1976 United States presidential election in Delaware
County Results
State House Results
Carter
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Ford
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
The 1976 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election . State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Delaware was won by Jimmy Carter (D –Georgia ), with 51.98% of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (R –Michigan ), who finished with 46.57% of the popular vote. Eugene McCarthy (Independent –Minnesota ) finished third in Delaware with 1.03% of the statewide popular vote.
This was the last time that a Marxist political party appeared on the presidential ballot in Delaware until the 2008 election when the Socialist Workers Party appeared on the ballot.[ 1] Had Ford won Ohio and Delaware, the election would have been a 269–269 tie.
Results
Results by county
County
Jimmy Carter Democratic
Gerald Ford Republican
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Kent
16,523
56.15%
12,604
42.83%
301
1.02%
3,919
13.32%
29,428
New Castle
87,521
51.38%
80,074
47.01%
2,743
1.61%
7,447
4.37%
170,338
Sussex
18,552
51.44%
17,153
47.56%
363
1.00%
1,399
3.88%
36,068
Totals
122,596
51.98%
109,831
46.57%
3,407
1.45%
12,765
5.41%
235,834
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
See also
References