United States presidential election in Maine, 1976

United States presidential election in Maine, 1976

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Nominee Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Party Republican Democratic Home state Michigan Georgia Running mate Bob Dole Walter Mondale Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 236,320 232,279 Percentage 48.91% 48.07%
County results   Ford—50-60%   Ford—60-70%
President before election Gerald Ford Republican Elected President Jimmy Carter Democratic

Gerald Ford
Republican

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 Presidential Election in Maine took place on November 2, 1976 as part of the 1976 United States presidential election, which took place across all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. Voters chose 4 representatives, or electors to the electoral college, to vote for President and Vice President.

Maine narrowly voted for Incumbent Republican president Gerald R. Ford over his Democratic opponent, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. Ford took 48.91% of the vote to Carters 48.07%, a victory margin of .84%. The anti-war former Democratic senator from Minnesota, Eugene McCarthy, received 2.21% of the vote in Maine, which possibly helped Ford carry the state, as he most likely siphoned more votes from Carter than Ford.

Despite his Narrow loss nationwide, Ford actually managed to carry four of the six New England states. Carter only won the heavily Democratic states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, which made New England Ford's second strongest region in the nation after the West.