United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1976

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Nominee	Jimmy Carter	Gerald Ford
Party	Democratic	Republican
Home state	Georgia	Michigan
Running mate	Walter Mondale	Bob Dole
Electoral vote	27	0
Popular vote	2,328,677	2,205,604
Percentage	50.40%	47.73%

County results

President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Gerald Ford
Republican

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 2, 1976 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic nominee, former Governor Jimmy Carter, over the Republican nominee, President Gerald Ford. Carter won Pennsylvania by a margin of 2.67%.

While President Ford won more counties by running up victories in the central region of the state and the Philadelphia suburbs, Governor Carter swept Southwestern Pennsylvania where Pittsburgh is located, Erie County (Erie), Lackawanna County (Scranton), and Philadelphia.

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