United States presidential election in Nebraska, 1976

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November 2, 1976

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Nominee	Gerald Ford	Jimmy Carter
Party	Republican	Democratic
Home state	Michigan	Georgia
Running mate	Bob Dole	Walter Mondale
Electoral vote	5	0
Popular vote	359,705	233,692
Percentage	59.2%	38.5%

President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Gerald Ford
Republican

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Nebraska was won by incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), with 59.19% of the popular vote, against Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 38.46% of the popular vote. None of the third party candidates amounted a significant portion of the vote, but Eugene McCarthy (I–Minnesota) won 1.55% of Nebraska's popular vote and came third overall in the nation. Despite losing in Nebraska, Carter went on to win the national election and became the 39th President of the United States.

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