Who won Hawaii in the 1976 presidential election?

Carter (Democratic) carried Hawaii in 1976, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Hawaii have in 1976?

Hawaii cast 4 electoral votes in the 1976 presidential election.

Did Hawaii vote for the national winner in 1976?

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

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1976

Hawaii: Carter carries 4 EV.

Hawaii cast its 4 electoral votes for Carter (Democratic). National winner: Jimmy Carter (Democratic) — Hawaii voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1976 result in Hawaii

Hawaii backed Carter (Democratic) in the 1976 presidential election, casting 4 electoral votes for the ticket. Hawaii ended up on the winning side — Jimmy Carter captured the White House that year.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Hawaii backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1960. Across the 17 presidential elections Hawaii has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (17 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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