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The 1976 United States presidential election in Arizona was part of the 1976 United States presidential election, which took place on November 2, 1976, throughout all fifty states and D.C. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arizona voted strongly for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Gerald Ford, over the Democratic nominee, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. The state turned out to be the sixth most Republican in the nation behind Utah, Idaho, Alaska, Nebraska and Wyoming, as it was already perceived that Carter – highly popular in his native South – lacked any understanding of the environment,[1] economy, culture and political issues of the West.[2]
Carter did improve upon the performance of the preceding Democratic nominee, South Dakota Senator George McGovern, swinging away from the GOP by fifteen percentage points. Gila and Pinal Counties were won back for the Democrats from the previous election, and Carter became the first Democrat to win Apache County since 1964 and the first to carry neighbouring Navajo County since 1948. Nonetheless, Carter became the first ever Democrat to win the White House without carrying Santa Cruz or Yuma Counties.[3] Indeed, he remains the only Democrat to do so without carrying the former county.
Results[edit]
| 1976 United States presidential election in Arizona[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | 418,642 | 56.37% | 6 | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 295,602 | 39.80% | 0 | |
| Independent | Eugene McCarthy | 19,229 | 2.59% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Roger MacBride | 7,647 | 1.03% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | Peter Camejo | 928 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| American | Thomas J. Anderson | 564 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| No party | Lester Maddox (write-in) | 85 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| No party | Frank Taylor (write-in) | 22 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | — | ||||
| Totals | 742,719 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) | 46%/80% | ||||
Results by county[edit]
| County | Gerald Rudolph Ford Republican |
James Earl Carter Democratic |
Eugene Joseph McCarthy[5] Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Apache | 3,447 | 33.38% | 6,583 | 63.75% | 173 | 1.68% | 124 | 1.20% | -3,136 | -30.37% | 10,327 |
| Cochise | 9,921 | 49.90% | 9,281 | 46.68% | 452 | 2.27% | 229 | 1.15% | 640 | 3.22% | 19,883 |
| Coconino | 11,036 | 51.53% | 9,450 | 44.12% | 737 | 3.44% | 195 | 0.91% | 1,586 | 7.40% | 21,418 |
| Gila | 5,136 | 42.94% | 6,440 | 53.84% | 249 | 2.08% | 137 | 1.15% | -1,304 | -10.90% | 11,962 |
| Graham | 3,659 | 52.59% | 3,050 | 43.83% | 138 | 1.98% | 111 | 1.60% | 609 | 8.75% | 6,958 |
| Greenlee | 1,532 | 36.07% | 2,601 | 61.24% | 81 | 1.91% | 33 | 0.78% | -1,069 | -25.17% | 4,247 |
| Maricopa | 258,262 | 61.66% | 144,613 | 34.53% | 10,106 | 2.41% | 5,860 | 1.40% | 113,649 | 27.13% | 418,841 |
| Mohave | 7,601 | 51.92% | 6,504 | 44.43% | 351 | 2.40% | 184 | 1.26% | 1,097 | 7.49% | 14,640 |
| Navajo | 6,796 | 46.68% | 7,323 | 50.30% | 273 | 1.88% | 168 | 1.15% | -527 | -3.62% | 14,560 |
| Pima | 77,264 | 49.83% | 71,214 | 45.93% | 5,075 | 3.27% | 1,508 | 0.97% | 6,050 | 3.90% | 155,061 |
| Pinal | 9,354 | 45.40% | 10,595 | 51.42% | 462 | 2.24% | 193 | 0.94% | -1,241 | -6.02% | 20,604 |
| Santa Cruz | 2,312 | 48.80% | 2,265 | 47.80% | 123 | 2.60% | 38 | 0.80% | 47 | 0.99% | 4,738 |
| Yavapai | 12,998 | 60.18% | 7,685 | 35.58% | 620 | 2.87% | 297 | 1.38% | 5,313 | 24.60% | 21,600 |
| Yuma | 9,324 | 52.15% | 7,998 | 44.73% | 389 | 2.18% | 169 | 0.95% | 1,326 | 7.42% | 17,880 |
| Totals | 418,642 | 56.37% | 295,602 | 39.80% | 19,229 | 2.59% | 9,246 | 1.24% | 123,040 | 16.57% | 742,719 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Reisner, Marc; Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water; p. 11 ISBN 0140178244
- ^ Vaughn, Jacqueline; Conflicts Over Natural Resources: A Reference Handbook, p. 27 ISBN 1598840150
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004, p. 148 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
- ^ Our Campaigns; AZ US President 1976
