Who won Delaware in the 1976 presidential election?

Carter (Democratic) carried Delaware in 1976, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Delaware have in 1976?

Delaware cast 3 electoral votes in the 1976 presidential election.

Did Delaware vote for the national winner in 1976?

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

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1976

Delaware: Carter carries 3 EV.

Delaware cast its 3 electoral votes for Carter (Democratic). National winner: Jimmy Carter (Democratic) — Delaware voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Delaware, 1976

In 1976, Delaware awarded its 3 electoral votes to Carter of the Democratic party. Delaware ended up on the winning side — Jimmy Carter captured the White House that year.

Carter's win closed out Delaware's 2-election run of voting Republican. The region divided — Maryland and Pennsylvania joined Delaware for the Democratic ticket, while New Jersey did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Delaware has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 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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