1976 Presidential General Election Results -
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Popular VoteElectoral Vote
James CarterWalter MondaleDemocratic 40,831,881 50.08%40,831,881
Gerald FordRobert DoleRepublican 39,148,634 48.01%39,148,634
Eugene McCarthy-Independent 744,763 0.91%744,763
Roger MacBrideDavid BerglandLibertarian 172,557 0.21%172,557
Lester MaddoxWilliam DykeAmerican Independent 170,373 0.21%170,373
Thomas AndersonRufus ShackelfordAmerican 158,724 0.19%158,724
Peter CamejoWillie Mae ReidSocialist Workers 90,986 0.11%90,986
Gus HallJarvis TynerCommunist 58,709 0.07%58,709
Margaret WrightBenjamin SpockPeople's 49,016 0.06%49,016
Lyndon LaRoucheR. Wayne EvansUnited States Labor 40,018 0.05%40,018
Write-ins-- 38,087 0.05%38,087
Benjamin BubarEarl DodgeProhibition 15,932 0.02%15,932
Julius LevinConstance BlomenSocialist Labor 9,594 0.01%9,594
Frank ZeidlerJ. Quinn BrisbenSocialist 6,015 0.01%6,015
None o.t. Candidates-- 5,108 0.01%5,108
Ernest MillerRoy EddyRestoration 347 0.00%347
Frank TaylorHenry SwanUnited American 36 0.00%36
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Demographic Data

1980 Population:226,542,204Enum.1980 Population Density:24.7persons/km2
1976 Population:217,563,594Est.1976 Population Density:23.7persons/km2
1970 Population:203,302,031Enum.1970 Population Density:22.2persons/km2
Total Electoral Vote:81540780Electoral Vote Density:3persons/EV
Land Area (2000):9,161,889km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:1.1%

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