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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Utah

Gerald Ford (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Utah in 1976, 62.4% to 33.6%, a margin of 28.8 points and 155,798 votes.

Utah voted 30.8 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 27 of the 29 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 238,777 votes and went to the Republican by 24.1 points. The closest was Emery, where 54 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
Gerald Ford won Republican 337,908 62.4%
Jimmy Carter Democratic 182,110 33.6%
All other candidates 21,200 3.9%
Total541,218

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 86,659 36.3% 144,100 60.3% 8,018 238,777 R+24.1
Utah 18,327 25.8% 49,328 69.5% 3,338 70,993 R+43.7
Weber 23,111 38.7% 34,811 58.3% 1,762 59,684 R+19.6
Davis 14,084 29.9% 31,216 66.3% 1,797 47,097 R+36.4
Cache 5,430 23.4% 16,636 71.7% 1,128 23,194 R+48.3
Box Elder 3,353 24.8% 9,319 69.0% 829 13,501 R+44.2
Tooele 4,371 47.2% 4,657 50.3% 223 9,251 R+3.1
Carbon 5,157 59.4% 3,360 38.7% 166 8,683 D+20.7
Washington 1,893 22.5% 5,944 70.6% 577 8,414 R+48.1
Iron 1,700 24.9% 4,757 69.6% 376 6,833 R+44.7
Sanpete 1,925 32.4% 3,683 62.1% 327 5,935 R+29.6
Uintah 1,342 23.1% 4,017 69.2% 448 5,807 R+46.1
Sevier 1,564 27.7% 3,686 65.2% 400 5,650 R+37.6
Duchesne 1,110 27.9% 2,619 65.8% 253 3,982 R+37.9
Millard 1,224 30.9% 2,484 62.7% 255 3,963 R+31.8
Summit 1,282 34.1% 2,316 61.5% 165 3,763 R+27.5
Emery 1,771 48.6% 1,717 47.1% 155 3,643 D+1.5
San Juan 1,182 36.7% 1,856 57.6% 184 3,222 R+20.9
Wasatch 1,092 34.7% 1,940 61.6% 118 3,150 R+26.9
Grand 931 32.6% 1,781 62.4% 143 2,855 R+29.8
Juab 1,091 43.6% 1,290 51.6% 120 2,501 R+8.0
Morgan 701 32.5% 1,356 63.0% 97 2,154 R+30.4
Beaver 963 46.4% 1,088 52.4% 25 2,076 R+6.0
Garfield 539 30.3% 1,163 65.5% 74 1,776 R+35.1
Kane 330 21.9% 1,094 72.5% 85 1,509 R+50.6
Wayne 334 35.6% 555 59.1% 50 939 R+23.5
Rich 248 30.8% 541 67.1% 17 806 R+36.4
Piute 265 39.3% 377 55.9% 33 675 R+16.6
Daggett 131 35.9% 217 59.5% 17 365 R+23.6

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.

Utah in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+21.6
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+20.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+18.1
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+48.0
2008 John McCain (R) R+28.2
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+45.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+40.5
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+21.1
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+18.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+34.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+49.8
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+52.2
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+28.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+41.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+19.4
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+9.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+29.1
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+17.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+9.0
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.0
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+24.7
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+39.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+15.5
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+19.3
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+17.1
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+21.0
1912 William Howard Taft (R) R+4.9
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.1
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+28.6
1900 William McKinley (R) R+2.3
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+65.5