1976 United States presidential election in Alabama information
Election in Alabama
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1976 United States presidential election in Alabama
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November 2, 1976
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All 9 Alabama electoral votes to the Electoral College
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Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
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Walter Mondale
Bob Dole
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659,170
504,070
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55.73%
42.61%
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Ford
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Gerald Ford
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Jimmy Carter
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The 1976 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Alabama voted for the Democratic nominee, former Governor Jimmy Carter, over the Republican nominee, President Gerald Ford. Carter won Alabama by a margin of 13.12%. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last time Alabama has voted Democratic in a presidential election, as well as the last time a Democrat carried any of the following counties: Madison, Tuscaloosa, Calhoun, St. Clair, Elmore, DeKalb, Blount, Autauga, Dale, Coffee, Chilton, Escambia, Covington, Pike, Geneva, Winston, Monroe, and Cleburne.[1]
50% of white voters supported Ford while 48% supported Carter.[2][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.
^Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
^Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
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