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Parents > United States > North Carolina > President
Parent RaceUS President National Vote
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1976 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 02, 1976 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 02, 1976 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 1977 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1981 - 12:00pm
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedRBH January 22, 2020 02:16pm
Data SourcesOfficial county returns in the Office of the Secretary of State
Description This was the last election in which the Democratic Party carried NC in a presidential election until 2008.

North Carolina' electoral votes were cast by: (A) W. Wayne Staton, (A) Annie B. Kennedy, (1) William M. Hodges, (2), J. Milton Read, (3) William E. Craft, (4) Marcie E. Jones, (5) H.W. Zimmerman Jr., (6) Mary C. Webster, (7) O. Richard Wright Jr., (8) Frank Liske, (9) Robert Doughton, (10) Robert B. Byrd, and (11) William G. Byers.

Byers at age 83 was the oldset Elector in the nation in 1976. Jones at 18 was the youngest Elector in the history of NC and the youngest in the nation in 1976.

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/1972
NameRichard M. Nixon Votes1,054,889 (69.46%)
Term01/20/1973 - 01/20/1977 Margin616,184 (+40.57%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/1980
NameRonald Reagan Votes915,018 (49.30%)
Term01/20/1981 - 01/20/1985 Margin39,383 (+2.12%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 23, 1976 NC US President - R Primary
Ronald Reagan
R 193,727
Mar 23, 1976 NC US President - D Primary
Jimmy Carter
D 604,832

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Name Gov. Jimmy Carter (I) President Gerald R. Ford Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Anderson St. Rep. Roger L. MacBride (W) Sen. Eugene J. "Gene" McCarthy Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. (W) Others
PartyDemocratic Republican American Libertarian Independent U.S. Labor Other
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Uncertified Votes 927,365 (55.23%) 741,960 (44.19%) 5,607 (0.33%) 2,219 (0.13%) 851 (0.05%) 755 (0.05%) 169 (0.01%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -185,405 (-11.04%) -921,758 (-54.90%) -925,146 (-55.10%) -926,514 (-55.18%) -926,610 (-55.19%) -927,196 (-55.22%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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D NCdem
I JonathanNC
I E Pluribus Unum
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Name (W) Gov. Ronald Reagan  
PartyIndependent  
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Uncertified Votes 87 (0.01%)  
Margin-927,278 (-55.23%)  
Predict Avg.0.00%  
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