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US Senate - National Vote
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| Office | Senate |
| Honorific | Senator - Abbr: Sen. |
| Type | Control Indicator |
| Filing Deadline | 00, 1972 - 12:00am Central |
| Polls Open | November 07, 1972 - 06:00am Central |
| Polls Close | November 02, 1976 - 06:30pm Central |
| Term Start | January 03, 1977 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | January 03, 1979 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modified | Chronicler August 23, 2005 06:06pm |
| Data Sources | Dubin, pp. 685-706. |
| Description |
The Democrats won a minimal victory in the 1976 races for the U.S. Senate. Fifteen states changed hands. The Democrats won 23 races to 12 for the Republicans, which translated to a net Democratic gain of only one. The breakdown in the new Senate was 61 Democrats, 38 Republicans, and 1 Independent (Byrd-VA).
New Senators: DeConcini (AZ), Hayakawa (CA), Matsunaga (HI), Lugar (IN), Sarbanes (MD), Riegle (MI), Danforth (MO), Melcher (MT), Zorinsky (NE), Durkin (NH), Schmitt (NM), Moynihan (NY), Metzenbaum (OH), Heinz (PA), Chafee (RI), Sasser (TN), Hatch (UT), and Wallop (WY).
Aggregate nationwide totals for U.S. Senate races of 1975-1976:
Democratic 31,959,319 - 54.6%
Republican 24,675,438 - 41.7%
Independent 1,235,813 - 2.1
Am. Independent 679,812 - 1.2
Liberal 184,083 - 0.3
Peace and Freedom 118,609 - 0.2
Socialist Workers 93,723 - 0.2
Libertarian 78,588 - 0.1
Labor 42,786 - 0.1
Communist 30,364 - 0.1
Socialist Labor 13,470
La Raza Unida 1,087
Prohibition 216
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| Uncertified Votes |  71,684,812 (52.07%) |
60,605,433 (44.02%) |
2,325,175 (1.69%) |
1,803,705 (1.31%) |
425,724 (0.31%) |
264,079 (0.19%) |
166,255 (0.12%) |
| Margin | 0 (0.00%) |
-11,079,379 (-8.05%) |
-69,359,637 (-50.38%) |
-69,881,107 (-50.76%) |
-71,259,088 (-51.76%) |
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-71,518,557 (-51.95%) |
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| Uncertified Votes | 79,055 (0.06%) |
78,588 (0.06%) |
77,858 (0.06%) |
59,921 (0.04%) |
51,268 (0.04%) |
48,124 (0.04%) |
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| Margin | -71,605,757 (-52.01%) |
-71,606,224 (-52.01%) |
-71,606,954 (-52.01%) |
-71,624,891 (-52.03%) |
-71,633,544 (-52.03%) |
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