• Source: 1976 United States presidential election in North Carolina

The 1976 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 2, 1976, and was part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
51% of white voters supported Ford while 48% supported Carter. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time a Democrat won North Carolina with a majority of the vote, and the last time that North Carolina would vote Democratic in a presidential election until 2008. This is also the last time a Democrat has won Gaston County, Onslow County, Polk County, Johnston County, Iredell County, Alamance County, Rowan County, Craven County, Burke County, Caldwell County, Lincoln County, Surry County, Rutherford County, Carteret County, Stanly County, Beaufort County, Stokes County, McDowell County, Alexander County, Dare County, Macon County, Transylvania County, Cherokee County, Ashe County, Clay County, and Graham County.




Primary Elections






= Democratic primary

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Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter scored a decisive victory over Alabama Gov. George Wallace in the North Carolina Democratic presidential primary on March 23, 1976, with approximately 53% of the vote to Wallace's 35%. Sen. Scoop Jackson trailed far behind, with approximately 4%. The North Carolina primary was the first in which Carter won an absolute majority and helped seal his ultimate nomination. Wallace, who had won the North Carolina primary in 1972, was all but eliminated from the race by his defeat.




= Republican primary

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Former California Governor Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent President Ford in the North Carolina Republican presidential primary on March 23, 1976, with approximately 52% of the vote. It was Reagan's first primary victory of 1976, and came about with key support from North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms. Reagan's win prolonged the contest for the Republican nomination and paved the way for him to be elected president in 1980. Reagan would go on to narrowly win the state in 1980.




Campaign






= Predictions

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Results






= Results by county

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Anson
Bertie
Bladen
Caswell
Clay
Durham
Edgecombe
Gates
Halifax
Hertford
Hoke
Rowan
Caldwell
Alexander
Nash
Richmond
Robeson
Tyrell
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Gaston
Polk
Ashe
Stokes
New Hanover
Stanly
Cherokee
Iredell
Graham
McDowell
Transylvania
Alamance
Onslow
Guilford
Lincoln
Carteret
Macon
Beaufort
Dare
Surry
Burke
Craven
Forsyth
Johnston
Buncombe
Wilson
Mecklenburg
Pitt
Rutherford
Cumberland
Rockingham
Alleghany
Union
Lee
Sampson
Cleveland
Brunswick
Montgomery
Jackson
Currituck
Yancey
Harnett
Madison
Pasquotank
Person
Greene
Vance
Perquimans
Chatham
Haywood
Swain
Duplin
Pamlico
Camden
Chowan
Hyde
Franklin
Jones
Granville
Pender
Columbus
Martin
Scotland




References






Works cited


Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.

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