North Carolina 1976 Presidential Election

Jimmy Carter vs. Gerald Ford

Jimmy Carter won the North Carolina 1976 presidential election with 927,365 votes (55.3%), a margin of D+11.1. North Carolina's 16 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

55.3%

44.2%

927,365

Jimmy Carter (55.3%)

741,960

Gerald Ford (44.2%)

Total Votes: 1,677,906|Margin: D+11.1

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Robeson County	D+61.4	D+42.5	D+8.2	25,699	D+82.4%
Northampton County	D+60.8	D+45.0	D+22.8	6,379	D+57.1%
Bladen County	D+58.8	D+37.6	D+3.7	7,589	D+89.7%
Columbus County	D+55.3	D+29.4	R+2.4	14,401	D+98.4%
Hoke County	D+55.0	D+47.7	D+13.5	4,123	D+68.4%
Gates County	D+51.8	D+42.6	D+13.5	3,028	D+55.3%
Richmond County	D+51.0	D+30.2	D+4.8	11,664	D+74.3%
Bertie County	D+50.9	D+38.5	D+15.6	5,470	D+73.1%
Anson County	D+49.6	D+42.4	D+14.8	6,422	D+73.0%
Hertford County	D+44.8	D+37.1	D+17.2	5,510	D+62.9%
Martin County	D+39.9	D+29.5	R+4.9	6,477	D+78.5%
Scotland County	D+39.1	D+34.1	R+0.6	6,384	D+67.4%
Tyrrell County	D+38.1	D+30.7	D+2.1	1,305	D+57.1%
Warren County	D+37.9	D+39.9	D+19.4	4,635	D+58.7%
Camden County	D+37.0	D+19.1	R+8.8	1,809	D+60.4%
Pender County	D+36.1	D+18.1	R+7.7	6,537	D+75.7%
Jones County	D+35.5	D+22.0	R+0.9	3,011	D+55.4%
Caswell County	D+35.5	D+23.8	D+2.0	5,489	D+56.7%
Currituck County	D+35.2	D+8.2	R+26.7	2,970	D+71.5%
Franklin County	D+34.3	D+21.1	R+11.3	8,093	D+73.2%
Brunswick County	D+33.8	D+6.6	R+17.6	11,066	D+74.8%
Greene County	D+33.6	D+12.0	R+7.1	4,124	D+86.2%
Pamlico County	D+32.6	D+18.9	R+8.5	3,209	D+65.8%
Duplin County	D+32.4	D+16.2	R+6.0	11,694	D+74.8%
Washington County	D+31.0	D+21.1	D+6.5	4,361	D+55.5%
Perquimans County	D+29.3	D+12.3	R+14.7	2,580	D+57.1%
Chowan County	D+29.2	D+19.7	R+11.1	2,889	D+63.0%
Haywood County	D+28.9	D+14.9	R+12.1	16,648	D+60.8%
Cleveland County	D+27.9	D+5.9	R+24.8	22,588	D+73.7%
Granville County	D+27.8	D+22.1	R+9.4	8,246	D+62.3%
Hyde County	D+26.8	D+20.0	R+8.7	1,717	D+72.7%
Union County	D+26.1	D+5.4	R+41.0	16,840	D+70.6%
Cumberland County	D+26.0	D+1.2	R+16.5	38,683	D+68.0%
Orange County	D+25.6	D+20.9	D+13.7	25,226	D+21.5%
Alleghany County	D+24.9	D+4.7	R+12.5	4,096	D+49.1%
Edgecombe County	D+24.3	D+14.4	D+4.5	12,968	D+51.7%
Pasquotank County	D+23.6	D+10.2	R+9.3	6,996	D+52.5%
Rutherford County	D+21.3	R+0.3	R+24.7	17,121	D+60.1%
Harnett County	D+20.4	D+9.2	R+22.3	14,985	D+70.7%
Montgomery County	D+19.9	D+6.9	R+14.3	7,211	D+53.2%
Halifax County	D+19.9	D+15.9	D+2.5	13,254	D+54.8%
Chatham County	D+19.7	D+13.1	R+7.1	10,725	D+45.4%
Jackson County	D+19.2	D+7.7	R+12.2	8,785	D+38.5%
Vance County	D+19.1	D+12.3	R+7.5	9,461	D+53.8%
Yancey County	D+18.7	D+8.6	R+8.1	6,649	D+33.9%
Rockingham County	D+17.7	D+2.1	R+25.5	22,871	D+61.8%
Lincoln County	D+17.1	R+7.1	R+35.5	16,210	D+42.3%
Burke County	D+17.1	R+5.0	R+28.8	24,431	D+56.5%
Madison County	D+16.7	D+9.6	R+10.1	5,895	D+39.8%
McDowell County	D+16.7	R+9.2	R+30.4	10,746	D+63.0%
Lee County	D+16.0	D+5.5	R+35.2	8,831	D+63.5%
Alamance County	D+15.5	R+8.9	R+39.7	30,231	D+67.0%
Surry County	D+15.0	R+5.6	R+29.9	17,490	D+52.4%
Swain County	D+14.4	D+15.1	R+0.3	3,771	D+44.3%
Onslow County	D+14.3	R+8.9	R+41.7	13,970	D+75.6%
Person County	D+13.4	D+11.0	R+24.8	7,033	D+58.1%
Dare County	D+13.1	R+5.3	R+44.0	3,891	D+64.3%
Craven County	D+12.3	R+4.6	R+28.3	13,543	D+71.1%
Sampson County	D+12.0	D+5.6	R+7.8	15,902	D+44.5%
Beaufort County	D+10.0	R+5.7	R+21.5	10,467	D+50.5%
Carteret County	D+10.0	R+8.5	R+32.8	12,939	D+59.6%
Pitt County	D+9.9	R+0.9	R+16.9	21,288	D+51.7%
Johnston County	D+9.5	R+4.1	R+34.8	18,879	D+69.4%
Polk County	D+9.5	R+11.5	R+30.0	5,812	D+46.2%
Wilson County	D+9.4	R+1.7	R+18.9	15,084	D+57.2%
Caldwell County	D+9.2	R+18.9	R+39.8	21,866	D+53.8%
Macon County	D+9.0	R+6.9	R+30.1	8,118	D+49.0%
Buncombe County	D+8.4	R+2.4	R+23.5	49,379	D+51.1%
Durham County	D+8.4	D+11.9	D+5.0	41,533	D+32.4%
Gaston County	D+7.4	R+13.5	R+46.9	42,764	D+60.2%
Iredell County	D+6.9	R+10.3	R+40.5	25,131	D+58.2%
Alexander County	D+6.3	R+16.5	R+40.6	9,975	D+46.2%
Transylvania County	D+6.2	R+8.9	R+30.1	8,791	D+48.3%
Cherokee County	D+5.3	R+10.4	R+27.6	6,848	D+31.0%
Graham County	D+5.0	R+9.8	R+25.4	3,424	D+28.0%
Stokes County	D+4.9	R+11.4	R+31.5	12,711	D+41.2%
Clay County	D+4.7	R+22.9	R+25.4	3,012	D+36.2%
New Hanover County	D+2.9	R+11.1	R+30.7	28,477	D+54.3%
Nash County	D+2.6	R+14.6	R+33.6	17,616	D+48.6%
Ashe County	D+2.5	R+11.5	R+24.4	10,155	D+29.4%
Rowan County	D+2.4	R+22.2	R+40.6	30,229	D+51.5%
Stanly County	D+2.3	R+10.9	R+36.2	18,187	D+42.6%
Guilford County	D+1.5	R+8.6	R+22.7	92,740	D+41.8%
Mecklenburg County	D+1.2	R+1.0	R+25.6	125,399	D+39.9%
Forsyth County	D+0.9	R+4.2	R+23.3	78,808	D+38.0%
Wake County	R+0.3	R+0.7	R+23.5	88,775	D+41.8%
Watauga County	R+0.4	R+9.4	R+28.9	10,817	D+26.4%
Lenoir County	R+0.4	R+12.9	R+21.7	15,474	D+48.9%
Moore County	R+1.4	R+11.0	R+35.0	15,020	D+42.1%
Cabarrus County	R+1.6	R+21.0	R+45.2	24,630	D+52.6%
Wayne County	R+1.8	R+14.3	R+28.4	18,993	D+44.2%
Davidson County	R+2.6	R+21.5	R+45.2	36,855	D+49.1%
Catawba County	R+5.1	R+23.8	R+45.7	35,708	D+45.4%
Randolph County	R+6.0	R+31.8	R+54.8	27,197	D+48.4%
Wilkes County	R+7.2	R+27.2	R+46.2	22,024	D+39.8%
Davie County	R+13.4	R+30.5	R+47.6	8,462	D+41.0%
Yadkin County	R+13.6	R+31.8	R+48.9	10,468	D+47.1%
Henderson County	R+14.0	R+27.0	R+45.5	19,147	D+48.4%
Avery County	R+24.4	R+37.7	R+60.2	4,992	D+44.6%
Mitchell County	R+29.4	R+40.8	R+57.2	5,780	D+38.3%

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