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1976 United States presidential election in West Virginia
← 1972 November 2, 1976 1980 →
 
Nominee Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Walter Mondale Bob Dole
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 435,914 314,760
Percentage 58.07% 41.93%
County Results

Carter

  50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

Ford

  50–60%   60–70%

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The 1976 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 2, 1976, in West Virginia as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. The two major party candidates, Republican Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter were the only candidates to appear on the state's ballot.

Carter won the state of West Virginia with 58.07 percent of the vote, carrying the state's 6 electoral votes. He had a 16.14 point margin over the incumbent President Ford. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Putnam County, Mineral County, and Hampshire County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.

Results

1976 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jimmy Carter 435,914 58.07%
Republican Gerald Ford (inc.) 314,760 41.93%
Total votes 750,674 100.00%

Results by county

County Jimmy Carter
Democratic 		Gerald Ford
Republican 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Barbour 3,647 52.99% 3,235 47.01% 412 5.98% 6,882
Berkeley 8,216 47.90% 8,935 52.10% -719 -4.20% 17,151
Boone 8,528 73.52% 3,072 26.48% 5,456 47.04% 11,600
Braxton 4,012 67.71% 1,913 32.29% 2,099 35.42% 5,925
Brooke 8,197 63.11% 4,792 36.89% 3,405 26.22% 12,989
Cabell 20,811 51.44% 19,644 48.56% 1,167 2.88% 40,455
Calhoun 2,173 62.88% 1,283 37.12% 890 25.76% 3,456
Clay 2,662 67.49% 1,282 32.51% 1,380 34.98% 3,944
Doddridge 1,245 40.83% 1,804 59.17% -559 -18.34% 3,049
Fayette 15,496 73.95% 5,459 26.05% 10,037 47.90% 20,955
Gilmer 2,245 62.09% 1,371 37.91% 874 24.18% 3,616
Grant 1,323 30.77% 2,976 69.23% -1,653 -38.46% 4,299
Greenbrier 8,291 58.58% 5,862 41.42% 2,429 17.16% 14,153
Hampshire 3,104 59.68% 2,097 40.32% 1,007 19.36% 5,201
Hancock 10,627 61.08% 6,771 38.92% 3,856 22.16% 17,398
Hardy 2,993 61.70% 1,858 38.30% 1,135 23.40% 4,851
Harrison 21,467 58.59% 15,172 41.41% 6,295 17.18% 36,639
Jackson 5,334 49.88% 5,360 50.12% -26 -0.24% 10,694
Jefferson 5,166 57.21% 3,864 42.79% 1,302 14.42% 9,030
Kanawha 53,602 55.94% 42,213 44.06% 11,389 11.88% 95,815
Lewis 3,960 51.46% 3,736 48.54% 224 2.92% 7,696
Lincoln 5,260 63.70% 2,997 36.30% 2,263 27.40% 8,257
Logan 13,122 76.54% 4,021 23.46% 9,101 53.08% 17,143
Marion 17,800 63.14% 10,391 36.86% 7,409 26.28% 28,191
Marshall 8,641 56.31% 6,705 43.69% 1,936 12.62% 15,346
Mason 6,769 56.53% 5,205 43.47% 1,564 13.06% 11,974
McDowell 10,557 71.99% 4,107 28.01% 6,450 43.98% 14,664
Mercer 14,761 57.77% 10,791 42.23% 3,970 15.54% 25,552
Mineral 5,898 53.48% 5,130 46.52% 768 6.96% 11,028
Mingo 8,655 74.20% 3,010 25.80% 5,645 48.40% 11,665
Monongalia 16,163 57.75% 11,827 42.25% 4,336 15.50% 27,990
Monroe 3,297 54.52% 2,750 45.48% 547 9.04% 6,047
Morgan 1,929 44.88% 2,369 55.12% -440 -10.24% 4,298
Nicholas 6,235 64.30% 3,462 35.70% 2,773 28.60% 9,697
Ohio 11,817 48.64% 12,476 51.36% -659 -2.72% 24,293
Pendleton 2,104 57.52% 1,554 42.48% 550 15.04% 3,658
Pleasants 1,699 51.38% 1,608 48.62% 91 2.76% 3,307
Pocahontas 2,330 57.25% 1,740 42.75% 590 14.50% 4,070
Preston 5,595 49.45% 5,719 50.55% -124 -1.10% 11,314
Putnam 8,226 56.50% 6,334 43.50% 1,892 13.00% 14,560
Raleigh 19,768 65.02% 10,637 34.98% 9,131 30.04% 30,405
Randolph 7,265 60.11% 4,822 39.89% 2,443 20.22% 12,087
Ritchie 1,941 40.31% 2,874 59.69% -933 -19.38% 4,815
Roane 3,519 52.25% 3,216 47.75% 303 4.50% 6,735
Summers 3,943 63.63% 2,254 36.37% 1,689 27.26% 6,197
Taylor 3,905 57.46% 2,891 42.54% 1,014 14.92% 6,796
Tucker 2,323 62.46% 1,396 37.54% 927 24.92% 3,719
Tyler 1,817 41.95% 2,514 58.05% -697 -16.10% 4,331
Upshur 3,513 42.32% 4,789 57.68% -1,276 -15.36% 8,302
Wayne 9,958 62.37% 6,009 37.63% 3,949 24.74% 15,967
Webster 2,931 75.12% 971 24.88% 1,960 50.24% 3,902
Wetzel 5,042 57.07% 3,793 42.93% 1,249 14.14% 8,835
Wirt 1,182 53.41% 1,031 46.59% 151 6.82% 2,213
Wood 17,075 48.16% 18,382 51.84% -1,307 -3.69% 35,457
Wyoming 7,775 64.46% 4,286 35.54% 3,489 28.92% 12,061
Totals 435,914 58.07% 314,760 41.93% 121,154 16.14% 750,674

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

  1. "1976 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia". Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. p. 337. ISBN 0786422173.
  3. "1976 General Election — Official Election Returns" (PDF). West Virginia Secretary of State. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
State and district results of the 1976 United States presidential election
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