In the last two presidential elections, Illinois had voted Republican. In 1972, the state had, like the rest of the nation outside Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, voted strongly for Richard Nixon who carried every county except college-dominated Jackson, although Democrat George McGovern ran 3% above his national vote percentage in the state. This is the last time Illinois voted for a losing Republican.
By the second week of September polls were showing Carter ahead of incumbent President Gerald Ford by 14%, but running much weaker in the emerging “Rust Belt” industrial states[1] – his lead in Illinois would be estimated at four percentage points.[2] A few days later another poll had Ford already ahead in the “Land of Lincoln”,[3] but another poll had the incumbent President narrowly behind.[4]
Defeated Republican primary candidate and future President Ronald Reagan helped Ford in his fall campaign in Illinois,[5] although Carter preceded him in visiting the state – doing so for the first time on September 24.[6] Ford’s running mate Bob Dole followed Carter to the state and said that Carter had “3 positions on every issue” during a tour through Rock Island, Quincy and Decatur. At this time it was also thought that Ford was helped by the strong GOP gubernatorial campaign of James R. Thompson.[7]
At the beginning of October, Illinois was viewed as “too close to call”,[8] before Carter paid a second visit to the state – with the support of Chicago MayorRichard Daley viewed essential to his chances of carrying the state’s electoral votes due to the coolness of the northern and central parts of the state toward a Southern Evangelical Democrat.[9] Carter would subsequently move ahead, but the state remained very close as election day neared, with South Side black voters considered a critical aspect of Carter’s hopes.[10]
Gerald Ford won Illinois with 50.10 percent of the vote,[11] but lost the general election to Jimmy Carter of Georgia. Illinois’ result was 4% more Republican than the nation at large.
Ford’s win was due to his large majorities in the traditionally Republican collar counties, chiefly DuPage, which he won by a margin ten thousand votes greater than his statewide total margin. Carter did well in Cook County and DixieSouthern Illinois, but his majorities there were much smaller than New Deal era Democrats had won. This is the last election where a Democrat won the White House without carrying Illinois (one of only three such elections, the others being 1884 and 1916), and also the most recent presidential election when Illinois would vote more Republican than the nation. The state would not vote for a losing candidate again until 2000, and for the loser of the popular vote until 2004.
Turnout in the primary election was 36.29%, with a total of 2,087,807 votes cast.[12]
Turnout in the general election was 75.47%, with a total of 4,719,304 votes cast.[12] State-run primaries were held for the Democratic and Republican parties on March 16.[12]
The popular vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates, who had either pledged to support a candidate or been uncommitted.[12]
The popular vote of the "beauty contest" saw a plurality won by Jimmy Carter.
While he was not a candidate for the popular vote, in the vote for delegates, a plurality of the state's delegates were awarded to favorite son Adlai Stevenson III, with Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter placing second.[13] Stevenson was used as a stand-in by Richard M. Daley to get otherwise uncommitted delegates elected.[citation needed]
The popular vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates, who had either pledged to support a candidate or been uncommitted.[12]
^Harris, Louis. ‘Carter leads Ford, 53—39: Harris Survey’; The Boston Globe, September 9, 1976, p. 23
^Broder, David; ‘Carter still for firing FBI chief’; The Boston Globe, September 10, 1976, p. 13
^‘Ford buoyed by new polls in Michigan, Kansas’; The Boston Globe, September 13, 1976, p. 8
^Cannon, Lou; ‘Ford's Campaign Strategy: Stress Consistency, Record’; The Washington Post, September 15, 1976, p. A4
^‘Lydon, Christopher; Reagan Is Too Busy to Aid Ford in 5 States’; The New York Times, September 20, 1976, p. 22
^Wicker, Tom; ‘Carter in Illinois’; The New York Times, September 24, 1976, p. 25
^Kneeland, Douglas E.; ‘Dole Is Stepping Up Attacks on Carter: Kansas Senator, Stumping in Ohio and Illinois, Says Democrat Has 3 Positions on Every Issue’; New York Times, September 29, 1976, p. 22
^Apple, R.W.; ‘Poll Shows Carter Is Ahead in States Needed for Victory’; The New York Times, October 3, 1976, p. 1
^Evans, Rowland and Novak, Robert; ‘Carter’s Illinois Strategy’; The Washington Post, October 8, 1976, p. A25
^Kaiser, Robert; ‘Black Vote Could Carry Carter to Victory’; The Boston Globe, October 28, 1976, p. 2
^"1976 Presidential General Election Results – Illinois". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
^ abcdefghi(PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^Kraft, Joseph; ‘Can Carter Unify the Democrats’; The Boston Globe, June 11, 1976, p. 15
^ ab"Late Vote Totals In Illinois Races". The New York Times. 18 March 1976. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ ab"Ford and Carter Amass Delegates in Illinois Races – Georgian Shows Surprising Strength in the Tabulation, Though Stevenson Leads – New Momentum Seen – Reagan, Resisting, Pressed Again to Quit as Gesture Toward Party Unity Ford and Carter Amassing Delegates". The New York Times. 18 March 1976. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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Main article 1976 United States presidential election The 1976 United States presidential election in Illinois was held on November 2 1976 All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election State voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1976 United States presidential election in Illinois 1972 November 2 1976 1980 Turnout75 47 Nominee Gerald Ford Jimmy CarterParty Republican DemocraticHome state Michigan GeorgiaRunning mate Bob Dole Walter MondaleElectoral vote 26 0Popular vote 2 364 269 2 271 295Percentage 50 10 48 13 County Results Ford 40 50 50 60 60 70 Carter 40 50 50 60 60 70 President before electionGerald FordRepublican Elected President Jimmy CarterDemocraticIn the last two presidential elections Illinois had voted Republican In 1972 the state had like the rest of the nation outside Massachusetts and the District of Columbia voted strongly for Richard Nixon who carried every county except college dominated Jackson although Democrat George McGovern ran 3 above his national vote percentage in the state This is the last time Illinois voted for a losing Republican By the second week of September polls were showing Carter ahead of incumbent President Gerald Ford by 14 but running much weaker in the emerging Rust Belt industrial states 1 his lead in Illinois would be estimated at four percentage points 2 A few days later another poll had Ford already ahead in the Land of Lincoln 3 but another poll had the incumbent President narrowly behind 4 Defeated Republican primary candidate and future President Ronald Reagan helped Ford in his fall campaign in Illinois 5 although Carter preceded him in visiting the state doing so for the first time on September 24 6 Ford s running mate Bob Dole followed Carter to the state and said that Carter had 3 positions on every issue during a tour through Rock Island Quincy and Decatur At this time it was also thought that Ford was helped by the strong GOP gubernatorial campaign of James R Thompson 7 At the beginning of October Illinois was viewed as too close to call 8 before Carter paid a second visit to the state with the support of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley viewed essential to his chances of carrying the state s electoral votes due to the coolness of the northern and central parts of the state toward a Southern Evangelical Democrat 9 Carter would subsequently move ahead but the state remained very close as election day neared with South Side black voters considered a critical aspect of Carter s hopes 10 Gerald Ford won Illinois with 50 10 percent of the vote 11 but lost the general election to Jimmy Carter of Georgia Illinois result was 4 more Republican than the nation at large Ford s win was due to his large majorities in the traditionally Republican collar counties chiefly DuPage which he won by a margin ten thousand votes greater than his statewide total margin Carter did well in Cook County and Dixie Southern Illinois but his majorities there were much smaller than New Deal era Democrats had won This is the last election where a Democrat won the White House without carrying Illinois one of only three such elections the others being 1884 and 1916 and also the most recent presidential election when Illinois would vote more Republican than the nation The state would not vote for a losing candidate again until 2000 and for the loser of the popular vote until 2004 Contents 1 Primaries 1 1 Turnout 1 2 Democratic 1 3 Republican 2 Results 2 1 Results by county 3 See also 4 ReferencesPrimaries EditThe primaries and general elections coincided with those for congress and those for state offices 12 Turnout Edit Turnout in the primary election was 36 29 with a total of 2 087 807 votes cast 12 Turnout in the general election was 75 47 with a total of 4 719 304 votes cast 12 State run primaries were held for the Democratic and Republican parties on March 16 12 Democratic Edit 1976 Illinois Democratic presidential primary 1972 March 16 1976 1976 03 16 1980 169 Democratic National Convention delegates Candidate Jimmy Carter George Wallace Sargent ShriverHome state Georgia Alabama MarylandDelegate count 53 3 0Popular vote 630 915 361 798 214 024Percentage 48 09 27 58 16 31 Candidate Fred R Harris Adlai Stevenson III Hubert HumphreyHome state Oklahoma Illinois MinnesotaDelegate count 0 85 6Popular vote 98 862 N A N APercentage 7 54 N A N A Candidate Dan WalkerHome state IllinoisDelegate count 4Popular vote N APercentage N AThe 1976 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 16 1976 in the U S state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party s statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1976 presidential election The popular vote was a beauty contest Delegates were instead selected by direct vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates who had either pledged to support a candidate or been uncommitted 12 The popular vote of the beauty contest saw a plurality won by Jimmy Carter While he was not a candidate for the popular vote in the vote for delegates a plurality of the state s delegates were awarded to favorite son Adlai Stevenson III with Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter placing second 13 Stevenson was used as a stand in by Richard M Daley to get otherwise uncommitted delegates elected citation needed 1976 Democratic presidential primary 12 14 15 Candidate Votes DelegatesJimmy Carter 630 915 48 09 53George C Wallace 361 798 27 58 3Sargent Shriver 214 024 16 31 0Fred R Harris 98 862 7 54 0Write ins 6 315 0 48 0Adlai Stevenson III 85Hubert Humphrey 6Dan Walker 4Uncommitted 18Totals 1 311 914 100 169 Republican Edit 1976 Illinois Republican presidential primary 1972 March 16 1976 1976 03 16 1980 Candidate Gerald Ford Ronald ReaganHome state Michigan CaliforniaDelegate count 70 13Popular vote 456 750 311 295Percentage 58 87 40 12 The 1976 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 16 1976 in the U S state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party s statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1976 presidential election The popular vote was a beauty contest Delegates were instead selected by direct vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates who had either pledged to support a candidate or been uncommitted 12 1976 Republican presidential primary 12 14 15 Candidate Votes DelegatesGerald R Ford 456 750 58 87 70Ronald Reagan 311 295 40 12 13Lar America First Daly 7 582 0 98 0Write ins 266 0 03 0Uncommitted 13Totals 775 893 100 96Results EditPresidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote EV Popular Vote PV 12 Gerald Ford Robert Dole Republican 26 2 364 269 50 10 Jimmy Carter Walter Mondale Democratic 0 2 271 295 48 13 Eugene McCarthy John Clay Independent 0 55 939 1 19 Gus Hall Jarvis Tyner Communist 0 9 250 0 20 Roger MacBride David Bergland Libertarian 0 8 057 0 17 Peter Camejo Willie Mae Reid Socialist Workers 0 3 615 0 08 Julius Levin Constance Blomen Socialist Labor 0 2 422 0 05 Lyndon LaRouche R Wayne Evans U S Labor 0 2 018 0 04 Ronald Reagan write in 0 504 0 01 Tom Anderson write in American Party 0 387 0 01 Rufus Shackelford write in 0 67 0 00 Other write ins 0 1 481 0 03 Total 26 4 719 304 100 Results by county Edit County Gerald Rudolph FordRepublican James Earl CarterDemocratic Eugene Joseph McCarthy 16 Independent Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast Adams 18 189 59 67 11 926 39 12 274 0 90 96 0 31 6 263 20 54 30 485Alexander 2 349 41 52 3 246 57 37 22 0 39 41 0 72 897 15 85 5 658Bond 3 716 49 69 3 682 49 24 63 0 84 17 0 23 34 0 45 7 478Boone 6 470 58 38 4 458 40 23 127 1 15 27 0 24 2 012 18 16 11 082Brown 1 519 48 95 1 533 49 40 13 0 42 38 1 22 14 0 45 3 103Bureau 10 854 58 20 7 566 40 57 170 0 91 58 0 31 3 288 17 63 18 648Calhoun 1 364 46 35 1 549 52 63 28 0 95 2 0 07 185 6 29 2 943Carroll 5 059 59 34 3 372 39 55 73 0 86 22 0 26 1 687 19 79 8 526Cass 3 524 49 33 3 589 50 24 25 0 35 6 0 08 65 0 91 7 144Champaign 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044 1 07 1 208 1 24 10 337 10 61 97 387Woodford 8 899 64 00 4 819 34 66 105 0 76 81 0 58 4 080 29 34 13 904Totals 2 364 269 50 10 2 271 295 48 13 55 939 1 19 27 330 0 58 92 974 1 97 4 718 833See also EditUnited States presidential elections in IllinoisReferences Edit Harris Louis Carter leads Ford 53 39 Harris Survey The Boston Globe September 9 1976 p 23 Broder David Carter still for firing FBI chief The Boston Globe September 10 1976 p 13 Ford buoyed by new polls in Michigan Kansas The Boston Globe September 13 1976 p 8 Cannon Lou Ford s Campaign Strategy Stress Consistency Record The Washington Post September 15 1976 p A4 Lydon Christopher Reagan Is Too Busy to Aid Ford in 5 States The New York Times September 20 1976 p 22 Wicker Tom Carter in Illinois The New York Times September 24 1976 p 25 Kneeland Douglas E Dole Is Stepping Up Attacks on Carter Kansas Senator Stumping in Ohio and Illinois Says Democrat Has 3 Positions on Every Issue New York Times September 29 1976 p 22 Apple R W Poll Shows Carter Is Ahead in States Needed for Victory The New York Times October 3 1976 p 1 Evans Rowland and Novak Robert Carter s Illinois Strategy The Washington Post October 8 1976 p A25 Kaiser Robert Black Vote Could Carry Carter to Victory The Boston Globe October 28 1976 p 2 1976 Presidential General Election Results Illinois Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved 2019 06 04 a b c d e f g h i OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 2 1976 JUDICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY MARCH 16 1976 PDF Illinois State Board of Elections Archived from the original PDF on July 14 2021 Retrieved 26 June 2020 Kraft Joseph Can Carter Unify the Democrats The Boston Globe June 11 1976 p 15 a b Late Vote Totals In Illinois Races The New York Times 18 March 1976 Retrieved 2 April 2018 a b Ford and Carter Amass Delegates in Illinois Races Georgian Shows Surprising Strength in the Tabulation Though Stevenson Leads New Momentum Seen Reagan Resisting Pressed Again to Quit as Gesture Toward Party Unity Ford and Carter Amassing Delegates The New York Times 18 March 1976 Retrieved 2 April 2018 Our Campaigns IL US President 1976 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1976 United States presidential election in Illinois amp oldid 1135081489, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
