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1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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The 1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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Nominee Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Georgia Michigan
Running mate Walter Mondale Bob Dole
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 615,717 531,852
Percentage 52.75% 45.57%
County Results
President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Kentucky was won by Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 52.75 percent of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), who finished with 45.57 percent of the popular vote, and did so by winning all major demographic groups in the Commonwealth.[1] No third-party candidate amounted to 1 percent of the vote; American Party candidate Thomas Anderson came the closest with 0.71 percent.

Carter went on to become the 39th president of the United States.[2] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Warren County, Hardin County, Madison County, Christian County, Taylor County, and Lincoln County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and the last in which Boone County did not support the Republican candidate, as voters in Boone County gave the exact same number of votes to Ford as they did to Carter.[3] This is also the last presidential election in which a Democratic presidential candidate won a majority of the vote in the state.

Results

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Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
Jimmy Carter of Georgia Walter Mondale Democratic 9[4] 615,717 52.75%
Gerald Ford (incumbent) Robert Dole Republican 0 531,852 45.57%
Thomas J. Anderson Rufus Shackelford American 0 8,308 0.71%
Eugene McCarthy — Independent 0 6,837 0.59%
Lester Maddox William Dyke American Independent 0 2,328 0.20%
Roger MacBride David Bergland Libertarian 0 814 0.07%
Lyndon LaRouche R. Wayne Evans U.S. Labor 0 510 0.04%
Gus Hall Jarvis Tyner Communist 0 426 0.04%
Peter Camejo Willie Mae Reid Socialist Workers 0 350 0.03%

Results by county

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County[5] Jimmy Carter
Democratic 		Gerald Ford
Republican 		Thomas Anderson
American 		Eugene McCarthy
Independent 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 2,366 42.00% 3,201 56.82% 26 0.46% 10 0.18% 31 0.55% -835 -14.82% 5,634
Allen 2,231 46.69% 2,508 52.49% 11 0.23% 10 0.21% 18 0.38% -277 -5.80% 4,778
Anderson 2,388 57.79% 1,682 40.71% 34 0.82% 15 0.36% 13 0.31% 706 17.08% 4,132
Ballard 2,794 75.66% 649 17.57% 216 5.85% 16 0.43% 18 0.49% 2,145 58.09% 3,693
Barren 5,878 60.16% 3,797 38.86% 55 0.56% 22 0.23% 19 0.19% 2,081 21.30% 9,771
Bath 2,113 68.80% 938 30.54% 9 0.29% 7 0.23% 4 0.13% 1,175 38.26% 3,071
Bell 5,284 50.41% 5,035 48.03% 100 0.95% 30 0.29% 34 0.32% 249 2.38% 10,483
Boone 5,602 49.21% 5,602 49.21% 63 0.55% 75 0.66% 43 0.38% 0 0.00% 11,385
Bourbon 3,504 59.35% 2,260 38.28% 88 1.49% 30 0.51% 22 0.37% 1,244 21.07% 5,904
Boyd 11,150 54.50% 9,106 44.51% 50 0.24% 84 0.41% 69 0.34% 2,044 9.99% 20,459
Boyle 4,095 53.16% 3,511 45.58% 21 0.27% 45 0.58% 31 0.40% 584 7.58% 7,703
Bracken 1,577 63.21% 879 35.23% 19 0.76% 12 0.48% 8 0.32% 698 27.98% 2,495
Breathitt 3,544 77.45% 1,014 22.16% 5 0.11% 7 0.15% 6 0.13% 2,530 55.29% 4,576
Breckinridge 3,347 54.77% 2,698 44.15% 20 0.33% 25 0.41% 21 0.34% 649 10.62% 6,111
Bullitt 5,623 59.40% 3,639 38.44% 100 1.06% 56 0.59% 49 0.52% 1,984 20.96% 9,467
Butler 1,588 39.89% 2,363 59.36% 6 0.15% 10 0.25% 14 0.35% -775 -19.47% 3,981
Caldwell 3,016 61.56% 1,808 36.91% 46 0.94% 15 0.31% 14 0.29% 1,208 24.65% 4,899
Calloway 8,141 70.75% 3,171 27.56% 55 0.48% 90 0.78% 50 0.43% 4,970 43.19% 11,507
Campbell 12,423 43.10% 15,798 54.81% 100 0.35% 379 1.32% 121 0.42% -3,375 -11.71% 28,821
Carlisle 1,985 80.82% 435 17.71% 22 0.90% 8 0.33% 6 0.24% 1,550 63.11% 2,456
Carroll 2,251 72.64% 815 26.30% 11 0.35% 11 0.35% 11 0.35% 1,436 46.34% 3,099
Carter 3,915 54.89% 3,185 44.65% 6 0.08% 11 0.15% 16 0.22% 730 10.24% 7,133
Casey 1,602 31.84% 3,379 67.15% 27 0.54% 17 0.34% 7 0.14% -1,777 -35.31% 5,032
Christian 7,845 60.75% 4,964 38.44% 38 0.29% 32 0.25% 35 0.27% 2,881 22.31% 12,914
Clark 4,575 58.90% 3,114 40.09% 19 0.24% 39 0.50% 21 0.27% 1,461 18.81% 7,768
Clay 1,674 31.37% 3,652 68.44% 2 0.04% 6 0.11% 2 0.04% -1,978 -37.07% 5,336
Clinton 987 29.12% 2,354 69.46% 11 0.32% 7 0.21% 30 0.89% -1,367 -40.34% 3,389
Crittenden 1,715 51.16% 1,596 47.61% 21 0.63% 13 0.39% 7 0.21% 119 3.55% 3,352
Cumberland 853 33.76% 1,653 65.41% 7 0.28% 7 0.28% 7 0.28% -800 -31.65% 2,527
Daviess 14,114 51.41% 12,826 46.72% 266 0.97% 175 0.64% 73 0.27% 1,288 4.69% 27,454
Edmonson 1,418 41.57% 1,976 57.93% 7 0.21% 4 0.12% 6 0.18% -558 -16.36% 3,411
Elliott 1,987 80.74% 455 18.49% 5 0.20% 8 0.33% 6 0.24% 1,532 62.25% 2,461
Estill 2,034 47.15% 2,250 52.16% 6 0.14% 16 0.37% 8 0.19% -216 -5.01% 4,314
Fayette 28,012 43.10% 35,170 54.12% 628 0.97% 897 1.38% 282 0.43% -7,158 -11.02% 64,989
Fleming 2,317 58.17% 1,647 41.35% 8 0.20% 10 0.25% 1 0.03% 670 16.82% 3,983
Floyd 10,151 76.13% 3,108 23.31% 21 0.16% 24 0.18% 29 0.22% 7,043 52.82% 13,333
Franklin 10,475 63.71% 5,536 33.67% 240 1.46% 124 0.75% 66 0.40% 4,939 30.04% 16,441
Fulton 2,370 68.30% 1,060 30.55% 27 0.78% 9 0.26% 4 0.12% 1,310 37.75% 3,470
Gallatin 1,164 71.72% 436 26.86% 7 0.43% 6 0.37% 10 0.62% 728 44.86% 1,623
Garrard 1,887 47.32% 2,045 51.28% 42 1.05% 7 0.18% 7 0.18% -158 -3.96% 3,988
Grant 2,336 64.28% 1,212 33.35% 70 1.93% 6 0.17% 10 0.28% 1,124 30.93% 3,634
Graves 8,982 72.32% 3,195 25.72% 172 1.38% 33 0.27% 38 0.31% 5,787 46.60% 12,420
Grayson 3,064 45.13% 3,658 53.87% 36 0.53% 12 0.18% 20 0.29% -594 -8.74% 6,790
Green 2,085 46.14% 2,397 53.04% 5 0.11% 10 0.22% 22 0.49% -312 -6.90% 4,519
Greenup 6,880 57.27% 5,062 42.14% 21 0.17% 27 0.22% 23 0.19% 1,818 15.13% 12,013
Hancock 1,562 56.86% 1,124 40.92% 41 1.49% 14 0.51% 6 0.22% 438 15.94% 2,747
Hardin 7,977 52.53% 6,965 45.87% 113 0.74% 81 0.53% 49 0.32% 1,012 6.66% 15,185
Harlan 7,300 60.80% 4,624 38.51% 16 0.13% 38 0.32% 28 0.23% 2,676 22.29% 12,006
Harrison 3,582 64.53% 1,911 34.43% 21 0.38% 24 0.43% 13 0.23% 1,671 30.10% 5,551
Hart 3,189 60.81% 2,013 38.39% 7 0.13% 15 0.29% 20 0.38% 1,176 22.42% 5,244
Henderson 7,916 65.32% 4,053 33.45% 56 0.46% 59 0.49% 34 0.28% 3,863 31.87% 12,118
Henry 2,985 70.73% 1,192 28.25% 7 0.17% 22 0.52% 14 0.33% 1,793 42.48% 4,220
Hickman 2,035 74.93% 585 21.54% 87 3.20% 5 0.18% 4 0.15% 1,450 53.39% 2,716
Hopkins 7,749 59.65% 5,115 39.38% 37 0.28% 48 0.37% 41 0.32% 2,634 20.27% 12,990
Jackson 680 19.62% 2,766 79.80% 8 0.23% 5 0.14% 7 0.20% -2,086 -60.18% 3,466
Jefferson 122,731 47.31% 130,262 50.21% 2,831 1.09% 2,272 0.88% 1,349 0.52% -7,531 -2.90% 259,445
Jessamine 2,795 46.55% 3,081 51.32% 74 1.23% 33 0.55% 21 0.35% -286 -4.77% 6,004
Johnson 3,683 42.65% 4,891 56.64% 16 0.19% 21 0.24% 24 0.28% -1,208 -13.99% 8,635
Kenton 18,833 45.18% 22,087 52.99% 176 0.42% 429 1.03% 155 0.37% -3,254 -7.81% 41,680
Knott 4,762 82.40% 962 16.65% 5 0.09% 14 0.24% 36 0.62% 3,800 65.75% 5,779
Knox 3,642 42.05% 4,931 56.93% 13 0.15% 24 0.28% 51 0.59% -1,289 -14.88% 8,661
LaRue 2,207 60.38% 1,409 38.55% 14 0.38% 11 0.30% 14 0.38% 798 21.83% 3,655
Laurel 3,813 37.85% 6,186 61.41% 28 0.28% 18 0.18% 28 0.28% -2,373 -23.56% 10,073
Lawrence 2,402 56.08% 1,838 42.91% 13 0.30% 11 0.26% 19 0.44% 564 13.17% 4,283
Lee 1,091 42.57% 1,449 56.54% 3 0.12% 7 0.27% 13 0.51% -358 -13.97% 2,563
Leslie 1,478 28.04% 3,770 71.52% 8 0.15% 8 0.15% 7 0.13% -2,292 -43.48% 5,271
Letcher 4,590 59.24% 3,122 40.29% 9 0.12% 10 0.13% 17 0.22% 1,468 18.95% 7,748
Lewis 1,929 44.53% 2,383 55.01% 6 0.14% 6 0.14% 8 0.18% -454 -10.48% 4,332
Lincoln 3,198 53.97% 2,694 45.47% 14 0.24% 5 0.08% 14 0.24% 504 8.50% 5,925
Livingston 2,497 73.12% 878 25.71% 25 0.73% 4 0.12% 11 0.32% 1,619 47.41% 3,415
Logan 4,850 65.64% 2,430 32.89% 67 0.91% 16 0.22% 26 0.35% 2,420 32.75% 7,389
Lyon 1,606 72.31% 585 26.34% 22 0.99% 3 0.14% 5 0.23% 1,021 45.97% 2,221
Madison 7,299 51.71% 6,581 46.63% 106 0.75% 88 0.62% 40 0.28% 718 5.08% 14,114
Magoffin 2,451 57.49% 1,793 42.06% 3 0.07% 3 0.07% 13 0.30% 658 15.43% 4,263
Marion 3,520 66.14% 1,723 32.38% 27 0.51% 30 0.56% 22 0.41% 1,797 33.76% 5,322
Marshall 6,906 71.83% 2,578 26.82% 63 0.66% 23 0.24% 44 0.46% 4,328 45.01% 9,614
Martin 1,267 37.12% 2,120 62.12% 4 0.12% 7 0.21% 15 0.44% -853 -25.00% 3,413
Mason 3,397 56.58% 2,529 42.12% 26 0.43% 36 0.60% 16 0.27% 868 14.46% 6,004
McCracken 14,956 65.92% 6,997 30.84% 535 2.36% 125 0.55% 74 0.33% 7,959 35.08% 22,687
McCreary 1,827 35.53% 3,272 63.63% 22 0.43% 10 0.19% 11 0.21% -1,445 -28.10% 5,142
McLean 2,346 65.29% 1,212 33.73% 3 0.08% 12 0.33% 20 0.56% 1,134 31.56% 3,593
Meade 3,030 62.24% 1,755 36.05% 20 0.41% 41 0.84% 22 0.45% 1,275 26.19% 4,868
Menifee 1,041 76.77% 304 22.42% 5 0.37% 1 0.07% 5 0.37% 737 54.35% 1,356
Mercer 3,411 56.94% 2,451 40.91% 85 1.42% 21 0.35% 23 0.38% 960 16.03% 5,991
Metcalfe 1,877 57.47% 1,356 41.52% 14 0.43% 4 0.12% 15 0.46% 521 15.95% 3,266
Monroe 1,412 29.45% 3,352 69.91% 6 0.13% 14 0.29% 11 0.23% -1,940 -40.46% 4,795
Montgomery 3,141 60.01% 2,032 38.82% 17 0.32% 22 0.42% 22 0.42% 1,109 21.19% 5,234
Morgan 2,897 74.34% 973 24.97% 8 0.21% 8 0.21% 11 0.28% 1,924 49.37% 3,897
Muhlenberg 7,058 61.65% 4,292 37.49% 28 0.24% 31 0.27% 40 0.35% 2,766 24.16% 11,449
Nelson 4,454 59.36% 2,804 37.37% 138 1.84% 65 0.87% 43 0.57% 1,650 21.99% 7,504
Nicholas 1,582 66.53% 738 31.03% 45 1.89% 3 0.13% 10 0.42% 844 35.50% 2,378
Ohio 3,508 47.81% 3,764 51.30% 22 0.30% 25 0.34% 18 0.25% -256 -3.49% 7,337
Oldham 2,819 42.51% 3,695 55.72% 27 0.41% 52 0.78% 38 0.57% -876 -13.21% 6,631
Owen 2,332 76.43% 676 22.16% 15 0.49% 14 0.46% 14 0.46% 1,656 54.27% 3,051
Owsley 305 22.31% 1,053 77.03% 3 0.22% 5 0.37% 1 0.07% -748 -54.72% 1,367
Pendleton 2,147 62.65% 1,230 35.89% 19 0.55% 20 0.58% 11 0.32% 917 26.76% 3,427
Perry 5,633 55.68% 4,434 43.83% 10 0.10% 15 0.15% 24 0.24% 1,199 11.85% 10,116
Pike 14,320 60.44% 9,178 38.74% 47 0.20% 46 0.19% 100 0.42% 5,142 21.70% 23,691
Powell 1,859 61.37% 1,148 37.90% 6 0.20% 10 0.33% 6 0.20% 711 23.47% 3,029
Pulaski 5,752 38.14% 9,226 61.17% 29 0.19% 36 0.24% 40 0.27% -3,474 -23.03% 15,083
Robertson 546 65.94% 275 33.21% 3 0.36% 3 0.36% 1 0.12% 271 32.73% 828
Rockcastle 1,408 35.09% 2,583 64.37% 4 0.10% 11 0.27% 7 0.17% -1,175 -29.28% 4,013
Rowan 3,541 60.34% 2,244 38.24% 13 0.22% 42 0.72% 28 0.48% 1,297 22.10% 5,868
Russell 1,803 38.10% 2,882 60.90% 14 0.30% 12 0.25% 21 0.44% -1,079 -22.80% 4,732
Scott 3,118 55.30% 2,408 42.71% 62 1.10% 37 0.66% 13 0.23% 710 12.59% 5,638
Shelby 3,841 56.10% 2,916 42.59% 30 0.44% 32 0.47% 28 0.41% 925 13.51% 6,847
Simpson 2,782 64.71% 1,481 34.45% 14 0.33% 9 0.21% 13 0.30% 1,301 30.26% 4,299
Spencer 1,209 60.97% 742 37.42% 18 0.91% 10 0.50% 4 0.20% 467 23.55% 1,983
Taylor 3,456 50.33% 3,337 48.60% 20 0.29% 25 0.36% 28 0.41% 119 1.73% 6,866
Todd 2,436 67.72% 1,095 30.44% 42 1.17% 11 0.31% 13 0.36% 1,341 37.28% 3,597
Trigg 2,727 72.82% 991 26.46% 11 0.29% 8 0.21% 8 0.21% 1,736 46.36% 3,745
Trimble 1,568 74.21% 517 24.47% 10 0.47% 11 0.52% 7 0.33% 1,051 49.74% 2,113
Union 3,540 66.64% 1,716 32.30% 10 0.19% 21 0.40% 25 0.47% 1,824 34.34% 5,312
Warren 9,657 50.06% 9,439 48.93% 39 0.20% 96 0.50% 60 0.31% 218 1.13% 19,291
Washington 2,376 56.10% 1,765 41.68% 66 1.56% 16 0.38% 12 0.28% 611 14.42% 4,235
Wayne 2,537 43.61% 3,243 55.75% 14 0.24% 12 0.21% 11 0.19% -706 -12.14% 5,817
Webster 3,523 70.89% 1,402 28.21% 17 0.34% 9 0.18% 19 0.38% 2,121 42.68% 4,970
Whitley 4,212 40.53% 6,100 58.70% 22 0.21% 16 0.15% 42 0.40% -1,888 -18.17% 10,392
Wolfe 1,777 72.29% 659 26.81% 14 0.57% 2 0.08% 6 0.24% 1,118 45.48% 2,458
Woodford 2,689 49.20% 2,646 48.42% 85 1.56% 32 0.59% 13 0.24% 43 0.78% 5,465
Totals 615,717 52.75% 531,852 45.57% 8,308 0.71% 6,837 0.59% 4,428 0.38% 83,865 7.18% 1,167,142

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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  1. ^ "Election Night 1976 ABC News Coverage". YouTube.
  2. ^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  3. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  4. ^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  5. ^ "KY US Presidential Race, November 02, 1976". Our Campaigns.
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