Who won Alabama in the 1976 presidential election?

Carter (Democratic) carried Alabama in 1976, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Alabama have in 1976?

Alabama cast 9 electoral votes in the 1976 presidential election.

Did Alabama vote for the national winner in 1976?

Yes. Alabama backed Jimmy Carter, who won the presidency that year.

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1976

Alabama: Carter carries 9 EV.

Alabama cast its 9 electoral votes for Carter (Democratic). National winner: Jimmy Carter (Democratic) — Alabama voted with the national winner this cycle.

Alabama in 1976

The 1976 contest saw Alabama line up behind Carter, delivering 9 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Alabama ended up on the winning side — Jimmy Carter captured the White House that year.

The result flipped Alabama away from the Republican it had supported in 1972. Alabama did not move alone — neighboring Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida broke the same way in 1976. Across the 51 presidential elections Alabama has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 times). The vote fell within the Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

In the national count, Jimmy Carter took 297 of the 538 electoral votes, against Gerald Ford's 240. Jimmy Carter led the national popular vote with 50.08% of the ballots cast.

The 1976 national map

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