Minnesota 1976 Presidential Election

Jimmy Carter vs. Gerald Ford

Jimmy Carter won the Minnesota 1976 presidential election with 1,070,440 votes (54.9%), a margin of D+12.9. Minnesota's 10 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

54.9%

42.0%

1,070,440

Jimmy Carter (54.9%)

819,395

Gerald Ford (42.0%)

Total Votes: 1,949,589|Margin: D+12.9

County Results

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County Results (87 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Red Lake County	D+38.9	D+3.5	D+4.4	2,600	D+24.8%
Carlton County	D+34.9	D+27.4	D+30.4	13,952	D+21.8%
St. Louis County	D+34.8	D+31.4	D+38.6	114,075	D+15.9%
Swift County	D+33.1	D+4.4	D+9.8	6,762	D+15.7%
Itasca County	D+31.2	D+16.9	D+10.3	20,281	D+24.4%
Big Stone County	D+31.2	R+3.3	D+4.5	4,007	D+20.3%
Isanti County	D+30.3	D+9.0	R+2.5	9,417	D+31.0%
Traverse County	D+27.8	R+10.4	R+2.7	3,207	D+12.4%
Morrison County	D+27.0	D+4.5	R+9.6	13,294	D+24.7%
Pine County	D+26.8	D+12.6	D+7.5	8,887	D+27.9%
Clearwater County	D+26.5	D+0.9	R+3.7	4,015	D+28.3%
Aitkin County	D+26.4	D+3.7	D+7.0	6,949	D+35.5%
Mahnomen County	D+26.2	R+3.8	R+3.4	2,613	D+20.6%
Anoka County	D+25.9	D+14.2	D+3.8	78,315	D+28.5%
Chisago County	D+25.3	D+9.8	D+3.1	10,867	D+31.2%
Lake County	D+25.2	D+20.9	D+37.8	6,599	D+8.3%
Pope County	D+24.4	R+10.3	R+5.2	6,127	D+19.1%
Koochiching County	D+24.4	D+9.1	D+10.0	8,007	D+28.3%
Kanabec County	D+23.4	D+2.8	R+6.4	5,311	D+32.6%
Lincoln County	D+23.3	R+11.7	R+2.1	4,267	D+16.8%
Grant County	D+22.8	R+5.4	R+6.1	4,338	D+18.2%
Mille Lacs County	D+22.6	D+6.5	R+3.5	8,670	D+36.5%
Lac qui Parle County	D+22.3	R+8.9	R+0.8	6,065	D+21.1%
Mower County	D+21.8	D+12.9	D+21.5	21,487	D+20.0%
Ramsey County	D+20.7	D+19.7	D+19.2	228,067	D+14.7%
Sherburne County	D+20.3	D+1.4	R+11.4	11,442	D+23.3%
Todd County	D+20.0	R+12.2	R+17.1	11,248	D+31.0%
Jackson County	D+19.8	R+4.7	D+4.6	7,287	D+24.0%
Benton County	D+19.5	R+2.0	R+16.1	10,965	D+23.4%
Kandiyohi County	D+19.4	R+2.4	R+6.3	17,130	D+15.2%
Norman County	D+19.2	D+1.3	D+1.1	5,012	D+21.0%
Yellow Medicine County	D+18.6	R+15.8	R+11.6	7,462	D+21.7%
Lake of the Woods County	D+17.7	R+14.4	R+13.9	1,965	D+30.7%
Marshall County	D+17.6	R+14.8	R+11.7	6,489	D+25.2%
Beltrami County	D+17.5	D+6.1	D+0.4	13,285	D+24.1%
Le Sueur County	D+17.5	R+2.7	R+8.6	11,381	D+24.0%
Chippewa County	D+17.3	R+13.4	R+12.9	8,046	D+19.4%
Wright County	D+17.3	D+0.3	R+10.4	23,464	D+24.0%
Murray County	D+16.9	R+4.7	R+0.7	6,399	D+18.0%
Lyon County	D+16.7	R+1.8	R+14.1	12,458	D+18.5%
Polk County	D+15.8	R+10.7	R+10.0	16,034	D+20.6%
Scott County	D+15.7	D+0.5	R+14.1	17,593	D+19.6%
Roseau County	D+14.5	R+11.7	R+19.4	5,752	D+22.9%
Nobles County	D+14.3	R+0.0	R+2.7	10,735	D+9.4%
Crow Wing County	D+13.2	R+7.0	R+13.1	19,564	D+21.9%
Kittson County	D+12.5	R+13.1	R+3.2	3,629	D+19.6%
Meeker County	D+12.3	R+7.9	R+13.9	9,761	D+29.0%
Renville County	D+12.1	R+14.2	R+16.6	10,545	D+20.4%
Stevens County	D+11.9	R+11.2	R+13.9	5,789	D+11.2%
Washington County	D+11.8	D+5.3	R+0.9	48,583	D+20.2%
Rice County	D+11.6	D+6.6	D+2.0	19,607	D+18.1%
Stearns County	D+11.4	R+5.9	R+18.0	47,821	D+10.5%
Pennington County	D+11.0	R+8.3	R+9.6	6,948	D+20.9%
Cass County	D+9.6	R+12.2	R+16.1	10,234	D+27.9%
Hennepin County	D+9.4	D+8.8	D+3.5	483,378	D+14.6%
Douglas County	D+8.9	R+15.6	R+24.5	13,314	D+18.3%
Dakota County	D+8.0	D+2.9	R+5.7	84,080	D+18.0%
Becker County	D+7.8	R+12.4	R+16.0	12,566	D+20.1%
Freeborn County	D+6.9	R+1.5	D+5.2	18,018	D+22.0%
Wilkin County	D+5.4	R+17.7	R+25.2	4,110	D+18.9%
Pipestone County	D+4.0	R+13.1	R+11.9	6,401	D+16.3%
Blue Earth County	D+3.6	R+4.0	R+9.2	25,688	D+12.4%
Hubbard County	D+3.3	R+17.7	R+24.3	6,489	D+24.1%
Clay County	D+2.6	R+6.7	R+5.8	21,708	D+12.4%
Winona County	D+2.3	R+2.3	R+11.0	21,914	D+16.9%
Wadena County	D+1.8	R+20.5	R+27.3	6,424	D+18.2%
Cook County	R+0.8	R+12.2	R+3.8	2,130	D+16.0%
Otter Tail County	R+0.9	R+22.9	R+23.3	24,510	D+25.0%
Cottonwood County	R+1.2	R+16.6	R+16.3	7,859	D+20.6%
Sibley County	R+1.5	R+25.4	R+25.1	7,860	D+28.3%
McLeod County	R+2.0	R+20.2	R+28.1	13,238	D+23.7%
Rock County	R+2.1	R+18.8	R+15.1	5,739	D+22.5%
Wabasha County	R+2.2	R+13.5	R+15.4	9,049	D+23.3%
Nicollet County	R+2.4	R+7.6	R+12.6	12,245	D+11.6%
Watonwan County	R+2.6	R+18.0	R+18.4	6,662	D+25.1%
Carver County	R+3.8	R+17.8	R+27.8	16,347	D+22.7%
Redwood County	R+4.1	R+31.4	R+33.8	9,822	D+24.0%
Faribault County	R+4.9	R+24.7	R+17.4	10,833	D+24.5%
Goodhue County	R+5.4	R+3.8	R+12.5	19,321	D+22.7%
Steele County	R+5.8	R+19.0	R+26.7	13,647	D+25.1%
Martin County	R+6.5	R+22.4	R+21.9	12,488	D+25.5%
Waseca County	R+6.6	R+13.6	R+21.8	8,805	D+22.4%
Dodge County	R+6.6	R+16.9	R+22.6	6,598	D+26.1%
Houston County	R+11.1	R+24.9	R+23.1	8,926	D+23.8%
Fillmore County	R+11.2	R+21.6	R+18.5	10,957	D+26.6%
Brown County	R+12.0	R+22.2	R+30.3	14,039	D+15.0%
Olmsted County	R+23.6	R+21.3	R+26.3	39,617	D+16.9%

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