Who won Ohio in the 1976 presidential election?

Carter (Democratic) carried Ohio in 1976, winning its 25 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Ohio have in 1976?

Ohio cast 25 electoral votes in the 1976 presidential election.

Did Ohio vote for the national winner in 1976?

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

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1976

Ohio: Carter carries 25 EV.

Ohio cast its 25 electoral votes for Carter (Democratic). National winner: Jimmy Carter (Democratic) — Ohio voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Ohio, 1976

In 1976, Ohio awarded its 25 electoral votes to Carter of the Democratic party. Ohio ended up on the winning side — Jimmy Carter captured the White House that year.

Carter's win closed out Ohio's 2-election run of voting Republican. The region divided — Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania joined Ohio for the Democratic ticket, while Michigan and Indiana did not. Across the 56 presidential elections Ohio has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (30 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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