Who won Minnesota in the 1976 presidential election?

Carter (Democratic) carried Minnesota in 1976, winning its 10 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Minnesota have in 1976?

Minnesota cast 10 electoral votes in the 1976 presidential election.

Did Minnesota vote for the national winner in 1976?

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

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1976

Minnesota: Carter carries 10 EV.

Minnesota cast its 10 electoral votes for Carter (Democratic). National winner: Jimmy Carter (Democratic) — Minnesota voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1976 result in Minnesota

Minnesota backed Carter (Democratic) in the 1976 presidential election, casting 10 electoral votes for the ticket. Minnesota ended up on the winning side — Jimmy Carter captured the White House that year.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Minnesota backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1956. The region divided — Wisconsin joined Minnesota for the Democratic ticket, while North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa did not. Across the 43 presidential elections Minnesota 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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