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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Wisconsin

Jimmy Carter (Democrat) beat Gerald Ford (Republican) in Wisconsin in 1976, 49.5% to 47.8%, a margin of 1.7 points and 35,245 votes.

Wisconsin voted 0.4 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

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

Democrats led in 39 of the 72 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 33. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 456,160 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.7 points. The closest was Florence, where 43 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
Jimmy Carter won	Democratic	1,040,232	49.5%
Gerald Ford	Republican	1,004,987	47.8%
All other candidates		56,117	2.7%
Total		2,101,336

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Milwaukee	249,739 54.7%	192,008 42.1%	14,413	456,160	D+12.7
Dane	82,321 54.0%	63,466 41.6%	6,765	152,552	D+12.4
Waukesha	47,487 39.3%	70,418 58.2%	3,048	120,953	R+19.0
Racine	36,740 48.5%	37,088 49.0%	1,858	75,686	R+0.5
Brown	33,572 46.5%	36,571 50.6%	2,100	72,243	R+4.2
Winnebago	24,485 42.2%	32,149 55.4%	1,448	58,082	R+13.2
Rock	28,048 48.6%	28,325 49.0%	1,389	57,762	R+0.5
Outagamie	23,079 44.0%	28,363 54.0%	1,065	52,507	R+10.1
Kenosha	27,585 53.8%	22,349 43.6%	1,316	51,250	D+10.2
Marathon	24,934 51.9%	21,898 45.6%	1,169	48,001	D+6.3
Sheboygan	24,226 51.1%	22,332 47.1%	825	47,383	D+4.0
La Crosse	16,674 40.0%	24,188 58.1%	797	41,659	R+18.0
Fond Du Lac	16,571 41.6%	22,226 55.8%	1,044	39,841	R+14.2
Manitowoc	19,819 53.9%	16,039 43.6%	913	36,771	D+10.3
Eau Claire	18,263 51.7%	16,388 46.4%	702	35,353	D+5.3
Washington	14,422 42.3%	18,798 55.2%	850	34,070	R+12.8
Ozaukee	11,271 35.4%	19,817 62.2%	789	31,877	R+26.8
Dodge	13,643 43.1%	17,335 54.8%	663	31,641	R+11.7
Walworth	12,418 39.7%	18,091 57.8%	798	31,307	R+18.1
Wood	14,728 47.6%	15,479 50.0%	750	30,957	R+2.4
Jefferson	12,577 43.7%	15,528 53.9%	707	28,812	R+10.2
Portage	15,912 60.6%	9,520 36.3%	805	26,237	D+24.4
Grant	9,639 43.4%	12,016 54.1%	552	22,207	R+10.7
Douglas	13,478 64.3%	6,999 33.4%	479	20,956	D+30.9
Chippewa	11,538 57.4%	8,137 40.5%	418	20,093	D+16.9
Columbia	9,457 47.5%	10,075 50.6%	368	19,900	R+3.1
Sauk	9,204 48.0%	9,577 49.9%	411	19,192	R+1.9
St. Croix	10,601 56.8%	7,685 41.2%	386	18,672	D+15.6
Waupaca	6,857 38.0%	10,849 60.1%	337	18,043	R+22.1
Marinette	8,482 48.7%	8,591 49.3%	352	17,425	R+0.6
Barron	8,678 53.0%	7,393 45.1%	311	16,382	D+7.8
Shawano	6,751 43.4%	8,505 54.6%	310	15,566	R+11.3
Dunn	7,882 52.5%	6,751 45.0%	371	15,004	D+7.5
Polk	8,485 56.9%	6,159 41.3%	280	14,924	D+15.6
Oneida	7,216 48.4%	7,347 49.3%	353	14,916	R+0.9
Pierce	8,039 57.2%	5,676 40.4%	349	14,064	D+16.8
Monroe	6,465 46.3%	7,242 51.8%	261	13,968	R+5.6
Clark	7,238 52.7%	6,095 44.4%	409	13,742	D+8.3
Calumet	6,241 47.5%	6,589 50.2%	302	13,132	R+2.7
Green	5,632 43.2%	7,085 54.3%	329	13,046	R+11.1
Oconto	6,541 50.2%	6,232 47.8%	254	13,027	D+2.4
Vernon	5,534 46.5%	6,132 51.6%	226	11,892	R+5.0
Lincoln	5,800 49.5%	5,672 48.4%	251	11,723	D+1.1
Trempealeau	6,218 53.0%	5,341 45.6%	163	11,722	D+7.5
Door	4,553 39.9%	6,557 57.4%	307	11,417	R+17.6
Kewaunee	4,607 49.6%	4,447 47.9%	225	9,279	D+1.7
Juneau	4,512 49.7%	4,242 46.7%	323	9,077	D+3.0
Langlade	4,134 46.3%	4,630 51.8%	166	8,930	R+5.6
Iowa	4,252 49.0%	4,195 48.3%	231	8,678	D+0.7
Green Lake	3,411 39.7%	5,020 58.4%	164	8,595	R+18.7
Vilas	3,209 38.6%	4,929 59.3%	174	8,312	R+20.7
Richland	3,634 44.0%	4,466 54.1%	151	8,251	R+10.1
Lafayette	3,839 46.9%	4,131 50.5%	213	8,183	R+3.6
Waushara	3,485 43.0%	4,449 54.9%	164	8,098	R+11.9
Ashland	4,688 58.9%	3,045 38.2%	228	7,961	D+20.6
Taylor	4,101 51.9%	3,591 45.4%	209	7,901	D+6.5
Price	4,028 54.4%	3,204 43.3%	167	7,399	D+11.1
Jackson	3,735 51.4%	3,406 46.9%	123	7,264	D+4.5
Crawford	3,629 50.4%	3,393 47.1%	180	7,202	D+3.3
Rusk	4,050 58.2%	2,724 39.2%	183	6,957	D+19.1
Bayfield	3,885 58.0%	2,624 39.2%	184	6,693	D+18.8
Washburn	3,503 54.3%	2,787 43.2%	161	6,451	D+11.1
Burnett	3,720 57.7%	2,573 39.9%	150	6,443	D+17.8
Buffalo	3,448 53.6%	2,844 44.3%	135	6,427	D+9.4
Sawyer	3,055 51.7%	2,720 46.1%	130	5,905	D+5.7
Adams	3,089 55.3%	2,377 42.5%	122	5,588	D+12.7
Marquette	2,516 48.3%	2,607 50.0%	86	5,209	R+1.7
Forest	2,574 60.7%	1,604 37.8%	61	4,239	D+22.9
Iron	2,399 63.1%	1,340 35.3%	61	3,800	D+27.9
Pepin	1,955 58.6%	1,312 39.4%	67	3,334	D+19.3
Florence	965 50.2%	922 48.0%	34	1,921	D+2.2
Menominee	766 68.3%	324 28.9%	32	1,122	D+39.4

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.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+0.9
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+0.8
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+13.9
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+0.4
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+0.2
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+10.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.4
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+3.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+9.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+4.7
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.7
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+3.6
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+24.3
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+3.7
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+23.7
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+22.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+4.4
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+1.8
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+1.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+33.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+32.3
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+9.2
1924	Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+54.9
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+6.6
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+8.4
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+17.8
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+35.2
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.1
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+22.9
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+1.7
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+6.0
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+4.6
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+11.1
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+2.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+9.2
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+12.5

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