See main article: 1976 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1976 United States presidential election in Hawaii |
Country: | Hawaii |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1972 United States presidential election in Hawaii |
Previous Year: | 1972 |
Next Election: | 1980 United States presidential election in Hawaii |
Next Year: | 1980 |
Election Date: | November 2, 1976 |
Image1: | Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg |
Nominee1: | Jimmy Carter |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State1: | Georgia |
Running Mate1: | Walter Mondale |
Electoral Vote1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 147,375 |
Percentage1: | 50.59% |
Nominee2: | Gerald Ford |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State2: | Michigan |
Running Mate2: | Bob Dole |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 140,003 |
Percentage2: | 48.06% |
President | |
Before Election: | Gerald Ford |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Jimmy Carter |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Map Size: | 350px |
The 1976 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 2, 1976. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Hawaii voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Hawaii was won by Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter by 2.53 points, making Hawaii 0.43% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. Carter did not win any other state fully west of the hundredth meridian, including the Pacific states of Oregon and California admitted before the Civil War.
1976 United States presidential election in Hawaii | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 147,375 | 50.59% | 4 | |
Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | 140,003 | 48.06% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Roger MacBride | 3,923 | 1.35% | 0 | |
County | Jimmy Carter Democratic | Gerald Ford Republican | Roger MacBride Libertarian | Margin | Total votes cast[1] | |||||
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% | % | % | % | |||||||
Hawaii | 15,960 | 50.24% | 15,366 | 48.37% | 439 | 1.38% | 594 | 1.87% | 31,765 | |
Honolulu | 111,389 | 50.07% | 108,041 | 48.56% | 3,046 | 1.37% | 3,348 | 1.51% | 222,476 | |
Kauai | 8,105 | 55.81% | 6,278 | 43.23% | 139 | 0.96% | 1,827 | 12.58% | 14,522 | |
Maui | 11,921 | 52.89% | 10,318 | 45.78% | 299 | 1.33% | 1,603 | 7.11% | 22,538 | |
Totals | 147,375 | 50.59% | 140,003 | 48.06% | 3,923 | 1.35% | 7,372 | 2.53% | 291,301 |