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1976 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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Field	Value
election_name	1976 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
country	Pennsylvania
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
previous_year	1972
next_election	1980 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
next_year	1980
election_date	November 2, 1976
image_size	x200px
image1	Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg
nominee1	Jimmy Carter
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1	Georgia
running_mate1	Walter Mondale
electoral_vote1	27
popular_vote1	2,328,677
percentage1	50.40%
image2	Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg
nominee2	Gerald Ford
party2	Republican Party (United States)
home_state2	Michigan
running_mate2	Bob Dole
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	2,205,604
percentage2	47.73%
map_image	Pennsylvania Presidential Election Results 1976.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County results
title	President
before_election	Gerald Ford
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Jimmy Carter
after_party	Democratic

Main article: 1976 United States presidential election

Carter Ford 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 Georgia 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 Ford won more counties by running up victories in the central region of the state and the Philadelphia suburbs, Carter swept Southwestern Pennsylvania where Pittsburgh is located, Erie County (Erie), Lackawanna County (Scranton), and Philadelphia.

, 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.

Campaign

The first presidential debate for the general election was held in Philadelphia at the Walnut Street Theatre on September 23 with President Ford and Jimmy Carter attending the debate. The debate was moderated by Edwin Newman of NBC News and sponsored by the League of Women Voters with 69.7 million people watching

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
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	0.07%	0
Write-ins	Write-ins	2,934	0.06%	0
Labor	Lyndon LaRouche	2,744	0.06%	0
Communist	Gus Hall	1,891	0.04%	0
Totals	4,620,787	100.00%	27

Results by county

County	Jimmy Carter
Democratic	Gerald Ford
Republican	Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy ‘76	Lester Maddox
Constitutional	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	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
	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

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Cambria
Carbon
Clearfield
Clinton
Columbia
Elk
Erie
Fayette
Greene
Lackawanna
Lawrence
Luzerne
Mercer
Northampton
Schuylkill
Washington
Westmoreland

Notes

References

Brownstein, Ronald. (September 16, 2024). "Why these three states are the most consistent tipping point in American politics". CNN.
"1976 Debates".
David Leip. "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
"PA US President Race, November 02, 1976". Our Campaigns.

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