1976 United States presidential election in Florida

1976 United States presidential election in Florida
Turnout	77%
Carter 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%	Ford 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
President before election; Gerald Ford; Republican	Elected President ; Jimmy Carter; Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 2, 1976. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Florida voters chose seventeen electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Florida was won by Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter by a margin of 5.29%, giving him the state's 17 electoral votes.

As of the 2020 presidential election^[update], this is the last election in which Polk County, Brevard County, Marion County, Bay County, Holmes County, Washington County, DeSoto County, Hardee County, Nassau County, St. Johns County, and Walton County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[1]

The Democratic primary in Florida was held on March 9, 1976.^[2] The Florida primary was the first to be held in the South with Jimmy Carter defeating the two other serious candidates: George Wallace and Henry Jackson; with Carter getting 34% of the vote and Wallace at 31% while Jackson got 24%. Carter winning the primaries is credited with helping him win the rest of the South and eliminating Wallace from the race.^[3] Florida held its Republican primary on March 9 also.^[2] In Florida's Republican primary, Gerald Ford won making it one of the first five held in the primaries and all ^[4]

51% of white voters supported Ford while 47% supported Carter.^[5]^[6]

^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^ ^a ^b Nomination and election of the President and Vice President of the United States : including the manner of selecting delegates to national political conventions / compiled by Thomas M. Durbin, Rita Ann Reimer, Thomas B. Ripy, for the United States Senate Library. U.S. Government Printing Office.
^ Beachler, Donald W. (Spring 1996). "The South and the Democratic Presidential Nomination, 1972–1992". Presidential Studies Quarterly. 26 (2): 402–414. JSTOR 27551587.
^ "1976 Presidential Election The Republican Primaries: January – July 1976". Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.

[How-1] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[:0-2] Nomination and election of the President and Vice President of the United States : including the manner of selecting delegates to national political conventions / compiled by Thomas M. Durbin, Rita Ann Reimer, Thomas B. Ripy, for the United States Senate Library. U.S. Government Printing Office.

[3] Beachler, Donald W. (Spring 1996). "The South and the Democratic Presidential Nomination, 1972–1992". Presidential Studies Quarterly. 26 (2): 402–414. JSTOR 27551587.

[4] "1976 Presidential Election The Republican Primaries: January – July 1976". Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

[FOOTNOTEBlackBlack1992295-5] Black & Black 1992, p. 295.

[FOOTNOTEBlackBlack1992335-6] Black & Black 1992, p. 335.

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