United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1976

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1976

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Nominee Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford Party Democratic Republican Home state Georgia Michigan Running mate Walter Mondale Bob Dole Electoral vote 8 0 Popular vote 450,825 346,140 Percentage 56.17% 43.13%
County Results   Carter — >40%   Carter — >50%      Ford — >50%   Carter — >60%   Carter — >70%
President before election Gerald Ford Republican Elected President Jimmy Carter Democratic

Gerald Ford
Republican

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 2, 1976. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

South Carolina voted for the Democratic nominee, former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, and his running mate Walter Mondale over the Republican nominee, President Gerald Ford and his running mate Senator Bob Dole. Carter won South Carolina by a margin of 13.04 percent above Ford.

Ford managed to carry just three of South Carolina’s counties, while Nixon managed to carry all forty-six counties four years earlier. Had Ford managed to win the state, South Carolina would have the longest streak of consecutive Republican wins, last voting Democratic in 1960. As of 2018, this is the last time that the Democratic nominee carried South Carolina, the last time a Democrat won Horry County, Spartanburg County, Berkeley County, Beaufort County, Dorchester County, Florence County, Pickens County, Kershaw County, and Newberry County, and the last time a Democrat swept every congressional district in the state.