Who won Indiana in the 1976 presidential election?

Ford (Republican) carried Indiana in 1976, winning its 13 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Indiana have in 1976?

Indiana cast 13 electoral votes in the 1976 presidential election.

Did Indiana vote for the national winner in 1976?

No. Indiana backed Ford, while Jimmy Carter won the presidency nationally.

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1976

Indiana: Ford carries 13 EV.

Indiana cast its 13 electoral votes for Ford (Republican). National winner: Jimmy Carter (Democratic) — Indiana voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1976 result in Indiana

Indiana backed Ford (Republican) in the 1976 presidential election, casting 13 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Jimmy Carter (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Indiana among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Indiana backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. The region divided — Illinois and Michigan joined Indiana for the Republican ticket, while Kentucky and Ohio did not. Across the 53 presidential elections Indiana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (32 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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