1976 United States presidential election in Maine

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United States presidential election in Maine, 1976

November 2, 1976

Nominee Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Party Republican Democratic Home state Michigan Georgia Running mate Bob Dole Walter Mondale Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 236,320 232,279 Percentage 48.91% 48.07%

County results   Ford—40-50%   Ford—50-60%   Ford—60-70%   Carter—60-70%   Carter—50-60%   Carter—40-50%

President before election Gerald Ford Republican Elected President Jimmy Carter Democratic

The 1976 Presidential Election in Maine took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election, which took place across all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. Voters chose 4 representatives, or electors to the electoral college, to vote for president and vice president.

Maine narrowly voted for incumbent Republican president Gerald R. Ford over his Democratic opponent, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. Ford took 48.91 percent of the vote to Carter’s 48.07 percent, a victory margin of .84%. The anti-war former Democratic senator from Minnesota, Eugene McCarthy, received 2.21 percent of the vote in Maine, which possibly helped Ford carry the state, as he most likely siphoned more votes from Carter than Ford.

Despite his narrow loss nationwide, Ford actually managed to carry four of the six New England states. Carter only won the heavily Democratic states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, which made New England Ford's second strongest region in the nation after the West.

Results

Electoral results

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
			Count	Percentage		Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Gerald Ford	Republican	Michigan	236,320	48.91%	4	Robert Dole	Kansas	4
Jimmy Carter	Democrat	Georgia	232,279	48.07%	0	Walter Mondale	Minnesota	0
Eugene McCarthy	Independent	Minnesota	10,874	2.25%	0	—	—	0
Benjamin Bubar	Prohibition	Maine	3,495	0.72%	0	Earl Dodge	Colorado	0
Write-in candidates	—	—	179	0.04%	0	—	—	0
Thomas J. Anderson	—	Tennessee	27	0.01%	0	Rufus Shackelford	North Carolina	0
Gus Hall	—	New York	14	0.00%	0	Jarvis Tyner	Pennsylvania	0
Roger MacBride	—	Virginia	10	0.00%	0	David Bergland	California	0
Lester Maddox	—	Georgia	8	0.00%	0	William Dyke	Wisconsin	0
Peter Camejo	—	New York	1	0.00%	0	Willie Mae Reid	Illinois	0
Julius Levin	—	New Jersey	1	0.00%	0	Constance Blomen		0
Total			483,208	100%	4			4
Needed to win					270			270

Results by county

	Gerald Rudolph Ford Republican		James Earl Carter Democratic		Other candidates Various parties		Margin		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Androscoggin	16,330	37.40%	26,484	60.65%	851	1.95%	-10,154	-23.25%	43,665
Aroostook	15,550	48.52%	15,484	48.31%	1,017	3.17%	66	0.21%	32,051
Cumberland	48,959	49.64%	47,007	47.66%	2,660	2.70%	1,952	1.98%	98,626
Franklin	5,799	50.94%	5,140	45.15%	445	3.91%	659	5.79%	11,384
Hancock	12,064	61.40%	6,725	34.23%	858	4.37%	5,339	27.17%	19,647
Kennebec	22,534	47.53%	23,473	49.51%	1,400	2.95%	-939	-1.98%	47,407
Knox	8,315	56.24%	5,922	40.05%	549	3.71%	2,393	16.18%	14,786
Lincoln	7,554	59.03%	4,818	37.65%	425	3.32%	2,736	21.38%	12,797
Oxford	10,551	49.04%	10,340	48.06%	625	2.90%	211	0.98%	21,516
Penobscot	29,016	52.17%	24,672	44.36%	1,925	3.46%	4,344	7.81%	55,613
Piscataquis	4,084	50.48%	3,727	46.07%	279	3.45%	357	4.41%	8,090
Sagadahoc	5,988	50.42%	5,529	46.56%	359	3.02%	459	3.86%	11,876
Somerset	8,868	46.76%	9,465	49.91%	633	3.34%	-597	-3.15%	18,966
Waldo	6,289	54.06%	4,853	41.72%	491	4.22%	1,436	12.34%	11,633
Washington	7,039	49.45%	6,644	46.67%	552	3.88%	395	2.77%	14,235
York	27,380	44.95%	31,996	52.52%	1,540	2.53%	-4,616	-7.58%	60,916
Totals	236,320	48.91%	232,279	48.07%	14,609	3.02%	4,041	0.84%	483,208