1976 United States presidential election in Arizona
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The 1976 United States presidential election in Arizona was part of the 1976 United States presidential election, which took place on November 2, 1976, throughout all fifty states and D.C. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arizona voted strongly for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Gerald Ford, over the Democratic nominee, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. The state turned out to be the sixth most Republican in the nation behind Utah, Idaho, Alaska, Nebraska and Wyoming, as it was already perceived that Carter – highly popular in his native South – lacked any understanding of the environment,[1] economy, culture and political issues of the West.[2] Carter did improve upon the performance of the preceding Democratic nominee, South Dakota Senator George McGovern, swinging away from the GOP by fifteen percentage points.
Results
| 1976 United States presidential election in Arizona[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | 418,642 | 56.37% | 6 | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 295,602 | 39.80% | 0 | |
| Independent | Eugene McCarthy | 19,229 | 2.59% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Roger MacBride | 7,647 | 1.03% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | Peter Camejo | 928 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| American | Thomas J. Anderson | 564 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| No party | Lester Maddox (write-in) | 85 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| No party | Frank Taylor (write-in) | 22 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | — | ||||
| Totals | 742,719 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) | 46%/80% | ||||
Results by county
| County | Gerald Ford Republican |
Jimmy Carter Democratic |
Eugene McCarthy[4] Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Apache | 3,447 | 33.38% | 6,583 | 63.75% | 173 | 1.68% | 124 | 1.20% | -3,136 | -30.37% | 10,327 |
| Cochise | 9,921 | 49.90% | 9,281 | 46.68% | 452 | 2.27% | 229 | 1.15% | 640 | 3.22% | 19,883 |
| Coconino | 11,036 | 51.53% | 9,450 | 44.12% | 737 | 3.44% | 195 | 0.91% | 1,586 | 7.41% | 21,418 |
| Gila | 5,136 | 42.94% | 6,440 | 53.84% | 249 | 2.08% | 137 | 1.15% | -1,304 | -10.90% | 11,962 |
| Graham | 3,659 | 52.59% | 3,050 | 43.83% | 138 | 1.98% | 111 | 1.60% | 609 | 8.76% | 6,958 |
| Greenlee | 1,532 | 36.07% | 2,601 | 61.24% | 81 | 1.91% | 33 | 0.78% | -1,069 | -25.17% | 4,247 |
| Maricopa | 258,262 | 61.66% | 144,613 | 34.53% | 10,106 | 2.41% | 5,860 | 1.40% | 113,649 | 27.13% | 418,841 |
| Mohave | 7,601 | 51.92% | 6,504 | 44.43% | 351 | 2.40% | 184 | 1.26% | 1,097 | 7.49% | 14,640 |
| Navajo | 6,796 | 46.68% | 7,323 | 50.30% | 273 | 1.88% | 168 | 1.15% | -527 | -3.62% | 14,560 |
| Pima | 77,264 | 49.83% | 71,214 | 45.93% | 5,075 | 3.27% | 1,508 | 0.97% | 6,050 | 3.90% | 155,061 |
| Pinal | 9,354 | 45.40% | 10,595 | 51.42% | 462 | 2.24% | 193 | 0.94% | -1,241 | -6.02% | 20,604 |
| Santa Cruz | 2,312 | 48.80% | 2,265 | 47.80% | 123 | 2.60% | 38 | 0.80% | 47 | 1.00% | 4,738 |
| Yavapai | 12,998 | 60.18% | 7,685 | 35.58% | 620 | 2.87% | 297 | 1.38% | 5,313 | 24.60% | 21,600 |
| Yuma | 9,324 | 52.15% | 7,998 | 44.73% | 389 | 2.18% | 169 | 0.95% | 1,326 | 7.42% | 17,880 |
| Totals | 418,642 | 56.37% | 295,602 | 39.80% | 19,229 | 2.59% | 9,246 | 1.24% | 123,040 | 16.57% | 742,719 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
References
- ISBN 0140178244
- ISBN 1598840150
- ^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
- ^ Our Campaigns; AZ US President 1976
