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United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 1976

Main article: United States presidential election, 1976

United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 19761972 ← November 2, 1976→ 1980 NomineeGeraldFordJimmyCarterPartyRepublicanDemocraticHome stateMichiganGeorgiaRunning mateRobertDoleWalterMondaleElectoral vote80Popular vote545,708532,442Percentage49.96%48.75%

County Results

President before election

Gerald Ford Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 2, 1976.All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Oklahoma voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President of the United States.

Oklahoma was won by incumbent United States President Gerald Ford of Michigan, who was running against Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia. The state was narrowly won by Gerald Ford by a small 1.21-point margin.

Partisan backgroundEdit

The presidential election of 1976 was a verypartisan election for Oklahoma, with over 98% of the electorate voting for either theDemocratic or Republican parties, and only three parties appearing on the ballot.[1] Nearly all of Southeastern Oklahoma voted for Jimmy Carter, while Northwestern Oklahoma voted for Gerald Ford. The largest county, Oklahoma County was narrowly won by Gerald Ford. The Democratic stronghold in the Southeastern part of the state is evident in this election and would reliably vote Democratic until the United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 2000.

Oklahoma weighed in for this election as 1% more Republican than the National average.

Republican victory

Had Jimmy Cater not been embroiled in the Playboy Scandal it is conceivable that he would have carried the state. This mixed with Nixon's pardon, the Watergate scandal, and Ford's personal unpopularity, resulted in Oklahoma being one of the closest states that year.

ResultsEdit

United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 1976PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votesRepublicanGeraldFord545,708.49.96%8DemocraticJimmyCarter532,442.48.75%0Independent14,101.1.29%0Totals1,092,251100.0%8

See alsoEdit

1976 U.S. Presidential electionPresidency of Gerald FordPresidency of Jimmy CarterWatergate scandal

ReferencesEdit

^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved2015-12 ^ American Experience (season 15)