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| Elections in Oklahoma |
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The 1976 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. All fifty states and the District of Columbia participated in the election. Oklahoma voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Oklahoma was won by incumbent President Gerald Ford (R) by a narrow margin of 1.21 percent.[1] Despite Ford’s narrow victory, Oklahoma is a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state was Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which a Democrat carried one of the three counties in the Oklahoma Panhandle, namely Cimarron County, as well as the last time Grant County, Jackson County, Rogers County, Adair County, Dewey County, Roger Mills County, Lincoln County, Creek County, Grady County, Logan County, McClain County, Pottawatomie County, and Wagoner County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2] Carter's 532,442 votes is the most received by a Democratic presidential candidate in the state's history.
Despite Democrats having a large advantage in party registration and in the state legislature at this time, this state was pretty close in the 1976 election. According to the ABC news election coverage in 1976, this state was rated as a tossup. Oklahoma was one of two states in the South, the other being Virginia, to vote for Gerald Ford. Despite Carter’s rural appeal in socially conservative Little Dixie, Gerald Ford ran up the margins in Tulsa and Oklahoma Counties and while these counties still remain red, they were the two counties in 2020 where Joe Biden did better than Jimmy Carter due to the leftward trend of urban areas over the last several decades. Without Tulsa and Oklahoma counties, the state would’ve gone to Carter by a little under ten points.
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote |
Running mate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
| Gerald Ford | Republican | Michigan | 545,708 | 49.96% | 8 | Robert Dole | Kansas | 8 |
| Jimmy Carter | Democrat | Georgia | 534,442 | 48.75% | 0 | Walter Mondale | Minnesota | 0 |
| Eugene McCarthy | Independent | Minnesota | 14,101 | 1.26% | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Total | 1,094,251 | 100% | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Needed to win | 270 | 270 | ||||||
| County | Gerald Rudolph Ford Republican |
James Earl Carter Democratic |
Eugene McCarthy Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 3,013 | 48.14% | 3,183 | 50.85% | 63 | 1.01% | -170 | -2.72% | 6,259 |
| Alfalfa | 2,113 | 54.22% | 1,725 | 44.26% | 59 | 1.51% | 388 | 9.96% | 3,897 |
| Atoka | 1,098 | 24.94% | 3,276 | 74.42% | 28 | 0.64% | -2,178 | -49.48% | 4,402 |
| Beaver | 1,801 | 58.84% | 1,213 | 39.63% | 47 | 1.54% | 588 | 19.21% | 3,061 |
| Beckham | 2,351 | 33.90% | 4,530 | 65.32% | 54 | 0.78% | -2,179 | -31.42% | 6,935 |
| Blaine | 2,682 | 53.05% | 2,297 | 45.43% | 77 | 1.52% | 385 | 7.61% | 5,056 |
| Bryan | 2,848 | 27.67% | 7,410 | 71.99% | 35 | 0.34% | -4,562 | -44.32% | 10,293 |
| Caddo | 3,854 | 34.02% | 7,382 | 65.17% | 91 | 0.80% | -3,528 | -31.15% | 11,327 |
| Canadian | 9,766 | 56.32% | 7,288 | 42.03% | 285 | 1.64% | 2,478 | 14.29% | 17,339 |
| Carter | 6,668 | 44.25% | 8,319 | 55.20% | 83 | 0.55% | -1,651 | -10.96% | 15,070 |
| Cherokee | 4,443 | 42.06% | 6,006 | 56.85% | 115 | 1.09% | -1,563 | -14.80% | 10,564 |
| Choctaw | 1,821 | 29.66% | 4,269 | 69.53% | 50 | 0.81% | -2,448 | -39.87% | 6,140 |
| Cimarron | 872 | 46.41% | 962 | 51.20% | 45 | 2.39% | -90 | -4.79% | 1,879 |
| Cleveland | 22,098 | 51.06% | 20,054 | 46.33% | 1,129 | 2.61% | 2,044 | 4.72% | 43,281 |
| Coal | 769 | 29.97% | 1,774 | 69.13% | 23 | 0.90% | -1,005 | -39.17% | 2,566 |
| Comanche | 13,163 | 50.04% | 12,910 | 49.08% | 230 | 0.87% | 253 | 0.96% | 26,303 |
| Cotton | 1,127 | 36.78% | 1,911 | 62.37% | 26 | 0.85% | -784 | -25.59% | 3,064 |
| Craig | 2,540 | 41.11% | 3,577 | 57.90% | 61 | 0.99% | -1,037 | -16.79% | 6,178 |
| Creek | 8,458 | 48.08% | 8,964 | 50.96% | 169 | 0.96% | -506 | -2.88% | 17,591 |
| Custer | 4,847 | 50.78% | 4,597 | 48.16% | 102 | 1.07% | 250 | 2.62% | 9,546 |
| Delaware | 3,642 | 42.07% | 4,924 | 56.88% | 91 | 1.05% | -1,282 | -14.81% | 8,657 |
| Dewey | 1,230 | 43.54% | 1,540 | 54.51% | 55 | 1.95% | -310 | -10.97% | 2,825 |
| Ellis | 1,429 | 52.04% | 1,256 | 45.74% | 61 | 2.22% | 173 | 6.30% | 2,746 |
| Garfield | 14,202 | 60.50% | 8,969 | 38.21% | 303 | 1.29% | 5,233 | 22.29% | 23,474 |
| Garvin | 3,905 | 36.21% | 6,797 | 63.02% | 83 | 0.77% | -2,892 | -26.82% | 10,785 |
| Grady | 4,686 | 39.20% | 7,155 | 59.85% | 114 | 0.95% | -2,469 | -20.65% | 11,955 |
| Grant | 1,685 | 46.96% | 1,853 | 51.64% | 50 | 1.39% | -168 | -4.68% | 3,588 |
| Greer | 1,164 | 35.19% | 2,113 | 63.88% | 31 | 0.94% | -949 | -28.69% | 3,308 |
| Harmon | 666 | 32.57% | 1,371 | 67.04% | 8 | 0.39% | -705 | -34.47% | 2,045 |
| Harper | 1,303 | 56.16% | 978 | 42.16% | 39 | 1.68% | 325 | 14.01% | 2,320 |
| Haskell | 1,401 | 29.08% | 3,388 | 70.32% | 29 | 0.60% | -1,987 | -41.24% | 4,818 |
| Hughes | 1,715 | 28.79% | 4,185 | 70.27% | 56 | 0.94% | -2,470 | -41.47% | 5,956 |
| Jackson | 3,189 | 39.07% | 4,914 | 60.20% | 60 | 0.74% | -1,725 | -21.13% | 8,163 |
| Jefferson | 956 | 29.10% | 2,303 | 70.11% | 26 | 0.79% | -1,347 | -41.00% | 3,285 |
| Johnston | 1,127 | 28.65% | 2,765 | 70.28% | 42 | 1.07% | -1,638 | -41.64% | 3,934 |
| Kay | 12,441 | 56.33% | 9,371 | 42.43% | 274 | 1.24% | 3,070 | 13.90% | 22,086 |
| Kingfisher | 3,443 | 58.39% | 2,372 | 40.22% | 82 | 1.39% | 1,071 | 18.16% | 5,897 |
| Kiowa | 1,971 | 36.37% | 3,403 | 62.79% | 46 | 0.85% | -1,432 | -26.42% | 5,420 |
| Latimer | 1,312 | 32.57% | 2,661 | 66.06% | 55 | 1.37% | -1,349 | -33.49% | 4,028 |
| Le Flore | 4,907 | 37.50% | 8,033 | 61.39% | 145 | 1.11% | -3,126 | -23.89% | 13,085 |
| Lincoln | 4,429 | 46.38% | 4,988 | 52.23% | 133 | 1.39% | -559 | -5.85% | 9,550 |
| Logan | 4,382 | 47.96% | 4,594 | 50.28% | 160 | 1.75% | -212 | -2.32% | 9,136 |
| Love | 846 | 30.45% | 1,923 | 69.22% | 9 | 0.32% | -1,077 | -38.77% | 2,778 |
| McClain | 2,444 | 37.19% | 4,048 | 61.59% | 80 | 1.22% | -1,604 | -24.41% | 6,572 |
| McCurtain | 3,423 | 30.89% | 7,560 | 68.23% | 97 | 0.88% | -4,137 | -37.34% | 11,080 |
| McIntosh | 1,822 | 30.29% | 4,145 | 68.91% | 48 | 0.80% | -2,323 | -38.62% | 6,015 |
| Major | 2,282 | 61.73% | 1,357 | 36.71% | 58 | 1.57% | 925 | 25.02% | 3,697 |
| Marshall | 1,358 | 31.41% | 2,939 | 67.97% | 27 | 0.62% | -1,581 | -36.56% | 4,324 |
| Mayes | 5,040 | 44.14% | 6,298 | 55.15% | 81 | 0.71% | -1,258 | -11.02% | 11,419 |
| Murray | 1,563 | 34.46% | 2,932 | 64.64% | 41 | 0.90% | -1,369 | -30.18% | 4,536 |
| Muskogee | 10,287 | 40.89% | 14,678 | 58.35% | 190 | 0.76% | -4,391 | -17.46% | 25,155 |
| Noble | 2,634 | 53.05% | 2,278 | 45.88% | 53 | 1.07% | 356 | 7.17% | 4,965 |
| Nowata | 2,077 | 48.18% | 2,195 | 50.92% | 39 | 0.90% | -118 | -2.74% | 4,311 |
| Okfuskee | 1,630 | 37.69% | 2,663 | 61.57% | 32 | 0.74% | -1,033 | -23.88% | 4,325 |
| Oklahoma | 119,120 | 56.69% | 87,185 | 41.49% | 3,808 | 1.81% | 31,935 | 15.20% | 210,113 |
| Okmulgee | 5,333 | 38.19% | 8,499 | 60.87% | 131 | 0.94% | -3,166 | -22.67% | 13,963 |
| Osage | 6,398 | 47.93% | 6,832 | 51.18% | 118 | 0.88% | -434 | -3.25% | 13,348 |
| Ottawa | 4,985 | 39.83% | 7,446 | 59.50% | 84 | 0.67% | -2,461 | -19.66% | 12,515 |
| Pawnee | 3,111 | 50.17% | 3,031 | 48.88% | 59 | 0.95% | 80 | 1.29% | 6,201 |
| Payne | 13,481 | 56.43% | 9,987 | 41.81% | 420 | 1.76% | 3,494 | 14.63% | 23,888 |
| Pittsburg | 4,807 | 30.63% | 10,743 | 68.46% | 142 | 0.90% | -5,936 | -37.83% | 15,692 |
| Pontotoc | 4,895 | 39.20% | 7,466 | 59.79% | 125 | 1.00% | -2,571 | -20.59% | 12,486 |
| Pottawatomie | 9,090 | 44.19% | 11,255 | 54.71% | 226 | 1.10% | -2,165 | -10.52% | 20,571 |
| Pushmataha | 1,360 | 31.08% | 2,987 | 68.26% | 29 | 0.66% | -1,627 | -37.18% | 4,376 |
| Roger Mills | 873 | 38.92% | 1,346 | 60.01% | 24 | 1.07% | -473 | -21.09% | 2,243 |
| Rogers | 7,318 | 49.40% | 7,368 | 49.73% | 129 | 0.87% | -50 | -0.34% | 14,815 |
| Seminole | 4,237 | 41.53% | 5,874 | 57.58% | 91 | 0.89% | -1,637 | -16.05% | 10,202 |
| Sequoyah | 3,938 | 39.84% | 5,873 | 59.42% | 73 | 0.74% | -1,935 | -19.58% | 9,884 |
| Stephens | 7,099 | 41.71% | 9,795 | 57.55% | 126 | 0.74% | -2,696 | -15.84% | 17,020 |
| Texas | 3,919 | 59.56% | 2,591 | 39.38% | 70 | 1.06% | 1,328 | 20.18% | 6,580 |
| Tillman | 1,802 | 38.38% | 2,852 | 60.75% | 41 | 0.87% | -1,050 | -22.36% | 4,695 |
| Tulsa | 108,653 | 61.63% | 65,298 | 37.04% | 2,349 | 1.33% | 43,355 | 24.59% | 176,300 |
| Wagoner | 5,071 | 45.86% | 5,879 | 53.17% | 107 | 0.97% | -808 | -7.31% | 11,057 |
| Washington | 14,560 | 67.19% | 6,898 | 31.83% | 212 | 0.98% | 7,662 | 35.36% | 21,670 |
| Washita | 2,165 | 39.14% | 3,304 | 59.74% | 62 | 1.12% | -1,139 | -20.59% | 5,531 |
| Woods | 2,788 | 51.43% | 2,530 | 46.67% | 103 | 1.90% | 258 | 4.76% | 5,421 |
| Woodward | 3,782 | 56.52% | 2,807 | 41.95% | 102 | 1.52% | 975 | 14.57% | 6,691 |
| Totals | 545,708 | 49.96% | 532,442 | 48.75% | 14,101 | 1.29% | 13,266 | 1.21% | 1,092,251 |
