1976 United States presidential election in North Carolina information
Main article: 1976 United States presidential election
1976 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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November 2, 1976
1980 →
Nominee
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Party
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Republican
Home state
Georgia
Michigan
Running mate
Walter Mondale
Bob Dole
Electoral vote
13
0
Popular vote
927,365
741,960
Percentage
55.27%
44.22%
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Congressional District Results
Carter
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Ford
40-50%
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Gerald R. Ford
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Jimmy Carter
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The 1976 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 2, 1976, and was part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
51% of white voters supported Ford while 48% supported Carter.[1][2] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time a Democrat won North Carolina with a majority of the vote, and the last time that North Carolina would vote Democratic in a presidential election until 2008. This is also the last time a Democrat has won Gaston County, Onslow County, Polk County, Johnston County, Iredell County, Alamance County, Rowan County, Craven County, Burke County, Caldwell County, Lincoln County, Surry County, Rutherford County, Carteret County, Stanly County, Beaufort County, Stokes County, McDowell County, Alexander County, Dare County, Macon County, Transylvania County, Cherokee County, Ashe County, Clay County, and Graham County.[3]
^Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
^Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
^Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
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