittsburg	10,743 68.5%	4,807 30.6%	142	15,692	D+37.8
Carter	8,319 55.2%	6,668 44.2%	83	15,070	D+11.0
Rogers	7,368 49.7%	7,318 49.4%	129	14,815	D+0.3
Okmulgee	8,499 60.9%	5,333 38.2%	131	13,963	D+22.7
Osage	6,832 51.2%	6,398 47.9%	118	13,348	D+3.3
Le Flore	8,033 61.4%	4,907 37.5%	145	13,085	D+23.9
Ottawa	7,446 59.5%	4,985 39.8%	84	12,515	D+19.7
Pontotoc	7,466 59.8%	4,895 39.2%	125	12,486	D+20.6
Grady	7,155 59.8%	4,686 39.2%	114	11,955	D+20.7
Mayes	6,298 55.2%	5,040 44.1%	81	11,419	D+11.0
Caddo	7,382 65.2%	3,854 34.0%	91	11,327	D+31.1
McCurtain	7,560 68.2%	3,423 30.9%	97	11,080	D+37.3
Wagoner	5,879 53.2%	5,071 45.9%	107	11,057	D+7.3
Garvin	6,797 63.0%	3,905 36.2%	83	10,785	D+26.8
Cherokee	6,006 56.9%	4,443 42.1%	115	10,564	D+14.8
Bryan	7,410 72.0%	2,848 27.7%	35	10,293	D+44.3
Seminole	5,874 57.6%	4,237 41.5%	91	10,202	D+16.0
Sequoyah	5,873 59.4%	3,938 39.8%	73	9,884	D+19.6
Lincoln	4,988 52.2%	4,429 46.4%	133	9,550	D+5.9
Custer	4,597 48.2%	4,847 50.8%	102	9,546	R+2.6
Logan	4,594 50.3%	4,382 48.0%	160	9,136	D+2.3
Delaware	4,924 56.9%	3,642 42.1%	91	8,657	D+14.8
Jackson	4,914 60.2%	3,189 39.1%	60	8,163	D+21.1
Beckham	4,530 65.3%	2,351 33.9%	54	6,935	D+31.4
Woodward	2,807 42.0%	3,782 56.5%	102	6,691	R+14.6
Texas	2,591 39.4%	3,919 59.6%	70	6,580	R+20.2
McClain	4,048 61.6%	2,444 37.2%	80	6,572	D+24.4
Adair	3,183 50.9%	3,013 48.1%	63	6,259	D+2.7
Pawnee	3,031 48.9%	3,111 50.2%	59	6,201	R+1.3
Craig	3,577 57.9%	2,540 41.1%	61	6,178	D+16.8
Choctaw	4,269 69.5%	1,821 29.7%	50	6,140	D+39.9
McIntosh	4,145 68.9%	1,822 30.3%	48	6,015	D+38.6
Hughes	4,185 70.3%	1,715 28.8%	56	5,956	D+41.5
Kingfisher	2,372 40.2%	3,443 58.4%	82	5,897	R+18.2
Washita	3,304 59.7%	2,165 39.1%	62	5,531	D+20.6
Woods	2,530 46.7%	2,788 51.4%	103	5,421	R+4.8
Kiowa	3,403 62.8%	1,971 36.4%	46	5,420	D+26.4
Blaine	2,297 45.4%	2,682 53.0%	77	5,056	R+7.6
Noble	2,278 45.9%	2,634 53.1%	53	4,965	R+7.2
Haskell	3,388 70.3%	1,401 29.1%	29	4,818	D+41.2
Tillman	2,852 60.7%	1,802 38.4%	41	4,695	D+22.4
Murray	2,932 64.6%	1,563 34.5%	41	4,536	D+30.2
Atoka	3,276 74.4%	1,098 24.9%	28	4,402	D+49.5
Pushmataha	2,987 68.3%	1,360 31.1%	29	4,376	D+37.2
Okfuskee	2,663 61.6%	1,630 37.7%	32	4,325	D+23.9
Marshall	2,939 68.0%	1,358 31.4%	27	4,324	D+36.6
Nowata	2,195 50.9%	2,077 48.2%	39	4,311	D+2.7
Latimer	2,661 66.1%	1,312 32.6%	55	4,028	D+33.5
Johnston	2,765 70.3%	1,127 28.6%	42	3,934	D+41.6
Alfalfa	1,725 44.3%	2,113 54.2%	59	3,897	R+10.0
Major	1,357 36.7%	2,282 61.7%	58	3,697	R+25.0
Grant	1,853 51.6%	1,685 47.0%	50	3,588	D+4.7
Greer	2,113 63.9%	1,164 35.2%	31	3,308	D+28.7
Jefferson	2,303 70.1%	956 29.1%	26	3,285	D+41.0
Cotton	1,911 62.4%	1,127 36.8%	26	3,064	D+25.6
Beaver	1,213 39.6%	1,801 58.8%	47	3,061	R+19.2
Dewey	1,540 54.5%	1,230 43.5%	55	2,825	D+11.0
Love	1,923 69.2%	846 30.5%	9	2,778	D+38.8
Ellis	1,256 45.7%	1,429 52.0%	61	2,746	R+6.3
Coal	1,774 69.1%	769 30.0%	23	2,566	D+39.2
Harper	978 42.2%	1,303 56.2%	39	2,320	R+14.0
Roger Mills	1,346 60.0%	873 38.9%	24	2,243	D+21.1
Harmon	1,371 67.0%	666 32.6%	8	2,045	D+34.5
Cimarron	962 51.2%	872 46.4%	45	1,879	D+4.8

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.

Oklahoma in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+34.3
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+33.1
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.4
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+33.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+31.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+31.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+21.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+7.8
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+37.9
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.5
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+49.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+15.7
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+11.5
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.0
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+10.3
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+25.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+11.4
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+15.2
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+34.1
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+46.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+28.3
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+5.6
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+5.5
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.4
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+11.2
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.2

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