United States presidential election in Washington (state), 1976
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The 1976 United States presidential election in Washington was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent President Gerald Ford won the state of Washington with exactly 50 percent of the vote,[1] but received only eight of the state’s nine electoral votes. Former California Governor Ronald Reagan lost the Republican nomination to Gerald Ford in 1976 and was not on the ballot in any state. However, he was given one electoral vote by Washington faithless elector Mike Padden.
Results
United States presidential election in Washington, 1976[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | 777,732 | 50.00% | 8 | |
Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 717,323 | 46.11% | 0 | |
Independent | Eugene McCarthy | 36,986 | 2.38% | 0 | |
Right Government | Lester Maddox | 8,585 | 0.55% | 0 | |
American Constitution | Thomas J. Anderson | 5,046 | 0.32% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Roger MacBride | 5,042 | 0.32% | 0 | |
Bicentennial Reality | Margaret Wright | 1,124 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Socialist Workers | Peter Camejo | 905 | 0.06% | 0 | |
U.S. Labor | Lyndon LaRouche | 903 | 0.06% | 0 | |
Communist | Gus Hall | 817 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | Julius Levin | 713 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Socialist | Frank Zeidler | 358 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Republican | Ronald Reagan | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | |
Totals | 1,555,534 | 100.00% | 9 | ||
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) | 60%/75% |
Results by county
County | Ford# | Ford% | Carter# | Carter% | Others# | Others% | Total votes cast |
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Adams | 2,795 | 58.56% | 1,790 | 37.50% | 188 | 3.94% | 4,773 |
Asotin | 2,752 | 47.22% | 2,898 | 49.73% | 178 | 3.05% | 5,828 |
Benton | 22,135 | 63.95% | 11,306 | 32.67% | 1,170 | 3.38% | 34,611 |
Chelan | 10,492 | 56.13% | 7,623 | 40.78% | 577 | 3.09% | 18,692 |
Clallam | 9,132 | 49.67% | 8,268 | 44.97% | 986 | 5.36% | 18,386 |
Clark | 27,938 | 45.65% | 31,080 | 50.78% | 2,183 | 3.57% | 61,201 |
Columbia | 1,153 | 56.69% | 829 | 40.76% | 52 | 2.56% | 2,034 |
Cowlitz | 12,531 | 44.11% | 14,958 | 52.66% | 917 | 3.23% | 28,406 |
Douglas | 4,547 | 53.09% | 3,809 | 44.48% | 208 | 2.43% | 8,564 |
Ferry | 776 | 45.86% | 814 | 48.11% | 102 | 6.03% | 1,692 |
Franklin | 5,671 | 54.51% | 4,369 | 42.00% | 363 | 3.49% | 10,403 |
Garfield | 892 | 57.18% | 616 | 39.49% | 52 | 3.33% | 1,560 |
Grant | 9,192 | 51.87% | 7,777 | 43.89% | 752 | 4.24% | 17,721 |
Grays Harbor | 9,464 | 39.61% | 13,478 | 56.41% | 951 | 3.98% | 23,893 |
Island | 7,804 | 55.33% | 5,859 | 41.54% | 441 | 3.13% | 14,104 |
Jefferson | 2,794 | 45.86% | 2,913 | 47.82% | 385 | 6.32% | 6,092 |
King | 279,382 | 50.79% | 248,743 | 45.22% | 21,994 | 4.00% | 550,119 |
Kitsap | 23,124 | 45.56% | 25,701 | 50.64% | 1,925 | 3.79% | 50,750 |
Kittitas | 4,765 | 47.57% | 4,858 | 48.50% | 394 | 3.93% | 10,017 |
Klickitat | 2,573 | 44.99% | 2,890 | 50.53% | 256 | 4.48% | 5,719 |
Lewis | 10,933 | 51.65% | 9,026 | 42.64% | 1,208 | 5.71% | 21,167 |
Lincoln | 2,925 | 57.57% | 1,978 | 38.93% | 178 | 3.50% | 5,081 |
Mason | 4,758 | 42.14% | 6,060 | 53.67% | 473 | 4.19% | 11,291 |
Okanogan | 5,455 | 47.05% | 5,543 | 47.81% | 597 | 5.15% | 11,595 |
Pacific | 2,781 | 37.84% | 4,278 | 58.20% | 291 | 3.96% | 7,350 |
Pend Oreille | 1,516 | 47.82% | 1,533 | 48.36% | 121 | 3.82% | 3,170 |
Pierce | 74,668 | 46.92% | 78,238 | 49.16% | 6,242 | 3.92% | 159,148 |
San Juan | 1,998 | 53.68% | 1,467 | 39.41% | 257 | 6.90% | 3,722 |
Skagit | 13,060 | 48.66% | 12,718 | 47.39% | 1,059 | 3.95% | 26,837 |
Skamania | 1,102 | 41.55% | 1,436 | 54.15% | 114 | 4.30% | 2,652 |
Snohomish | 55,375 | 47.95% | 55,623 | 48.16% | 4,490 | 3.89% | 115,488 |
Spokane | 68,290 | 53.37% | 55,660 | 43.50% | 4,004 | 3.13% | 127,954 |
Stevens | 4,719 | 51.81% | 3,824 | 41.98% | 566 | 6.21% | 9,109 |
Thurston | 21,000 | 47.67% | 21,247 | 48.23% | 1,809 | 4.11% | 44,056 |
Wahkiakum | 704 | 41.17% | 942 | 55.09% | 64 | 3.74% | 1,710 |
Walla Walla | 10,883 | 59.15% | 7,012 | 38.11% | 505 | 2.74% | 18,400 |
Whatcom | 20,007 | 48.00% | 19,739 | 47.36% | 1,933 | 4.64% | 41,679 |
Whitman | 8,168 | 54.21% | 6,197 | 41.13% | 703 | 4.67% | 15,068 |
Yakima | 29,478 | 53.12% | 24,223 | 43.65% | 1,791 | 3.23% | 55,492 |
Totals | 777,732 | 50.00% | 717,323 | 46.11% | 60,479 | 3.89% | 1,555,534 |
Notes
- ↑ One elector voted for Ronald Reagan for president
References
- 1 2 "1976 Presidential General Election Results - Washington". Retrieved May 9, 2016.
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