1976 United States presidential election in Iowa
1976 United States presidential election in Iowa
County Results
Ford
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Carter
40-50%
50–60%
The 1976 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election . Voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Iowa was won by incumbent President Gerald Ford (R –Michigan ). with 49.47 percent of the popular vote, against Jimmy Carter (D –Georgia ), with 48.46 percent, making Iowa about 3% more Republican than the nation-at-large. This race was one of the tightest in the nation, with the two candidates being separated by just 1.01 percent and a mere thirteen thousand votes. None of the third-party candidates amounted to a significant portion of the vote, but Eugene McCarthy (NBP–Minnesota ) won 1.57 percent of the popular vote and came third overall in the nation.
Despite losing in Iowa, Carter went on to win the national election and became the 39th president of the United States .[1] This was the last time until 2020 that a Democrat was elected President without carrying the state of Iowa.
This is the third most recent election in which Iowa voted for a different candidate than Wisconsin , and the first election since 1940 , a phenomenon that has only been repeated twice since, in 2004 , and 2020 .
Results
Results by county
County[3]
Gerald Ford Republican
Jimmy Carter Democratic
Eugene McCarthy Nominated By Petition
Thomas Anderson American
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adair
2,326
49.26%
2,294
48.58%
65
1.38%
20
0.42%
17
0.36%
32
0.68%
4,722
Adams
1,388
47.26%
1,507
51.31%
27
0.92%
7
0.24%
8
0.27%
-119
-4.05%
2,937
Allamakee
3,648
57.88%
2,568
40.74%
67
1.06%
2
0.03%
18
0.29%
1,080
17.14%
6,303
Appanoose
3,036
46.29%
3,424
52.21%
63
0.96%
10
0.15%
25
0.38%
-388
-5.92%
6,558
Audubon
1,978
47.86%
2,104
50.91%
34
0.82%
9
0.22%
8
0.19%
-126
-3.05%
4,133
Benton
5,014
46.85%
5,514
51.52%
137
1.28%
18
0.17%
20
0.19%
-500
-4.67%
10,703
Black Hawk
30,994
50.23%
29,508
47.82%
918
1.49%
92
0.15%
193
0.31%
1,486
2.41%
61,705
Boone
5,413
44.14%
6,595
53.78%
187
1.52%
44
0.36%
24
0.20%
-1,182
-9.64%
12,263
Bremer
6,252
58.51%
4,203
39.34%
176
1.65%
14
0.13%
40
0.37%
2,049
19.17%
10,685
Buchanan
4,794
51.98%
4,258
46.17%
127
1.38%
8
0.09%
36
0.39%
536
5.81%
9,223
Buena Vista
5,126
53.58%
4,227
44.18%
163
1.70%
15
0.16%
36
0.38%
899
9.40%
9,567
Butler
4,207
61.79%
2,503
36.77%
72
1.06%
17
0.25%
9
0.13%
1,704
25.02%
6,808
Calhoun
3,215
51.03%
3,001
47.63%
67
1.06%
3
0.05%
14
0.22%
214
3.40%
6,300
Carroll
4,094
42.61%
5,333
55.51%
143
1.49%
13
0.14%
25
0.26%
-1,239
-12.90%
9,608
Cass
4,589
60.79%
2,866
37.97%
70
0.93%
10
0.13%
14
0.19%
1,723
22.82%
7,549
Cedar
4,308
55.08%
3,354
42.88%
105
1.34%
35
0.45%
20
0.26%
954
12.20%
7,822
Cerro Gordo
10,604
47.77%
11,189
50.41%
322
1.45%
52
0.23%
29
0.13%
-585
-2.64%
22,196
Cherokee
3,993
53.40%
3,358
44.91%
97
1.30%
11
0.15%
19
0.25%
635
8.49%
7,478
Chickasaw
3,432
49.11%
3,503
50.13%
46
0.66%
5
0.07%
2
0.03%
-71
-1.02%
6,988
Clarke
1,737
41.87%
2,333
56.23%
43
1.04%
17
0.41%
19
0.46%
-596
-14.36%
4,149
Clay
4,548
53.51%
3,776
44.42%
102
1.20%
45
0.53%
29
0.34%
772
9.09%
8,500
Clayton
4,826
54.80%
3,804
43.19%
123
1.40%
20
0.23%
34
0.39%
1,022
11.61%
8,807
Clinton
12,401
50.55%
11,746
47.88%
285
1.16%
43
0.18%
58
0.24%
655
2.67%
24,533
Crawford
3,879
48.80%
3,903
49.11%
126
1.59%
18
0.23%
22
0.28%
-24
-0.31%
7,948
Dallas
5,308
43.34%
6,722
54.89%
166
1.36%
27
0.22%
24
0.20%
-1,414
-11.55%
12,247
Davis
1,631
39.50%
2,426
58.76%
51
1.24%
11
0.27%
10
0.24%
-795
-19.26%
4,129
Decatur
1,932
41.05%
2,698
57.32%
39
0.83%
21
0.45%
17
0.36%
-766
-16.27%
4,707
Delaware
4,161
55.62%
3,168
42.35%
117
1.56%
13
0.17%
22
0.29%
993
13.27%
7,481
Des Moines
9,023
43.94%
11,268
54.87%
173
0.84%
32
0.16%
40
0.19%
-2,245
-10.93%
20,536
Dickinson
3,795
54.14%
3,074
43.85%
108
1.54%
23
0.33%
10
0.14%
721
10.29%
7,010
Dubuque
17,459
44.71%
20,548
52.62%
863
2.21%
102
0.26%
77
0.20%
-3,089
-7.91%
39,049
Emmet
2,872
50.50%
2,720
47.83%
68
1.20%
9
0.16%
18
0.32%
152
2.67%
5,687
Fayette
6,618
54.69%
5,220
43.13%
180
1.49%
30
0.25%
54
0.45%
1,398
11.56%
12,102
Floyd
4,361
47.52%
4,646
50.62%
126
1.37%
32
0.35%
13
0.14%
-285
-3.10%
9,178
Franklin
3,056
52.30%
2,682
45.90%
78
1.33%
11
0.19%
16
0.27%
374
6.40%
5,843
Fremont
2,163
51.80%
1,964
47.03%
35
0.84%
10
0.24%
4
0.10%
199
4.77%
4,176
Greene
2,811
46.94%
3,094
51.66%
64
1.07%
9
0.15%
11
0.18%
-283
-4.72%
5,989
Grundy
4,173
62.66%
2,410
36.19%
59
0.89%
10
0.15%
8
0.12%
1,763
26.47%
6,660
Guthrie
2,644
46.87%
2,873
50.93%
92
1.63%
18
0.32%
14
0.25%
-229
-4.06%
5,641
Hamilton
3,932
49.00%
3,953
49.26%
105
1.31%
11
0.14%
24
0.30%
-21
-0.26%
8,025
Hancock
3,127
50.54%
2,975
48.08%
68
1.10%
11
0.18%
6
0.10%
152
2.46%
6,187
Hardin
4,682
50.19%
4,479
48.02%
128
1.37%
21
0.23%
18
0.19%
203
2.17%
9,328
Harrison
3,489
51.38%
3,228
47.54%
38
0.56%
12
0.18%
23
0.34%
261
3.84%
6,790
Henry
3,848
48.79%
3,882
49.22%
114
1.45%
25
0.32%
18
0.23%
-34
-0.43%
7,887
Howard
2,618
46.62%
2,917
51.94%
55
0.98%
14
0.25%
12
0.21%
-299
-5.32%
5,616
Humboldt
3,075
52.65%
2,677
45.83%
65
1.11%
10
0.17%
14
0.24%
398
6.82%
5,841
Ida
2,590
56.86%
1,868
41.01%
70
1.54%
13
0.29%
14
0.31%
722
15.85%
4,555
Iowa
3,926
52.98%
3,367
45.43%
81
1.09%
18
0.24%
19
0.26%
559
7.55%
7,411
Jackson
4,221
47.50%
4,467
50.27%
152
1.71%
14
0.16%
32
0.36%
-246
-2.77%
8,886
Jasper
7,728
46.04%
8,783
52.32%
226
1.35%
18
0.11%
31
0.19%
-1,055
-6.28%
16,786
Jefferson
3,746
51.71%
3,377
46.62%
73
1.01%
28
0.39%
20
0.28%
369
5.09%
7,244
Johnson
16,090
41.57%
20,208
52.20%
2,082
5.38%
43
0.11%
287
0.74%
-4,118
-10.63%
38,710
Jones
4,463
50.54%
4,245
48.07%
91
1.03%
20
0.23%
12
0.14%
218
2.47%
8,831
Keokuk
2,920
44.90%
3,482
53.54%
84
1.29%
10
0.15%
8
0.12%
-562
-8.64%
6,504
Kossuth
4,653
46.32%
5,190
51.66%
154
1.53%
28
0.28%
21
0.21%
-537
-5.34%
10,046
Lee
8,195
46.92%
9,017
51.63%
186
1.06%
34
0.19%
33
0.19%
-822
-4.71%
17,465
Linn
36,513
47.79%
38,252
50.07%
1,256
1.64%
128
0.17%
248
0.32%
-1,739
-2.28%
76,397
Louisa
2,284
51.43%
2,089
47.04%
47
1.06%
11
0.25%
10
0.23%
195
4.39%
4,441
Lucas
2,071
42.32%
2,733
55.84%
68
1.39%
12
0.25%
10
0.20%
-662
-13.52%
4,894
Lyon
3,558
64.06%
1,870
33.67%
56
1.01%
63
1.13%
7
0.13%
1,688
30.39%
5,554
Madison
2,681
45.36%
3,109
52.61%
83
1.40%
25
0.42%
12
0.20%
-428
-7.25%
5,910
Mahaska
5,267
51.38%
4,838
47.20%
109
1.06%
24
0.23%
13
0.13%
429
4.18%
10,251
Marion
5,429
45.79%
6,226
52.51%
149
1.26%
36
0.30%
17
0.14%
-797
-6.72%
11,857
Marshall
9,562
51.33%
8,695
46.67%
285
1.53%
49
0.26%
39
0.21%
867
4.66%
18,630
Mills
2,722
57.79%
1,908
40.51%
31
0.66%
44
0.93%
5
0.11%
814
17.28%
4,710
Mitchell
2,887
49.00%
2,906
49.32%
78
1.32%
8
0.14%
13
0.22%
-19
-0.32%
5,892
Monona
2,636
49.09%
2,661
49.55%
49
0.91%
11
0.20%
13
0.24%
-25
-0.46%
5,370
Monroe
1,581
39.56%
2,360
59.06%
35
0.88%
4
0.10%
16
0.40%
-779
-19.50%
3,996
Montgomery
3,673
61.48%
2,229
37.31%
37
0.62%
30
0.50%
5
0.08%
1,444
24.17%
5,974
Muscatine
7,697
53.10%
6,567
45.30%
183
1.26%
19
0.13%
30
0.21%
1,130
7.80%
14,496
O'Brien
4,643
61.86%
2,732
36.40%
82
1.09%
35
0.47%
14
0.19%
1,911
25.46%
7,506
Osceola
1,955
58.36%
1,309
39.07%
53
1.58%
15
0.45%
18
0.54%
646
19.29%
3,350
Page
5,343
64.10%
2,865
34.37%
66
0.79%
29
0.35%
32
0.38%
2,478
29.73%
8,335
Palo Alto
2,623
44.43%
3,182
53.90%
76
1.29%
18
0.30%
5
0.08%
-559
-9.47%
5,904
Plymouth
5,590
55.81%
4,284
42.77%
89
0.89%
33
0.33%
20
0.20%
1,306
13.04%
10,016
Pocahontas
2,700
45.85%
3,055
51.88%
96
1.63%
11
0.19%
27
0.46%
-355
-6.03%
5,889
Polk
62,316
45.23%
71,917
52.20%
2,822
2.05%
343
0.25%
365
0.26%
-9,601
-6.97%
137,763
Pottawattamie
17,264
53.09%
14,754
45.37%
291
0.89%
123
0.38%
87
0.27%
2,510
7.72%
32,519
Poweshiek
4,194
48.01%
4,360
49.91%
139
1.59%
13
0.15%
29
0.33%
-166
-1.90%
8,735
Ringgold
1,543
46.25%
1,739
52.13%
37
1.11%
6
0.18%
11
0.33%
-196
-5.88%
3,336
Sac
3,347
51.55%
2,996
46.14%
107
1.65%
14
0.22%
29
0.45%
351
5.41%
6,493
Scott
35,021
53.11%
29,771
45.15%
822
1.25%
147
0.22%
179
0.27%
5,250
7.96%
65,940
Shelby
3,301
52.72%
2,851
45.54%
76
1.21%
12
0.19%
21
0.34%
450
7.18%
6,261
Sioux
9,448
73.04%
3,322
25.68%
90
0.70%
57
0.44%
18
0.14%
6,126
47.36%
12,935
Story
18,394
51.85%
15,717
44.30%
1,153
3.25%
74
0.21%
138
0.39%
2,677
7.55%
35,476
Tama
4,379
48.08%
4,580
50.29%
108
1.19%
21
0.23%
20
0.22%
-201
-2.21%
9,108
Taylor
2,059
50.42%
1,947
47.67%
31
0.76%
13
0.32%
34
0.83%
112
2.75%
4,084
Union
2,873
48.30%
2,955
49.68%
79
1.33%
31
0.52%
10
0.17%
-82
-1.38%
5,948
Van Buren
1,804
49.14%
1,807
49.22%
36
0.98%
13
0.35%
11
0.30%
-3
-0.08%
3,671
Wapello
6,786
39.30%
10,249
59.35%
152
0.88%
41
0.24%
40
0.23%
-3,463
-20.05%
17,268
Warren
6,099
43.23%
7,653
54.25%
272
1.93%
65
0.46%
19
0.13%
-1,554
-11.02%
14,108
Washington
4,218
54.03%
3,448
44.17%
91
1.17%
30
0.38%
20
0.26%
770
9.86%
7,807
Wayne
1,781
44.58%
2,145
53.69%
54
1.35%
9
0.23%
6
0.15%
-364
-9.11%
3,995
Webster
9,068
45.35%
10,543
52.73%
298
1.49%
35
0.18%
51
0.26%
-1,475
-7.38%
19,995
Winnebago
3,315
52.24%
2,950
46.49%
63
0.99%
14
0.22%
4
0.06%
365
5.75%
6,346
Winneshiek
4,765
52.08%
4,158
45.45%
162
1.77%
34
0.37%
30
0.33%
607
6.63%
9,149
Woodbury
22,853
52.79%
19,664
45.43%
555
1.28%
111
0.26%
104
0.24%
3,189
7.37%
43,287
Worth
1,964
44.38%
2,399
54.21%
51
1.15%
11
0.25%
0
0.00%
-435
-9.83%
4,425
Wright
3,544
48.67%
3,637
49.95%
78
1.07%
23
0.32%
0
0.00%
-93
-1.28%
7,282
Total
632,863
49.47%
619,931
48.46%
20,051
1.57%
3,040
0.24%
3,421
0.27%
12,932
1.01%
1,279,306
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
See also
References