1976 Presidential Election Results for Washington

Click on a county in the table or the map to see demographic data for that county.

County	Turnout	Jimmy Carter (D)		Gerald Ford* (R)		Eugene McCarthy (I)		Other		TOTAL
Adams	64%	1,790	37.5%	2,795	58.6%	68	1.4%	120	2.5%	4,773
Asotin	59%	2,898	49.7%	2,752	47.2%	80	1.4%	98	1.7%	5,828
Benton	61%	11,306	32.7%	22,135	64.0%	677	2.0%	493	1.4%	34,611
Chelan	64%	7,623	40.8%	10,492	56.1%	322	1.7%	255	1.4%	18,692
Clallam	62%	8,268	45.0%	9,132	49.7%	475	2.6%	511	2.8%	18,386
Clark	59%	31,080	50.8%	27,938	45.6%	1,469	2.4%	714	1.2%	61,201
Columbia	73%	829	40.8%	1,153	56.7%	29	1.4%	23	1.1%	2,034
Cowlitz	60%	14,958	52.7%	12,531	44.1%	562	2.0%	355	1.2%	28,406
Douglas	68%	3,809	44.5%	4,547	53.1%	111	1.3%	97	1.1%	8,564
Ferry	58%	814	48.1%	776	45.9%	45	2.7%	57	3.4%	1,692
Franklin	55%	4,369	42.0%	5,671	54.5%	192	1.8%	171	1.6%	10,403
Garfield	90%	616	39.5%	892	57.2%	26	1.7%	26	1.7%	1,560
Grant	64%	7,777	43.9%	9,192	51.9%	400	2.3%	352	2.0%	17,721
Grays Harbor	58%	13,478	56.4%	9,464	39.6%	534	2.2%	417	1.7%	23,893
Island	58%	5,859	41.5%	7,804	55.3%	280	2.0%	161	1.1%	14,104
Jefferson	65%	2,913	47.8%	2,794	45.9%	199	3.3%	186	3.1%	6,092
King	66%	248,743	45.2%	279,382	50.8%	14,234	2.6%	7,760	1.4%	550,119
Kitsap	61%	25,701	50.6%	23,124	45.6%	1,179	2.3%	746	1.5%	50,750
Kittitas	58%	4,858	48.5%	4,765	47.6%	267	2.7%	127	1.3%	10,017
Klickitat	64%	2,890	50.5%	2,573	45.0%	126	2.2%	130	2.3%	5,719
Lewis	65%	9,026	42.6%	10,933	51.7%	557	2.6%	651	3.1%	21,167
Lincoln	82%	1,978	38.9%	2,925	57.6%	98	1.9%	80	1.6%	5,081
Mason	63%	6,060	53.7%	4,758	42.1%	268	2.4%	205	1.8%	11,291
Okanogan	64%	5,543	47.8%	5,455	47.0%	338	2.9%	259	2.2%	11,595
Pacific	66%	4,278	58.2%	2,781	37.8%	192	2.6%	99	1.3%	7,350
Pend Oreille	68%	1,533	48.4%	1,516	47.8%	62	2.0%	59	1.9%	3,170
Pierce	54%	78,238	49.2%	74,668	46.9%	4,316	2.7%	1,926	1.2%	159,148
San Juan	85%	1,467	39.4%	1,998	53.7%	152	4.1%	105	2.8%	3,722
Skagit	69%	12,718	47.4%	13,060	48.7%	575	2.1%	484	1.8%	26,837
Skamania	60%	1,436	54.1%	1,102	41.6%	82	3.1%	32	1.2%	2,652
Snohomish	59%	55,623	48.2%	55,375	47.9%	2,470	2.1%	2,020	1.7%	115,488
Spokane	62%	55,660	43.5%	68,290	53.4%	2,033	1.6%	1,971	1.5%	127,954
Stevens	63%	3,824	42.0%	4,719	51.8%	181	2.0%	385	4.2%	9,109
Thurston	66%	21,247	48.2%	21,000	47.7%	1,120	2.5%	689	1.6%	44,056
Wahkiakum	74%	942	55.1%	704	41.2%	32	1.9%	32	1.9%	1,710
Walla Walla	60%	7,012	38.1%	10,883	59.1%	328	1.8%	177	1.0%	18,400
Whatcom	65%	19,739	47.4%	20,007	48.0%	1,393	3.3%	540	1.3%	41,679
Whitman	53%	6,197	41.1%	8,168	54.2%	428	2.8%	275	1.8%	15,068
Yakima	55%	24,223	43.7%	29,478	53.1%	1,086	2.0%	705	1.3%	55,492
TOTAL	60%	717,323	46.1%	777,732	50.0%	36,986	2.4%	23,493	1.5%	1,555,534

1976 Presidential Election Results by Congressional District in WA

Data for 3rd party candidates is often unavailable explicitly.

Click on a district in the table below to see 1976 U.S. House election results for that district.

District	Turnout	Jimmy Carter (D)		Gerald Ford* (R)		Eugene McCarthy (I)		Other		TOTAL
District 01 (Pritchard-R)	69%	104,738	45.3%	126,588	54.7%			0	0.0%	231,326
District 02 (Meeds-D)	56%	107,031	47.9%	116,274	52.1%			0	0.0%	223,305
District 03 (Bonker-D)	51%	113,587	51.9%	105,441	48.1%			0	0.0%	219,028
District 04 (McCormack-D)	54%	93,783	45.8%	111,182	54.2%			0	0.0%	204,965
District 05 (Foley-D)	56%	91,796	44.4%	114,988	55.6%			0	0.0%	206,784
District 06 (Dicks-D)	56%	106,107	50.5%	103,846	49.5%			0	0.0%	209,953
District 07 (Adams-D)	63%	100,271	50.2%	99,388	49.8%			0	0.0%	199,659

1976 President, Adams County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	1,790	37.5%
Gerald Ford* (R)	2,795	58.6%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	68	1.4%
Other	120	2.5%
TOTAL	4,773
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 11

1976 President, Asotin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	2,898	49.7%
Gerald Ford* (R)	2,752	47.2%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	80	1.4%
Other	98	1.7%
TOTAL	5,828
Turnout: 59% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -1

1976 President, Benton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	11,306	32.7%
Gerald Ford* (R)	22,135	64.0%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	677	2.0%
Other	493	1.4%
TOTAL	34,611
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): 14 Diff (US): 16

1976 President, Chelan County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	7,623	40.8%
Gerald Ford* (R)	10,492	56.1%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	322	1.7%
Other	255	1.4%
TOTAL	18,692
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): 6 Diff (US): 8

1976 President, Clallam County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	8,268	45.0%
Gerald Ford* (R)	9,132	49.7%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	475	2.6%
Other	511	2.8%
TOTAL	18,386
Turnout: 62% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): 2

1976 President, Clark County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	31,080	50.8%
Gerald Ford* (R)	27,938	45.6%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	1,469	2.4%
Other	714	1.2%
TOTAL	61,201
Turnout: 59% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -2

1976 President, Columbia County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	829	40.8%
Gerald Ford* (R)	1,153	56.7%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	29	1.4%
Other	23	1.1%
TOTAL	2,034
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 9

1976 President, Cowlitz County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	14,958	52.7%
Gerald Ford* (R)	12,531	44.1%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	562	2.0%
Other	355	1.2%
TOTAL	28,406
Turnout: 60% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): -4

1976 President, Douglas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	3,809	44.5%
Gerald Ford* (R)	4,547	53.1%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	111	1.3%
Other	97	1.1%
TOTAL	8,564
Turnout: 68% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 5

1976 President, Ferry County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	814	48.1%
Gerald Ford* (R)	776	45.9%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	45	2.7%
Other	57	3.4%
TOTAL	1,692
Turnout: 58% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -2

1976 President, Franklin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	4,369	42.0%
Gerald Ford* (R)	5,671	54.5%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	192	1.8%
Other	171	1.6%
TOTAL	10,403
Turnout: 55% Diff (St): 5 Diff (US): 7

1976 President, Garfield County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	616	39.5%
Gerald Ford* (R)	892	57.2%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	26	1.7%
Other	26	1.7%
TOTAL	1,560
Turnout: 90% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 9

1976 President, Grant County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	7,777	43.9%
Gerald Ford* (R)	9,192	51.9%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	400	2.3%
Other	352	2.0%
TOTAL	17,721
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 4

1976 President, Grays Harbor County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	13,478	56.4%
Gerald Ford* (R)	9,464	39.6%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	534	2.2%
Other	417	1.7%
TOTAL	23,893
Turnout: 58% Diff (St): -10 Diff (US): -8

1976 President, Island County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	5,859	41.5%
Gerald Ford* (R)	7,804	55.3%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	280	2.0%
Other	161	1.1%
TOTAL	14,104
Turnout: 58% Diff (St): 5 Diff (US): 7

1976 President, Jefferson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	2,913	47.8%
Gerald Ford* (R)	2,794	45.9%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	199	3.3%
Other	186	3.1%
TOTAL	6,092
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -2

1976 President, King County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	248,743	45.2%
Gerald Ford* (R)	279,382	50.8%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	14,234	2.6%
Other	7,760	1.4%
TOTAL	550,119
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): 3

1976 President, Kitsap County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	25,701	50.6%
Gerald Ford* (R)	23,124	45.6%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	1,179	2.3%
Other	746	1.5%
TOTAL	50,750
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -2

1976 President, Kittitas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	4,858	48.5%
Gerald Ford* (R)	4,765	47.6%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	267	2.7%
Other	127	1.3%
TOTAL	10,017
Turnout: 58% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): 0

1976 President, Klickitat County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	2,890	50.5%
Gerald Ford* (R)	2,573	45.0%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	126	2.2%
Other	130	2.3%
TOTAL	5,719
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -3

1976 President, Lewis County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	9,026	42.6%
Gerald Ford* (R)	10,933	51.7%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	557	2.6%
Other	651	3.1%
TOTAL	21,167
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 4

1976 President, Lincoln County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	1,978	38.9%
Gerald Ford* (R)	2,925	57.6%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	98	1.9%
Other	80	1.6%
TOTAL	5,081
Turnout: 82% Diff (St): 8 Diff (US): 10

1976 President, Mason County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	6,060	53.7%
Gerald Ford* (R)	4,758	42.1%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	268	2.4%
Other	205	1.8%
TOTAL	11,291
Turnout: 63% Diff (St): -8 Diff (US): -6

1976 President, Okanogan County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	5,543	47.8%
Gerald Ford* (R)	5,455	47.0%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	338	2.9%
Other	259	2.2%
TOTAL	11,595
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -1

1976 President, Pacific County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	4,278	58.2%
Gerald Ford* (R)	2,781	37.8%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	192	2.6%
Other	99	1.3%
TOTAL	7,350
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): -12 Diff (US): -10

1976 President, Pend Oreille County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	1,533	48.4%
Gerald Ford* (R)	1,516	47.8%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	62	2.0%
Other	59	1.9%
TOTAL	3,170
Turnout: 68% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): 0

1976 President, Pierce County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	78,238	49.2%
Gerald Ford* (R)	74,668	46.9%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	4,316	2.7%
Other	1,926	1.2%
TOTAL	159,148
Turnout: 54% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -1

1976 President, San Juan County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	1,467	39.4%
Gerald Ford* (R)	1,998	53.7%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	152	4.1%
Other	105	2.8%
TOTAL	3,722
Turnout: 85% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 6

1976 President, Skagit County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	12,718	47.4%
Gerald Ford* (R)	13,060	48.7%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	575	2.1%
Other	484	1.8%
TOTAL	26,837
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): 1

1976 President, Skamania County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	1,436	54.1%
Gerald Ford* (R)	1,102	41.6%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	82	3.1%
Other	32	1.2%
TOTAL	2,652
Turnout: 60% Diff (St): -8 Diff (US): -6

1976 President, Snohomish County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	55,623	48.2%
Gerald Ford* (R)	55,375	47.9%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	2,470	2.1%
Other	2,020	1.7%
TOTAL	115,488
Turnout: 59% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): 0

1976 President, Spokane County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	55,660	43.5%
Gerald Ford* (R)	68,290	53.4%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	2,033	1.6%
Other	1,971	1.5%
TOTAL	127,954
Turnout: 62% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 5

1976 President, Stevens County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	3,824	42.0%
Gerald Ford* (R)	4,719	51.8%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	181	2.0%
Other	385	4.2%
TOTAL	9,109
Turnout: 63% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 4

1976 President, Thurston County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	21,247	48.2%
Gerald Ford* (R)	21,000	47.7%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	1,120	2.5%
Other	689	1.6%
TOTAL	44,056
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): 0

1976 President, Wahkiakum County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	942	55.1%
Gerald Ford* (R)	704	41.2%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	32	1.9%
Other	32	1.9%
TOTAL	1,710
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): -9 Diff (US): -7

1976 President, Walla Walla County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	7,012	38.1%
Gerald Ford* (R)	10,883	59.1%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	328	1.8%
Other	177	1.0%
TOTAL	18,400
Turnout: 60% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 11

1976 President, Whatcom County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	19,739	47.4%
Gerald Ford* (R)	20,007	48.0%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	1,393	3.3%
Other	540	1.3%
TOTAL	41,679
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): 0

1976 President, Whitman County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	6,197	41.1%
Gerald Ford* (R)	8,168	54.2%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	428	2.8%
Other	275	1.8%
TOTAL	15,068
Turnout: 53% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 6

1976 President, Yakima County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Jimmy Carter (D)	24,223	43.7%
Gerald Ford* (R)	29,478	53.1%
Eugene McCarthy (I)	1,086	2.0%
Other	705	1.3%
TOTAL	55,492
Turnout: 55% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 5

* incumbent