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1976 United States presidential election in Tennessee
The 1976 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held on November 2, 1976. The Democratic Party candidate, former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter won the state of Tennessee with 56% of the vote against Republican Party candidate, President Gerald Ford,[1] carrying the state’s 10 electoral votes. This was the last time a Democratic presidential candidate won more than 50% of the vote in Tennessee or carried the state by a double-digit margin.
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County Results
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This is also the last election in which Williamson County, Sullivan County, Madison County, Hamblen County, Cumberland County, McMinn County, Loudon County, Monroe County, Rhea County, and Chester County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[2]
Background Edit
From 1966 to 1972, the Republicans won Tennessee in the presidential elections, both of the state's seats in the United States Senate, the governorship, and increased its membership in the U.S. House to four of the state's nine seats. However, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ray Blanton won in the 1974 election.[3]
Campaign Edit
Carter won Tennessee and the Democratic nominee won in the concurrent senatorial election.[4] 51% of white voters supported Carter while 48% supported Ford.[5][6]
Results Edit
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Running mate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
| Jimmy Carter | Democratic | Georgia | 825,879 | 55.94% | 10 | Walter Mondale | Minnesota | 10 |
| Gerald Ford | Republican | Michigan | 633,969 | 42.94% | 0 | Bob Dole | Kansas | 0 |
| Thomas J. Anderson | Independent | Tennessee | 5,769 | 0.39% | 0 | Rufus Shackelford | Florida | 0 |
| Eugene McCarthy | Independent | Minnesota | 5,004 | 0.34% | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Lester Maddox | Independent | Georgia | 2,303 | 0.16% | 0 | William Dyke | Wisconsin | 0 |
| Roger MacBride | Independent | Virginia | 1,375 | 0.09% | 0 | David Bergland | California | 0 |
| Gus Hall | Independent | New York | 547 | 0.04% | 0 | Jarvis Tyner | New York | 0 |
| Lyndon LaRouche | Independent | New York | 512 | 0.03% | 0 | R. Wayne Evans | Michigan | 0 |
| Benjamin Bubar | Independent | Maine | 442 | 0.03% | 0 | Earl Dodge | Colorado | 0 |
| Ernest Miller | Independent | — | 316 | 0.02% | 0 | Roy Eddy | — | 0 |
| Write-ins | — | — | 230 | 0.02% | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Total | 1,476,346 | 100% | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Needed to win | 270 | 270 | ||||||
Results by county Edit
| County | James Earl Carter[7] Democratic | Gerald Rudolph Ford[7] Republican | Thomas Jefferson Anderson[7] Independent | Eugene Joseph McCarthy[7] Independent | Various candidates[7] Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 13,455 | 55.50% | 10,494 | 43.29% | 60 | 0.25% | 150 | 0.62% | 83 | 0.34% | 2,961 | 12.21% | 24,242 |
| Bedford | 7,228 | 69.79% | 3,023 | 29.19% | 41 | 0.40% | 26 | 0.25% | 39 | 0.38% | 4,205 | 40.60% | 10,357 |
| Benton | 4,088 | 70.41% | 1,678 | 28.90% | 21 | 0.36% | 9 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.17% | 2,410 | 41.51% | 5,806 |
| Bledsoe | 1,757 | 51.66% | 1,620 | 47.63% | 9 | 0.26% | 7 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.24% | 137 | 4.03% | 3,401 |
| Blount | 12,096 | 46.10% | 13,851 | 52.79% | 71 | 0.27% | 92 | 0.35% | 130 | 0.50% | -1,755 | -6.69% | 26,240 |
| Bradley | 8,776 | 48.62% | 9,136 | 50.61% | 28 | 0.16% | 42 | 0.23% | 69 | 0.38% | -360 | -1.99% | 18,051 |
| Campbell | 5,206 | 54.47% | 4,277 | 44.75% | 29 | 0.30% | 15 | 0.16% | 30 | 0.31% | 929 | 9.72% | 9,557 |
| Cannon | 2,463 | 72.46% | 908 | 26.71% | 15 | 0.44% | 5 | 0.15% | 8 | 0.24% | 1,555 | 45.75% | 3,399 |
| Carroll | 5,581 | 57.41% | 4,031 | 41.47% | 48 | 0.49% | 19 | 0.20% | 42 | 0.43% | 1,550 | 15.94% | 9,721 |
| Carter | 7,443 | 45.08% | 8,934 | 54.11% | 27 | 0.16% | 58 | 0.35% | 48 | 0.29% | -1,491 | -9.03% | 16,510 |
| Cheatham | 4,225 | 74.59% | 1,376 | 24.29% | 30 | 0.53% | 10 | 0.18% | 23 | 0.41% | 2,849 | 50.30% | 5,664 |
| Chester | 2,532 | 56.05% | 1,949 | 43.15% | 14 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.04% | 20 | 0.44% | 583 | 12.91% | 4,517 |
| Claiborne | 3,461 | 51.33% | 3,227 | 47.86% | 19 | 0.28% | 15 | 0.22% | 21 | 0.31% | 234 | 3.47% | 6,743 |
| Clay | 1,671 | 62.40% | 982 | 36.67% | 14 | 0.52% | 5 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.22% | 689 | 25.73% | 2,678 |
| Cocke | 3,141 | 38.22% | 5,004 | 60.88% | 22 | 0.27% | 22 | 0.27% | 30 | 0.37% | -1,863 | -22.67% | 8,219 |
| Coffee | 8,017 | 66.78% | 3,848 | 32.05% | 48 | 0.40% | 55 | 0.46% | 37 | 0.31% | 4,169 | 34.73% | 12,005 |
| Crockett | 2,963 | 63.08% | 1,694 | 36.07% | 15 | 0.32% | 8 | 0.17% | 17 | 0.36% | 1,269 | 27.02% | 4,697 |
| Cumberland | 4,543 | 51.84% | 4,119 | 47.00% | 42 | 0.48% | 22 | 0.25% | 37 | 0.42% | 424 | 4.84% | 8,763 |
| Davidson | 99,007 | 61.27% | 60,662 | 37.54% | 529 | 0.33% | 785 | 0.49% | 615 | 0.38% | 38,345 | 23.73% | 161,598 |
| DeKalb | 2,432 | 59.09% | 1,637 | 39.77% | 15 | 0.36% | 12 | 0.29% | 20 | 0.49% | 795 | 19.31% | 4,116 |
| Decatur | 3,222 | 68.52% | 1,443 | 30.69% | 9 | 0.19% | 14 | 0.30% | 14 | 0.30% | 1,779 | 37.83% | 4,702 |
| Dickson | 6,551 | 73.43% | 2,285 | 25.61% | 32 | 0.36% | 15 | 0.17% | 39 | 0.44% | 4,266 | 47.81% | 8,922 |
| Dyer | 5,937 | 56.66% | 4,391 | 41.91% | 56 | 0.53% | 15 | 0.14% | 79 | 0.75% | 1,546 | 14.75% | 10,478 |
| Fayette | 3,853 | 63.79% | 2,133 | 35.31% | 19 | 0.31% | 11 | 0.18% | 24 | 0.40% | 1,720 | 28.48% | 6,040 |
| Fentress | 1,953 | 51.97% | 1,767 | 47.02% | 11 | 0.29% | 12 | 0.32% | 15 | 0.40% | 186 | 4.95% | 3,758 |
| Franklin | 6,788 | 71.27% | 2,619 | 27.50% | 27 | 0.28% | 37 | 0.39% | 53 | 0.56% | 4,169 | 43.77% | 9,524 |
| Gibson | 10,356 | 64.60% | 5,563 | 34.70% | 42 | 0.26% | 30 | 0.19% | 40 | 0.25% | 4,793 | 29.90% | 16,031 |
| Giles | 5,225 | 72.09% | 1,952 | 26.93% | 22 | 0.30% | 25 | 0.34% | 24 | 0.33% | 3,273 | 45.16% | 7,248 |
| Grainger | 2,018 | 41.50% | 2,805 | 57.68% | 12 | 0.25% | 10 | 0.21% | 18 | 0.37% | -787 | -16.18% | 4,863 |
| Greene | 7,070 | 44.52% | 8,664 | 54.56% | 53 | 0.33% | 50 | 0.31% | 43 | 0.27% | -1,594 | -10.04% | 15,880 |
| Grundy | 2,850 | 76.59% | 850 | 22.84% | 12 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.19% | 2,000 | 53.75% | 3,721 |
| Hamblen | 7,504 | 51.30% | 6,989 | 47.78% | 49 | 0.33% | 35 | 0.24% | 51 | 0.35% | 515 | 3.52% | 14,628 |
| Hamilton | 45,348 | 48.03% | 47,969 | 50.80% | 306 | 0.32% | 304 | 0.32% | 494 | 0.52% | -2,621 | -2.78% | 94,421 |
| Hancock | 764 | 36.56% | 1,309 | 62.63% | 7 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.05% | 9 | 0.43% | -545 | -26.08% | 2,090 |
| Hardeman | 3,934 | 62.74% | 2,254 | 35.95% | 25 | 0.40% | 13 | 0.21% | 44 | 0.70% | 1,680 | 26.79% | 6,270 |
| Hardin | 3,438 | 50.18% | 3,362 | 49.07% | 9 | 0.13% | 13 | 0.19% | 30 | 0.44% | 76 | 1.11% | 6,852 |
| Hawkins | 5,931 | 47.78% | 6,407 | 51.62% | 24 | 0.19% | 15 | 0.12% | 35 | 0.28% | -476 | -3.83% | 12,412 |
| Haywood | 3,681 | 65.02% | 1,952 | 34.48% | 13 | 0.23% | 5 | 0.09% | 10 | 0.18% | 1,729 | 30.54% | 5,661 |
| Henderson | 3,366 | 44.37% | 4,152 | 54.73% | 20 | 0.26% | 13 | 0.17% | 35 | 0.46% | -786 | -10.36% | 7,586 |
| Henry | 7,162 | 72.48% | 2,585 | 26.16% | 87 | 0.88% | 17 | 0.17% | 30 | 0.30% | 4,577 | 46.32% | 9,881 |
| Hickman | 3,590 | 74.99% | 1,154 | 24.11% | 28 | 0.58% | 8 | 0.17% | 7 | 0.15% | 2,436 | 50.89% | 4,787 |
| Houston | 1,990 | 81.99% | 407 | 16.77% | 10 | 0.41% | 8 | 0.33% | 12 | 0.49% | 1,583 | 65.22% | 2,427 |
| Humphreys | 4,021 | 74.28% | 1,338 | 24.72% | 25 | 0.46% | 16 | 0.30% | 13 | 0.24% | 2,683 | 49.57% | 5,413 |
| Jackson | 2,959 | 82.91% | 591 | 16.56% | 4 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.17% | 2,368 | 66.35% | 3,569 |
| Jefferson | 3,995 | 41.89% | 5,459 | 57.23% | 26 | 0.27% | 26 | 0.27% | 32 | 0.34% | -1,464 | -15.35% | 9,538 |
| Johnson | 1,464 | 32.69% | 2,986 | 66.68% | 11 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.13% | 11 | 0.25% | -1,522 | -33.99% | 4,478 |
| Knox | 53,034 | 48.03% | 56,013 | 50.73% | 367 | 0.33% | 600 | 0.54% | 395 | 0.36% | -2,979 | -2.70% | 110,409 |
| Lake | 1,933 | 75.83% | 591 | 23.19% | 6 | 0.24% | 4 | 0.16% | 15 | 0.59% | 1,342 | 52.65% | 2,549 |
| Lauderdale | 4,747 | 69.03% | 2,105 | 30.61% | 15 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.09% | 2,642 | 38.42% | 6,877 |
| Lawrence | 7,140 | 58.57% | 4,967 | 40.75% | 33 | 0.27% | 24 | 0.20% | 26 | 0.21% | 2,173 | 17.83% | 12,190 |
| Lewis | 2,391 | 78.75% | 617 | 20.32% | 11 | 0.36% | 8 | 0.26% | 9 | 0.30% | 1,774 | 58.43% | 3,036 |
| Lincoln | 5,732 | 76.24% | 1,724 | 22.93% | 31 | 0.41% | 14 | 0.19% | 17 | 0.23% | 4,008 | 53.31% | 7,518 |
| Loudon | 4,683 | 50.72% | 4,458 | 48.28% | 36 | 0.39% | 16 | 0.17% | 40 | 0.43% | 225 | 2.44% | 9,233 |
| Macon | 1,951 | 48.16% | 2,063 | 50.93% | 21 | 0.52% | 9 | 0.22% | 7 | 0.17% | -112 | -2.76% | 4,051 |
| Madison | 12,989 | 52.67% | 11,364 | 46.08% | 119 | 0.48% | 64 | 0.26% | 123 | 0.50% | 1,625 | 6.59% | 24,659 |
| Marion | 4,615 | 60.39% | 2,965 | 38.80% | 16 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.10% | 38 | 0.50% | 1,650 | 21.59% | 7,642 |
| Marshall | 4,457 | 71.78% | 1,674 | 26.96% | 53 | 0.85% | 9 | 0.14% | 16 | 0.26% | 2,783 | 44.82% | 6,209 |
| Maury | 8,747 | 61.32% | 5,327 | 37.34% | 91 | 0.64% | 41 | 0.29% | 59 | 0.41% | 3,420 | 23.97% | 14,265 |
| McMinn | 7,020 | 51.12% | 6,638 | 48.34% | 17 | 0.12% | 21 | 0.15% | 36 | 0.26% | 382 | 2.78% | 13,732 |
| McNairy | 4,293 | 55.49% | 3,388 | 43.80% | 17 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.08% | 32 | 0.41% | 905 | 11.70% | 7,736 |
| Meigs | 1,254 | 55.93% | 975 | 43.49% | 1 | 0.04% | 6 | 0.27% | 6 | 0.27% | 279 | 12.44% | 2,242 |
| Monroe | 5,368 | 49.91% | 5,335 | 49.60% | 14 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.09% | 29 | 0.27% | 33 | 0.31% | 10,756 |
| Montgomery | 12,310 | 66.73% | 5,923 | 32.11% | 66 | 0.36% | 70 | 0.38% | 79 | 0.43% | 6,387 | 34.62% | 18,448 |
| Moore | 1,101 | 76.04% | 331 | 22.86% | 7 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.48% | 770 | 53.18% | 1,448 |
| Morgan | 2,953 | 59.79% | 1,949 | 39.46% | 15 | 0.30% | 11 | 0.22% | 11 | 0.22% | 1,004 | 20.33% | 4,939 |
| Obion | 7,204 | 69.81% | 2,986 | 28.93% | 67 | 0.65% | 19 | 0.18% | 44 | 0.43% | 4,218 | 40.87% | 10,320 |
| Overton | 3,897 | 77.21% | 1,115 | 22.09% | 12 | 0.24% | 2 | 0.04% | 21 | 0.42% | 2,782 | 55.12% | 5,047 |
| Perry | 1,660 | 75.42% | 520 | 23.63% | 6 | 0.27% | 6 | 0.27% | 9 | 0.41% | 1,140 | 51.79% | 2,201 |
| Pickett | 948 | 48.77% | 986 | 50.72% | 2 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.15% | 5 | 0.26% | -38 | -1.95% | 1,944 |
| Polk | 3,284 | 63.71% | 1,835 | 35.60% | 14 | 0.27% | 9 | 0.17% | 13 | 0.25% | 1,449 | 28.11% | 5,155 |
| Putnam | 8,485 | 66.77% | 4,079 | 32.10% | 34 | 0.27% | 60 | 0.47% | 50 | 0.39% | 4,406 | 34.67% | 12,708 |
| Rhea | 3,735 | 51.58% | 3,449 | 47.63% | 19 | 0.26% | 11 | 0.15% | 27 | 0.37% | 286 | 3.95% | 7,241 |
| Roane | 9,216 | 55.89% | 7,121 | 43.18% | 48 | 0.29% | 51 | 0.31% | 55 | 0.33% | 2,095 | 12.70% | 16,491 |
| Robertson | 7,547 | 74.62% | 2,505 | 24.77% | 36 | 0.36% | 15 | 0.15% | 11 | 0.11% | 5,042 | 49.85% | 10,114 |
| Rutherford | 14,854 | 64.35% | 7,921 | 34.32% | 95 | 0.41% | 107 | 0.46% | 105 | 0.45% | 6,933 | 30.04% | 23,082 |
| Scott | 2,260 | 47.78% | 2,432 | 51.42% | 13 | 0.27% | 14 | 0.30% | 11 | 0.23% | -172 | -3.64% | 4,730 |
| Sequatchie | 1,733 | 60.98% | 1,065 | 37.47% | 22 | 0.77% | 7 | 0.25% | 15 | 0.53% | 668 | 23.50% | 2,842 |
| Sevier | 3,993 | 33.80% | 7,608 | 64.40% | 102 | 0.86% | 49 | 0.41% | 62 | 0.52% | -3,615 | -30.60% | 11,814 |
| Shelby | 147,893 | 52.89% | 128,646 | 46.01% | 652 | 0.23% | 1,086 | 0.39% | 1,324 | 0.47% | 19,247 | 6.88% | 279,601 |
| Smith | 3,753 | 73.07% | 1,332 | 25.93% | 28 | 0.55% | 7 | 0.14% | 16 | 0.31% | 2,421 | 47.14% | 5,136 |
| Stewart | 2,442 | 82.17% | 510 | 17.16% | 4 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.17% | 11 | 0.37% | 1,932 | 65.01% | 2,972 |
| Sullivan | 23,353 | 49.94% | 22,087 | 47.23% | 1,003 | 2.14% | 164 | 0.35% | 155 | 0.33% | 1,266 | 2.71% | 46,762 |
| Sumner | 13,848 | 62.91% | 7,946 | 36.10% | 102 | 0.46% | 61 | 0.28% | 55 | 0.25% | 5,902 | 26.81% | 22,012 |
| Tipton | 5,667 | 62.47% | 3,329 | 36.70% | 31 | 0.34% | 19 | 0.21% | 26 | 0.29% | 2,338 | 25.77% | 9,072 |
| Trousdale | 1,385 | 80.24% | 332 | 19.24% | 3 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.23% | 1,053 | 61.01% | 1,726 |
| Unicoi | 2,526 | 43.69% | 3,211 | 55.53% | 15 | 0.26% | 16 | 0.28% | 14 | 0.24% | -685 | -11.85% | 5,782 |
| Union | 1,631 | 47.18% | 1,801 | 52.10% | 6 | 0.17% | 10 | 0.29% | 9 | 0.26% | -170 | -4.92% | 3,457 |
| Van Buren | 1,085 | 75.24% | 346 | 23.99% | 3 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.42% | 739 | 51.25% | 1,442 |
| Warren | 6,666 | 73.13% | 2,364 | 25.94% | 27 | 0.30% | 22 | 0.24% | 36 | 0.39% | 4,302 | 47.20% | 9,115 |
| Washington | 13,951 | 48.05% | 14,770 | 50.87% | 84 | 0.29% | 114 | 0.39% | 113 | 0.39% | -819 | -2.82% | 29,032 |
| Wayne | 1,891 | 41.92% | 2,597 | 57.57% | 10 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.11% | -706 | -15.65% | 4,511 |
| Weakley | 6,605 | 68.12% | 2,875 | 29.65% | 173 | 1.78% | 23 | 0.24% | 20 | 0.21% | 3,730 | 38.47% | 9,696 |
| White | 3,874 | 72.90% | 1,382 | 26.01% | 31 | 0.58% | 19 | 0.36% | 8 | 0.15% | 2,492 | 46.89% | 5,314 |
| Williamson | 8,183 | 50.31% | 7,880 | 48.44% | 114 | 0.70% | 54 | 0.33% | 35 | 0.22% | 303 | 1.86% | 16,266 |
| Wilson | 10,537 | 68.59% | 4,696 | 30.57% | 52 | 0.34% | 48 | 0.31% | 29 | 0.19% | 5,841 | 38.02% | 15,362 |
| Totals | 825,879 | 55.94% | 633,969 | 42.94% | 5,769 | 0.39% | 5,004 | 0.34% | 5,725 | 0.39% | 191,910 | 13.00% | 1,476,346 |
References Edit
- ^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results - Tennessee". Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 201-202.
- ^ Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 202.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
- ^ a b c d e Our Campaigns; TN US President Race, November 02, 1976
Works cited Edit
- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.
- Moreland, Laurence; Steed, Robert; Baker, Tod, eds. (1991). The 1988 Presidential Election in the South: Continuity Amidst Change in Southern Party Politics. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0275931455.