For
1976Democrats: Becomes a difficult race to call, locked up by region, with
ScoopJackson taking the Northeast and Pacific Northwest,
George Wallace dominating The South, and
Mo Udall taking up the rest. Georgia votes for native son Jimmy Carter, West Virginia does the same for Robert Byrd, California for Jerry Brown, and
Frank Church gets a few Western Interior states more than the others, but is effectively a native-son
For the GOP:
Gerald Ford does much better as
Ronald Reagan is still considered "too conservative", this cred does well in The Deep South, Indiana, and a few Western states though.