1976 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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The 1976 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 2, 1976, and was part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic nominee, former Governor Jimmy Carter, over the Republican nominee, President Gerald Ford. Carter won Pennsylvania by a margin of 2.67%, which made Pennsylvania roughly 0.6% more Democratic than the nation at large.
While President Ford won more counties by running up victories in the central region of the state and the Philadelphia suburbs, Governor Carter swept Southwestern Pennsylvania where Pittsburgh is located, Erie County (Erie), Lackawanna County (Scranton), and Philadelphia.
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last presidential election where the Democratic candidate won Pennsylvania without carrying any of Philadelphia's suburban counties. This is also the final occasion of only four where Pennsylvania and Michigan voted for different presidential candidates ever since the Democrats and Republicans became the two major parties in U.S. politics.[1][a]
Results
[edit]1976 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 2,328,677 | 50.40% | 27 | |
Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | 2,205,604 | 47.73% | 0 | |
McCarthy '76 | Eugene McCarthy | 50,584 | 1.09% | 0 | |
Constitutional | Lester Maddox | 25,344 | 0.55% | 0 | |
Socialist Workers | Peter Camejo | 3,009[b] | 0.07% | 0 | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 2,934[b] | 0.06% | 0 | |
Labor | Lyndon LaRouche | 2,744[b] | 0.06% | 0 | |
Communist | Gus Hall | 1,891[b] | 0.04% | 0 | |
Totals | 4,620,787 | 100.00% | 27 |
Results by county
[edit]County[3] | Jimmy Carter Democratic |
Gerald Ford Republican |
Eugene McCarthy McCarthy ‘76 |
Lester Maddox Constitutional |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 8,771 | 41.14% | 12,133 | 56.90% | 276 | 1.29% | 73 | 0.34% | 69 | 0.32% | -3,362 | -15.76% | 21,322 |
Allegheny | 328,343 | 50.68% | 303,127 | 46.79% | 8,625 | 1.33% | 5,205 | 0.80% | 2,557 | 0.39% | 25,216 | 3.89% | 647,857 |
Armstrong | 15,179 | 52.25% | 13,378 | 46.05% | 290 | 1.00% | 190 | 0.65% | 13 | 0.04% | 1,801 | 6.20% | 29,050 |
Beaver | 46,117 | 56.83% | 33,593 | 41.40% | 925 | 1.14% | 291 | 0.36% | 224 | 0.28% | 12,524 | 15.43% | 81,150 |
Bedford | 6,652 | 41.22% | 9,355 | 57.97% | 78 | 0.48% | 42 | 0.26% | 11 | 0.07% | -2,703 | -16.75% | 16,138 |
Berks | 50,994 | 47.41% | 54,452 | 50.63% | 1,176 | 1.09% | 771 | 0.72% | 160 | 0.15% | -3,458 | -3.22% | 107,553 |
Blair | 18,397 | 38.84% | 28,290 | 59.73% | 395 | 0.83% | 154 | 0.33% | 130 | 0.27% | -9,893 | -20.89% | 47,366 |
Bradford | 7,913 | 37.62% | 12,851 | 61.10% | 186 | 0.88% | 71 | 0.34% | 13 | 0.06% | -4,938 | -23.48% | 21,034 |
Bucks | 79,838 | 47.26% | 85,628 | 50.69% | 2,125 | 1.26% | 1,091 | 0.65% | 241 | 0.14% | -5,790 | -3.43% | 168,923 |
Butler | 22,611 | 45.04% | 26,366 | 52.52% | 666 | 1.33% | 421 | 0.84% | 134 | 0.27% | -3,755 | -7.48% | 50,198 |
Cambria | 38,797 | 53.79% | 32,469 | 45.02% | 624 | 0.87% | 133 | 0.18% | 105 | 0.15% | 6,328 | 8.77% | 72,128 |
Cameron | 1,319 | 44.31% | 1,616 | 54.28% | 25 | 0.84% | 5 | 0.17% | 12 | 0.40% | -297 | -9.97% | 2,977 |
Carbon | 10,791 | 54.03% | 8,883 | 44.48% | 160 | 0.80% | 108 | 0.54% | 31 | 0.16% | 1,908 | 9.55% | 19,973 |
Centre | 17,867 | 44.18% | 21,177 | 52.37% | 1,158 | 2.86% | 137 | 0.34% | 98 | 0.24% | -3,310 | -8.19% | 40,437 |
Chester | 42,712 | 38.13% | 67,686 | 60.42% | 1,166 | 1.04% | 317 | 0.28% | 145 | 0.13% | -24,974 | -22.29% | 112,026 |
Clarion | 6,585 | 43.29% | 8,360 | 54.96% | 177 | 1.16% | 53 | 0.35% | 35 | 0.23% | -1,775 | -11.67% | 15,210 |
Clearfield | 13,714 | 49.54% | 13,626 | 49.22% | 190 | 0.69% | 109 | 0.39% | 46 | 0.17% | 88 | 0.32% | 27,685 |
Clinton | 6,532 | 51.99% | 5,858 | 46.63% | 87 | 0.69% | 69 | 0.55% | 18 | 0.14% | 674 | 5.36% | 12,564 |
Columbia | 12,051 | 50.37% | 11,508 | 48.10% | 196 | 0.82% | 112 | 0.47% | 58 | 0.24% | 543 | 2.27% | 23,925 |
Crawford | 14,712 | 48.06% | 15,301 | 49.99% | 305 | 1.00% | 232 | 0.76% | 60 | 0.20% | -589 | -1.93% | 30,610 |
Cumberland | 23,008 | 35.80% | 39,950 | 62.16% | 793 | 1.23% | 460 | 0.72% | 59 | 0.09% | -16,942 | -26.36% | 64,270 |
Dauphin | 34,342 | 41.32% | 46,819 | 56.33% | 1,074 | 1.29% | 785 | 0.94% | 102 | 0.12% | -12,477 | -15.01% | 83,122 |
Delaware | 117,252 | 43.28% | 148,679 | 54.88% | 2,995 | 1.11% | 1,581 | 0.58% | 387 | 0.14% | -31,427 | -11.60% | 270,894 |
Elk | 6,713 | 51.21% | 6,159 | 46.98% | 178 | 1.36% | 49 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.08% | 554 | 4.23% | 13,109 |
Erie | 55,385 | 51.55% | 49,641 | 46.20% | 1,303 | 1.21% | 943 | 0.88% | 167 | 0.16% | 5,744 | 5.35% | 107,439 |
Fayette | 32,232 | 60.54% | 20,021 | 37.60% | 410 | 0.77% | 523 | 0.98% | 58 | 0.11% | 12,211 | 22.94% | 53,244 |
Forest | 1,017 | 46.50% | 1,135 | 51.90% | 27 | 1.23% | 5 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.14% | -118 | -5.40% | 2,187 |
Franklin | 14,643 | 41.38% | 20,009 | 56.54% | 311 | 0.88% | 406 | 1.15% | 20 | 0.06% | -5,366 | -15.16% | 35,389 |
Fulton | 1,737 | 42.87% | 2,219 | 54.76% | 32 | 0.79% | 36 | 0.89% | 28 | 0.69% | -482 | -11.89% | 4,052 |
Greene | 8,769 | 61.67% | 5,293 | 37.22% | 118 | 0.83% | 30 | 0.21% | 9 | 0.06% | 3,476 | 24.45% | 14,219 |
Huntingdon | 5,410 | 40.19% | 7,843 | 58.26% | 129 | 0.96% | 70 | 0.52% | 10 | 0.07% | -2,433 | -18.07% | 13,462 |
Indiana | 14,650 | 47.34% | 15,786 | 51.01% | 345 | 1.11% | 74 | 0.24% | 94 | 0.30% | -1,136 | -3.67% | 30,949 |
Jefferson | 7,456 | 43.53% | 9,437 | 55.09% | 165 | 0.96% | 56 | 0.33% | 16 | 0.09% | -1,981 | -11.56% | 17,130 |
Juniata | 3,105 | 43.09% | 3,991 | 55.38% | 55 | 0.76% | 27 | 0.37% | 28 | 0.39% | -886 | -12.29% | 7,206 |
Lackawanna | 57,685 | 56.12% | 43,354 | 42.17% | 821 | 0.80% | 861 | 0.84% | 76 | 0.07% | 14,331 | 13.95% | 102,797 |
Lancaster | 35,533 | 32.40% | 72,106 | 65.74% | 1,055 | 0.96% | 642 | 0.59% | 340 | 0.31% | -36,573 | -33.34% | 109,676 |
Lawrence | 23,337 | 54.73% | 18,546 | 43.49% | 453 | 1.06% | 172 | 0.40% | 132 | 0.31% | 4,791 | 11.24% | 42,640 |
Lebanon | 11,785 | 35.36% | 20,880 | 62.65% | 359 | 1.08% | 237 | 0.71% | 69 | 0.21% | -9,095 | -27.29% | 33,330 |
Lehigh | 46,620 | 48.92% | 46,895 | 49.20% | 1,066 | 1.12% | 581 | 0.61% | 146 | 0.15% | -275 | -0.28% | 95,308 |
Luzerne | 74,655 | 54.89% | 60,058 | 44.16% | 907 | 0.67% | 251 | 0.18% | 138 | 0.10% | 14,597 | 10.73% | 136,009 |
Lycoming | 18,635 | 44.28% | 22,648 | 53.82% | 358 | 0.85% | 351 | 0.83% | 90 | 0.21% | -4,013 | -9.54% | 42,082 |
McKean | 6,424 | 37.95% | 10,305 | 60.88% | 110 | 0.65% | 72 | 0.43% | 15 | 0.09% | -3,881 | -22.93% | 16,926 |
Mercer | 25,041 | 51.91% | 22,469 | 46.58% | 413 | 0.86% | 252 | 0.52% | 60 | 0.12% | 2,572 | 5.33% | 48,235 |
Mifflin | 6,210 | 44.01% | 7,698 | 54.56% | 102 | 0.72% | 75 | 0.53% | 24 | 0.17% | -1,488 | -10.55% | 14,109 |
Monroe | 9,544 | 47.33% | 10,228 | 50.72% | 221 | 1.10% | 141 | 0.70% | 31 | 0.15% | -684 | -3.39% | 20,165 |
Montgomery | 112,644 | 41.24% | 155,480 | 56.92% | 3,358 | 1.23% | 1,233 | 0.45% | 454 | 0.17% | -42,836 | -15.68% | 273,169 |
Montour | 2,727 | 44.89% | 3,259 | 53.65% | 59 | 0.97% | 26 | 0.43% | 4 | 0.07% | -532 | -8.76% | 6,075 |
Northampton | 42,514 | 55.24% | 32,926 | 42.78% | 751 | 0.98% | 669 | 0.87% | 101 | 0.13% | 9,588 | 12.46% | 76,961 |
Northumberland | 18,939 | 48.72% | 19,283 | 49.60% | 306 | 0.79% | 297 | 0.76% | 51 | 0.13% | -344 | -0.88% | 38,876 |
Perry | 4,605 | 37.38% | 7,454 | 60.50% | 156 | 1.27% | 90 | 0.73% | 15 | 0.12% | -2,849 | -23.12% | 12,320 |
Philadelphia | 494,579 | 66.28% | 239,000 | 32.03% | 7,864 | 1.05% | 2,178 | 0.29% | 2,576 | 0.35% | 255,579 | 34.25% | 746,197 |
Pike | 2,775 | 38.83% | 4,241 | 59.35% | 74 | 1.04% | 48 | 0.67% | 8 | 0.11% | -1,466 | -20.52% | 7,146 |
Potter | 2,983 | 43.29% | 3,828 | 55.55% | 61 | 0.89% | 11 | 0.16% | 8 | 0.12% | -845 | -12.26% | 6,891 |
Schuylkill | 33,905 | 50.64% | 31,944 | 47.71% | 678 | 1.01% | 319 | 0.48% | 102 | 0.15% | 1,961 | 2.93% | 66,948 |
Snyder | 3,097 | 31.19% | 6,557 | 66.04% | 134 | 1.35% | 67 | 0.67% | 74 | 0.75% | -3,460 | -34.85% | 9,929 |
Somerset | 13,452 | 45.32% | 15,960 | 53.76% | 180 | 0.61% | 68 | 0.23% | 25 | 0.08% | -2,508 | -8.44% | 29,685 |
Sullivan | 1,347 | 45.65% | 1,584 | 53.68% | 18 | 0.61% | 2 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -237 | -8.03% | 2,951 |
Susquehanna | 6,075 | 41.38% | 8,331 | 56.74% | 116 | 0.79% | 127 | 0.87% | 33 | 0.22% | -2,256 | -15.36% | 14,682 |
Tioga | 5,795 | 40.23% | 8,417 | 58.43% | 142 | 0.99% | 30 | 0.21% | 21 | 0.15% | -2,622 | -18.20% | 14,405 |
Union | 3,405 | 34.39% | 6,309 | 63.71% | 136 | 1.37% | 41 | 0.41% | 11 | 0.11% | -2,904 | -29.32% | 9,902 |
Venango | 8,653 | 40.60% | 12,270 | 57.58% | 238 | 1.12% | 76 | 0.36% | 74 | 0.35% | -3,617 | -16.98% | 21,311 |
Warren | 7,412 | 45.84% | 8,508 | 52.62% | 157 | 0.97% | 82 | 0.51% | 11 | 0.07% | -1,096 | -6.78% | 16,170 |
Washington | 49,317 | 59.24% | 32,827 | 39.43% | 780 | 0.94% | 235 | 0.28% | 92 | 0.11% | 16,490 | 19.81% | 83,251 |
Wayne | 4,244 | 34.48% | 7,811 | 63.45% | 121 | 0.98% | 120 | 0.97% | 14 | 0.11% | -3,567 | -28.97% | 12,310 |
Westmoreland | 74,217 | 54.52% | 59,172 | 43.47% | 1,661 | 1.22% | 743 | 0.55% | 341 | 0.25% | 15,045 | 11.05% | 136,134 |
Wyoming | 3,628 | 38.37% | 5,705 | 60.34% | 83 | 0.88% | 34 | 0.36% | 5 | 0.05% | -2,077 | -21.97% | 9,455 |
York | 41,281 | 41.30% | 56,912 | 56.94% | 881 | 0.86% | 665 | 0.65% | 205 | 0.20% | -15,631 | -15.64% | 99,944 |
Totals | 2,328,677 | 50.40% | 2,205,604 | 47.73% | 50,584 | 1.09% | 25,344 | 0.55% | 10,578 | 0.23% | 123,073 | 2.67% | 4,620,787 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]- Alleghany
- Armstrong
- Beaver
- Cambria
- Carbon
- Clearfield
- Clinton
- Columbia
- Elk
- Erie
- Fayette
- Greene
- Lackawanna
- Lawrence
- Luzerne
- Mercer
- Northampton
- Schuylkill
- Washington
- Westmoreland
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Brownstein, Ronald (September 16, 2024). "Why these three states are the most consistent tipping point in American politics". CNN. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ David Leip. "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ^ a b "PA US President Race, November 02, 1976". Our Campaigns.