Who won Nebraska in the 1976 presidential election?

Ford (Republican) carried Nebraska in 1976, winning its 5 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Nebraska have in 1976?

Nebraska cast 5 electoral votes in the 1976 presidential election.

Did Nebraska vote for the national winner in 1976?

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

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1976

Nebraska: Ford carries 5 EV.

Nebraska cast its 5 electoral votes for Ford (Republican). National winner: Jimmy Carter (Democratic) — Nebraska voted against the national winner this cycle.

Nebraska in 1976

The 1976 contest saw Nebraska line up behind Ford, delivering 5 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Jimmy Carter (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Nebraska among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Nebraska backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. The region divided — South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming joined Nebraska for the Republican ticket, while Missouri did not. Across the 40 presidential elections Nebraska has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (31 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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